Effectiveness
Voyager Universal Literacy System® was found to have potentially positive effects on alphabetics and potentially negative effects on comprehension.
Program Information
The Voyager Universal Literacy System® is a core reading program designed to help students learn to read at or above grade level by the end of the third grade. This program uses strategies such as individual reading instruction, higher-level comprehension activities, problem solving, and writing. Students are also exposed to computer-based practice and reinforcement in phonological skills, comprehension, fluency, language development, and writing. The program uses whole classroom, small group, and independent group settings. Voyager Universal Literacy System® emphasizes regular assessments, with biweekly reviews for struggling students and quarterly assessments for all students.
Research
Two studies of Voyager Universal Literacy System® met WWC evidence standards with reservations. The two studies included over 600 kindergarten students from Florida, Ohio, and Washington, DC. The WWC considers the extent of evidence for Voyager Universal Literacy System® to be medium to large for alphabetics and small for comprehension. No studies that met WWC evidence standards with or without reservations addressed fluency or general reading achievement.
