Collaborative Classroom is proud to announce that the Colorado Department of Education has approved Collaborative Classroom’s SIPPS®, Fifth Edition curriculum for inclusion on Colorado’s READ Act Advisory List of Instructional Programming. SIPPS is recommended as an intervention for phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics, and word study for students in grades K–3.
Colorado’s Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act (READ Act) focuses on early literacy development for all students in kindergarten through third grade, and especially for students at risk of not reaching grade-level proficiency in reading by the end of third grade. Included in the READ Act is the requirement that the department create an advisory list of evidence-based or scientifically based instructional programming in reading, pursuant to C.R.S. 22-7-1209.
“We’re thrilled that Colorado has vetted and approved SIPPS, Fifth Edition,” said Jess Crawford, Collaborative Classroom’s Manager of Educational Partnerships for Colorado. “A trusted curriculum used nationwide and approved in multiple states, SIPPS provides a systematic approach to decoding that’s been proven to help K–12 students close literacy gaps quickly. Colorado districts that are considering SIPPS, Fifth Edition as an accelerative foundational skills solution can now do so with the confidence that the program meets READ Act–mandated standards for evidence-based literacy intervention.”
SIPPS, Fifth Edition Joins Other Collaborative Classroom Curricula on the Colorado READ Act Advisory List
SIPPS, Fifth Edition is one of several Collaborative Classroom curricula vetted and recommended by the Colorado Department of Education: Collaborative Classroom’s comprehensive K–5 reading program, Being a Reader™, is already a recommended core program on Colorado’s READ Act advisory list; the earlier fourth edition of the SIPPS program continues to be included on Colorado’s advisory list for intervention; and professional learning to support implementation of both SIPPS and Being a Reader has also been approved by the state.
For more information, Colorado literacy educators can visit Collaborative Classroom’s Colorado webpage to learn about the evidence base for SIPPS, hear from Colorado educators who already use the program, and download a SIPPS digital sample kit to explore the curriculum firsthand.
