The ultra-strict What Works Clearinghouse, which seemed like such a good idea 10 years ago, has issued a new statement about efficacy of another early education program, Ready, Set, Leap™, reporting that it does not have “discernible effects on oral language, print knowledge, phonological processing, early reading/writing skills, and math.”
Here’s how the vendor’s Web site describes Ready, Set, Leap™”
This comprehensive prekindergarten curriculum provides a full year of instruction and incorporates academic, music, visual arts, and social/emotional development skills to address the needs of all students.
Incorporates award-winning, multisensory technology into each lessonSupports both a theme-based and a literature-based teaching approach, each with detailed lesson plans and ongoing assessment tools
Aligns with the goals and research requirements of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the National Head Start Association, and the Early Reading First initiative
Available in English and English and Spanish Editions
Link to the review.
Link to the Leap Frog School Web page about Ready, Set, Leap™.
I don’t trust WWC after they couldn’t find evidence for Reading Mastery.
By implementing an arbitrary 1985 cutoff date for information, they cut out nearly half of the relevant studies.
I’ve seen RM work and used it myself. It works nearly every time.