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The Institute of Reading Development is a nationwide leader in reading skills instruction. Since 1970, the Institute has taught more than two million students in partnership with colleges and universities across the United States. The Institute’s inspired instruction encourages a lifelong love of reading in every student.
Institute of Reading Development (readingprograms.org) has 639 customer reviews on The Fair Hearing, with an average rating of 4.6 out of 5.
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Keeps children involved in reading during the summer.
By Teresa
Response from Institute of Reading Development· May 9, 2019
Thank you, Teresa, we strive to provide classes that will inspire a lifelong love of reading in our students. I am happy our program did exactly that for you and your child. - Tara, Customer Care Specialist
My daughter enjoys both the online class as well as the local campus class. The material is developmentally grade level approved.
By Jackie
Response from Institute of Reading Development· May 2, 2019
Hello Jackie, thank you for your review. I'm glad your daughter had a great time with our classes and our online lessons. We look forward to seeing her again in another class! - Tara, Customer Care Specialist
Registration was easy and straightforward.
By Golda
Response from Institute of Reading Development· May 1, 2019
Thank you, Golda, we like to try and make it easy for everyone to take our reading classes! - Tara, Customer Care Specialist
This is a great program! My son has been taking it since he entered school and we've seen a lot of improvement in his reading skills.
By Rene
Response from Institute of Reading Development· May 2, 2019
Thank you, Rene, I'm glad that your son keeps improving in our programs. We hope to see you again this summer to continue building on those skills! - Tara, Customer Care Specialist
The skills reinforced during the program are grade appropriate and help my son not loose any ground over the summer. His reading teacher was very pleased she could start where they left off the previous school year, jumping into new content, because she didn't have to review what was learned the previous year.
By Melissa
Response from Institute of Reading Development· Apr 30, 2019
Hello Melissa, I'm happy that this program bridged the gap for your son over the summer. We hope to see him again this year so that he can continue gaining new ground. - Tara, Customer Care Specialist
Entering kindergarten was amazing. My daughter enjoyed the online activities and the classroom. Entering 1st grade went a little downhill but still helpful for me as a parent and her as a student. Classroom time was great but the online portion was not as engaging. She enjoyed Wordy, but the interactive teacher was very dry and hard to keep watching. Overall, the courses are designed well and very helpful for the upcoming school year. That's why we are returning for the 3rd time. It has been proven for two years to be very very helpful.
By Huntsville, Al R.
I think it’s a good program it needs to be a little longer than 6 weeks.
By Ashley
Response from Institute of Reading Development· May 6, 2019
Hello Ashley, thank you reviewing the program. We enjoy teaching the programs so much we wish each one could last all summer long! Happily, the habit of reading for pleasure that kids get from the program lasts well beyond the end of the program. We appreciate that your child benefited from enrolling and we hope to see you this summer. - Tara, Customer Care Specialist
