Approved by the Utah State Department of Education
SIPPS® Fifth Edition—our accelerative foundational skills program for grades K–12—has been reviewed by the Utah State Board of Education and earned a near-perfect score on the Evidence-Informed Core Criteria Checklist.
Building on the success of the already approved fourth edition, this latest edition not only meets but exceeds the expectations outlined in the Science of Reading Evidence-Informed Core Criteria, reinforcing SIPPS as a trusted, research-aligned solution for foundational literacy instruction.
SIPPS, Fifth Edition (K–12)
Evidence-Based, Systematic Decoding Instruction
SIPPS is an evidence-based, systematic decoding program. Through daily lessons and applied reading practice, readers develop automaticity, fluency, and accuracy, enabling them to focus on comprehension.
SIPPS uses an accelerative structured-literacy approach. In the program:
- Students are assessed and placed into differentiated small groups for targeted instruction and support.
- Explicit instructional routines focus on phonological/phonemic awareness, spelling-sound correspondences, and reading and encoding decodable and high-frequency words.
- Regular mastery tests allow teachers to monitor student progress and support their decision-making around pacing and reteaching.
SIPPS has met ESSA evidence standards and appears on the Evidence for ESSA site.
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