Since its inception in 2003, Rowland Reading Foundation has been committed to undertaking scientific research about The Superkids. The scale of research has grown steadily from small studies in 2004-2005 to large-scale, national studies during the
2006-2007 and 2007-2008 school years. To date, research has been conducted in schools in nearly every region of the United States and with every major student group. Click here for a list of all Superkids studies.
In 2006-07 and 2007-08 school years, the Superkids reading program was tested in a national trial involving 3,200 kindergarten students in 193 classrooms. These classrooms were in 83 schools in 22 states The students represented a cross-section of typical U.S. classrooms. In both years of the study, students were given the Stanford Early School Achievement Test (SESAT) in the fall and spring. The data collected showed that Superkids students made dramatic improvements from fall to spring, moving on average from the 54th to the 79th national percentile.



