Institute of Reading DevelopmentReviews of readingprograms.org

It helped me a lot, I’ll do it again this year.

I signed my daughter up for a class with the Reading Program and it was simple to get signed up. However, I wasn't told about the policy that a parent has to attend class with their child and due to family scheduling I am unable to attend every class. I found out about the policy only one week before the class was scheduled to begin which, conveniently for them, is outside of their cancellation window. When I called to request a refund, I was on hold for 15 minutes on two separate occasions and then hung up on the third time I called. I finally spoke with someone after being on hold again for 10 minutes and was told they would have to review my phone call to confirm that I wasn't told this vital policy. Having to confirm that your customer is correct is BAD BUSINESS. I'm still waiting to find out if I'll be refunded and will be issuing a charge back with my credit card company. I would never recommend this program and will be contacting the associated university to let them know how their name is being used. Horrible service.

My daughter thoroughly enjoyed the reading program and the instructor was very engaging. Will definitely enroll her again next year.

Great experience, helped my daughter really learn to love to read.

This is our second summer in the program and during the school year we took the online class- it’s helpful in teaching me techniques to support my child’s interest in reading and she enjoys is. This summer we signed up to help counter the summer slump and Wordy was fun site word practice. Bookman an equally fun way to kill 15 minutes on a rainy afternoon!

This will be the second summer we are taking this class. He loved it last year and it really helped him to enjoy reading and gave him a good jump start to the new school year

I like this program because it gather all the things the student need in his next steps in a tight formula easy to understand. It affected positively my son comprehension and his writing too from the first time enroll. It is the best programs we ever tried until now. The only thing I wished to have a copy for the materials on line to keep it for student to review it later on whenever he want. It is valuable and great program.

This was the absolute best experience I have ever had with my son entering into first grade. When the flyer came home from his school I was skeptical, because it wasn't endorsed by school. As I continued to do research I made phone calls to the organization and everyone I spoke with was extremely helpful. I knew that my son was struggling with his reading after meeting with his kindergarten teachers and I knew I wanted to do more than put him in some fun classes for the summer. I took a leap of faith and would never turn down this experience ever again because he completely changed entering into his first grade class. After classes resumed in fall I met with his teacher and she told me that the progress he made over the summer was something they have not seen. His first grade teacher, the reading assistant that helped in kindergarten and his kindergarten teacher met together to make sure that he would be okay in first grade. They did an assessment and he blew them out of the water. His teacher stated to me that when he left kindergarten he was at the bottom of his class, and within the first 2 weeks of first grade they realized he was the top reader. Because of this amazing success we have decided to enroll him for this next summer entering into second grade. He requested that he attend with a classmate, so this year his friend will be joining us and their teacher is so excited to see how far these boys will come this year. I feel that every aspect of assistance I received regarding the program and how it is run was extremely helpful and the teachers they have for this must be extremely special because he was able to connect with not only the teacher but also with all of the books. The app was so easy to use even his grandmother was able to help! I recommend this for not only children that struggle with reading but also for any child that wants to learn to be confident in themself entering into the next grade because the skills he learned allowed him to be extremely successful this year! I'm so excited to see how next year unfolds. Thank you