Institute of Reading DevelopmentReviews of readingprograms.org

The reading comprehension class was excellent, I just wish when they switched classrooms on the 2nd meeting they had people to direct us or posted a map at the Administrative Office that could have directed us to the Village at Saddleback College. Because it was a summer class, there was almost no one on campus we could ask where the 2nd classroom's location was, and Saddleback College was very new place to us.

Can't thank this program enough. My son, a rising high schooler has really double his reading speed over the course of 5 sessions. It's amazing! He not only enjoyed the class, he has also started to enjoy reading more because everything he reads makes sense to him after the program. It is a very solid and high quality program! Just couldn't tell you the tremendous joy I have watching my son reading more intensely than playing on his electronics!!! It will be beneficial to the students even more if they can also offer writing class to go hand in hand with the reading program. Looking forward to seeing the writing class coming to the west coast in the near future!

well developed program that helped me understand what i need to do for my

The teacher was excellent. Her enthusiasm for reading books was apparent. She engaged the students with play acting the books after they were read. My daughter really enjoyed the class and it taught me how to assist her in journey to leaning how to read.

The class was accessible, teacher was fun and knowledgeable. My daughter has greatly improved her reading skills overall.

Awesome program

This reading program engaged both my children. My incoming 9th grader actually enjoyed the outside book in this program. My incoming 3rd grader felt she learned many tricks to reading and answering questions. She even was trying to educate me on concepts she learned.

My 12 year old has always been an advanced reader, so I questioned how much this program would benefit someone like him as he heads into 7th grade. However, his first love is fiction (although he does enjoy sports biographies and books about historical events/figures), so the idea of him learning to read faster while still maintaining, or even increasing, comprehension for textbooks and nonfiction material appealed to us enough to sign him up. We like to give him some sort of instructional time in the summer just to prevent as much academic slide as is common for students, and this seemed like a great thing to try at this stage when he'll be getting into more demanding textbook material this next school year. It was a great decision- his reading speed increased A LOT, which I didn't think possible since he didn't start out a slow reader, and he learned how to improve note-taking and study skills for textbooks, and increased comprehension to boot! The promises of the program can certainly be believed based on our experience. We're happy with the skills he took away from the course and recognize that it was money well spent. If I had a child who struggles at all with reading, I'd be even more adamant that this course is important and beneficial. But even for strong readers, you'll see improvements and new skills they don't learn in traditional classrooms, which will have definite pay-off through high school and even college as the demand for stronger study skills increases and the material becomes so much more challenging. We also spoke with other parents of students in his class, whose kids aren't as strong in reading, and they were equally as pleased with the results their children experienced. We can confidently recommend this program highly for students of all levels, and in any grade level since starting with it even earlier would likely bring more results by this age if you continued to expose them to it as they age. Thank you to the Institute for Reading Development for challenging my child, strengthening his confidence, and improving his opportunities for academic success in middle school and beyond!