The LANGUAGE! curriculum, designed by Jane Fell Greene, Ed.D., was piloted in 1994 with 45 adjudicated minority students, ages 13 to 17, who were compared to a non-treatment control group in the same correctional program.

Over 22 weeks, significant and noteworthy gains were achieved by LANGUAGE! students in oral reading rate and accuracy, reading comprehension, spelling, and word identification. Since that auspicious beginning, the LANGUAGE! curriculum has continued to fortify its strong research foundation.

More than 25 years of research supports the foundation and instruction behind LANGUAGE! Fourth Edition. LANGUAGE! Fourth Edition was developed to address No Child Left Behind legislation and includes facets of the Reading First initiative, such as the five reading components identified by the National Reading Panel.

LANGUAGE! was created for students in grades 3-12 who are two or more years below grade level. It supports the special instructional needs of English language learners (ELLs) and Individualized Education Program (IEP) populations, as well as students in general education.

Through a six-step lesson design, LANGUAGE! teaches students the structure and use of all language systems necessary for successful reading and writing.

The six steps in every lesson are:

	Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
	Word Recognition and Spelling
	Vocabulary and Morphology
	Grammar and Usage
	Listening and Reading Comprehension
	Speaking and Writing

The impact of the curriculum has been observed in groups of students across 40 study sites in nine states from diverse educational settings, including students who are ELLs, in special education or at-risk general education, and adjudicated juveniles.