OHIO & Structured literacy
Supporting Literacy Success for All Ohio Students
With EPS Learning’s science of reading-aligned solutions, every student in Ohio, including those with dyslexia, can become successful readers!
"Our intervention specialists became co-pilots with the facilitators at EPS Learning to do pre-flight planning and prepare our striving students for take-off. The engaging multisensory lessons based on Orton-Gillingham provided the action steps and power to assist our students in climbing to higher altitudes of success. The flight plan, focused on moving from simple to more complex skills, has boosted our students’ confidence and allowed them to soar higher than they ever dreamed."
—Director of Literacy, Clyde-Green Springs Schools, Clyde, Ohio
The SPIRE Literacy Suite
The SPIRE Literacy Suite is built on our commitment to partnership—empowering educators with the tools they need to accelerate reading achievement, close learning gaps, and support students at every stage: before the decoding threshold, as they build foundational skills, and beyond it, as they strengthen fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
SPIRE Literacy Suite Solutions in Action
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR: Working Memory at Its Best: Strategies for Effective Literacy Instruction
Discover how cognitive load theory can help reduce barriers to learning and strengthen literacy skills for striving readers, including students with dyslexia.
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR: Practice That Transfers: Helping Striving Readers Build Durable Skills
Learn research-based strategies to help striving readers retain and transfer literacy skills through intentional practice.
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR: Beyond Diagnosis — Dyslexia Intervention that Works
Move beyond a potential over-focus on dyslexia diagnosis and labels to ensure all students receive the effective instruction and intervention they need.
Solutions That Work
Ohio is committed to improving literacy outcomes through evidence-based instruction aligned to the science of reading, with a strong focus on structured literacy, early identification of reading difficulties, and targeted intervention for struggling readers. The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (ODEW) supports districts through an approved list of high-quality reading intervention programs to ensure students receive effective, research-based support.
EPS Learning helps Ohio districts meet these expectations through proven, structured literacy solutions grounded in the Orton‑Gillingham approach. SPIRE® 4th Edition is included on the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce’s Approved List of Evidence-Based Reading Intervention Programs. SPIRE meets the state’s criteria for evidence-based intervention aligned to the Science of Reading and supports students with dyslexia, students receiving Special Education services, and learners in Tier III intervention.
View all our Ohio‑aligned literacy solutions from the SPIRE Literacy Suite.
Ohio Approved Solutions
SPIRE 4th Edition
ESSA Level 1 | Tiers 2 & 3 | Grades PreK–8+
Leverages science of reading principles to deliver intensive, structured, multisensory instruction for PreK–8+ nonreaders, striving readers, and students with dyslexia. With SPIRE Foundations: Sounds Sensible as a foundational level, the program supports every stage of reading development.
Reading Accelerator
ESSA Level 3 | Tier 2 | Grades 3–5 and 6–8
Advance striving middle school students quickly toward grade level reading with a science of reading-aligned program that covers all five pillars and includes an AI-driven digital Reading Assistant.
Wordly Wise 3000
ESSA Level 4 | Tiers 1 & 2 | Grades K–12
Direct academic vocabulary instruction together with robust activities, peer sharing, and instruction, delivered in print or digital format, develops the link between vocabulary and reading comprehension.
SPIRE Foundations: Sounds Sensible
Grades PreK-4 | Tiers 1, 2, & 3
Provides hands-on instruction in phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge, understanding letter-sound relationships, and handwriting for beginning or striving readers.
Additional Science of Reading Solutions
SPIRE Up
ESSA Level 3 | Tiers 2 & 3 | Grades K–8+
Supporting grades K–8+, SPIRE Up combines teacher-led Structured Literacy intervention with integrated digital tools to strengthen foundational reading skills and support high-fidelity, consistent implementation.
Megawords
Tier 2 | Grades 4–12
Designed as a Tier 2 intervention, Megawords supports students who have moved beyond foundational decoding but are not yet performing at grade level in reading and language proficiency.
Decodable Readers
Tiers 1, 2, & 3 | Grades K–8
Decodable Readers provide engaging, skill-aligned texts that reinforce phonics instruction, build decoding confidence, and help students apply foundational reading skills in connected, meaningful practice.
SPIRE 4th Edition
ESSA Level 1 | Grades PreK-12 | Tiers 2 & 3
Empower beginning, striving, and dyslexic readers with SPIRE’s intensive, structured, and spiraling curriculum. With systematic 10-step teacher-led lessons and practice, SPIRE addresses all 5 pillars of reading, ensuring measurable gains.
SPIRE Up
New Solution Coming Back-to-School 2026 | Grades 2-8
Empower beginning, striving, and dyslexic readers with SPIRE’s intensive, structured, and spiraling curriculum. With systematic 10-step teacher-led lessons and practice, SPIRE addresses all 5 pillars of reading, ensuring measurable gains.
EPS Reading Accelerator
Grades 3–5 & 6–8
Accelerate progress toward the decoding threshold with targeted phonics and decoding instruction for elementary and middle school readers.
SPIRE Next
Grades 3–12
Strengthen reading comprehension skills with explicit instruction, close reading strategies, and scaffolded practice to build confidence and skill.
Megawords
Grades 4–12
Unlock comprehension, expand vocabulary, and increase fluency through focused intervention in decoding, encoding, and morphology.
Ohio Resources
SPIRE in Ohio Map
SPIRE Correlation to LETRS
SPIRE Up Alignment to LETRS
Questions Ohio Districts Are Asking
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EPS provides structured, evidence-based programs paired with targeted professional learning to help educators implement with confidence. Training and ongoing support are designed to be practical and efficient, helping districts ensure consistent, high-quality instruction across classrooms—one of the biggest drivers of student success.
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SPIRE professional learning is designed to get teachers up and running quickly while building long-term instructional expertise. Training focuses on:
- Understanding structured literacy and the Science of Reading
- Delivering lessons with fidelity
- Supporting diverse and struggling readers
- Sustaining implementation through coaching and continued support
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EPS programs are built to be flexible and scalable, helping districts maximize impact even with staffing challenges. Structured lessons, clear routines, and blended learning options reduce teacher preparation time while ensuring students receive consistent, high-quality literacy instruction.
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EPS solutions are grounded in the science of reading and aligned to ESSA evidence standards. Programs like SPIRE are backed by research demonstrating effectiveness for struggling readers, including students with dyslexia and those requiring targeted or intensive intervention.
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Districts can leverage multiple funding sources aligned to Ohio’s literacy initiatives and approved instructional materials list. Because EPS has approved solutions, schools may have a more direct procurement path when selecting programs that meet state requirements.
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EPS helps districts move from balanced literacy to structured literacy by providing:
- Explicit, systematic instruction
- Aligned instructional materials
- Professional learning focused on implementation
- Ongoing support to sustain change
This approach helps educators make the shift with greater clarity and confidence.
