The Leading Education Outcomes Company
Built for Measurable Literacy Outcomes.
Really Great Reading helps schools and districts improve literacy outcomes through evidence-based instruction, professional learning, implementation support, and outcomes-based partnerships.
For more than 20 years, we have helped educators translate the Science of Reading into effective classroom practice and measurable, sustained student growth. As the leading education outcomes company, we align our work with what matters most: helping every student become a confident, capable reader.
An education outcomes company goes beyond providing curriculum, technology, or professional development. It partners with schools and districts to improve measurable student achievement by combining evidence-based instruction, professional learning, implementation support, and shared accountability for results.
At Really Great Reading, that means we:
- Implement evidence-based literacy instruction
- Build educator knowledge through PD and coaching
- Support implementation with ongoing district partnership
- Measure progress through student outcomes
- Help schools sustain and strengthen improvement over time
Our Vision — We envision a world where every student joyfully learns to read—powered by a market that rewards proven outcomes.
Our Mission — Changing America’s literacy trajectory by equipping educators with proven literacy tools that drive measurable student outcomes.
RGR’s integrated model brings together the essential elements districts need to improve literacy outcomes and sustain them over time.
- Evidence-Based Instruction: Explicit, systematic literacy instruction grounded in the Science of Reading and designed for real classrooms.
- Professional Learning: Practical training that strengthens educator knowledge, confidence, and instructional practice.
- Implementation Support: Coaching, planning, and ongoing partnership that help schools move from adoption to effective execution.
- Continuous Improvement: Regular review of implementation and student data to identify needs, refine instruction, and accelerate progress.
- Shared Accountability: A focus on measurable student outcomes, including innovative outcomes-based partnerships that align our success with district results.
RGR’s programs are explicit, systematic, and grounded in the Science of Reading. For more than 20 years, we have helped educators translate research into practical instruction that strengthens foundational skills and supports reading success across grade levels.
Our approach bridges the gap between what research says and what educators need to deliver effective literacy instruction every day.
We design evidence-based literacy solutions that improve student outcomes in real classrooms.
We partner with educators and district leaders because lasting literacy improvement is a shared effort.
We listen first and design our solutions around the realities educators and students face every day.
We use research, classroom evidence, student data, and educator feedback to improve our work.
District leaders need more than promises. RGR’s instructional programs and implementation approach are supported by independent research, ESSA-aligned evidence, EdReports “green” ratings, and measurable results in schools and districts.
Our evidence demonstrates meaningful literacy gains across diverse student populations, including students who need intensive intervention and students who have historically been underserved.
“Educators do not need more programs or promises. They need partners who are accountable for improving student outcomes. Really Great Reading combines evidence-based instruction with professional learning, implementation support, and a relentless focus on results so districts can achieve literacy gains they can measure and sustain.”
Karl Rectanus, CEO, Really Great Reading
Behind the results is the best team in literacy. If you are ready to do work that matters, solve meaningful challenges, and help improve outcomes for educators and students, we would love to meet you.
What is an education outcomes company?
An education outcomes company partners with schools and districts to improve measurable student achievement—not simply to deliver curriculum, software, or services. It combines evidence-based instruction, professional learning, implementation support, continuous improvement, and shared accountability for results.
Really Great Reading applies this model to literacy by helping districts build educator capacity, strengthen instruction, and achieve measurable, sustained gains in reading performance.
What is outcomes-based contracting (OBC)?
Outcomes-based contracting is a partnership model in which a portion of a provider’s compensation is connected to agreed-upon student outcomes or implementation milestones.
At Really Great Reading, outcomes-based partnerships are designed collaboratively with districts. They align expectations, define measures of success, and create shared accountability for improving literacy outcomes.
How is RGR different from a curriculum vendor, tutoring service, or AI reading app?
Really Great Reading does more than provide a product or isolated service. We combine evidence-based literacy instruction with professional learning, implementation planning, coaching, progress monitoring, and ongoing district partnership.
Our goal is not to create long-term dependence on an outside provider. It is to build the knowledge, systems, and instructional capacity districts need to improve and sustain student outcomes.
Does RGR guarantee results?
No responsible education provider can guarantee a specific outcome for every student or district. Student results are influenced by implementation, instructional time, educator participation, local conditions, and other factors.
RGR does, however, bring evidence-based programs, proven implementation practices, ongoing support, clear measures of success, and shared accountability to help districts maximize the likelihood of measurable literacy improvement.
Is RGR aligned to the Science of Reading?
Yes. Really Great Reading’s instructional approach is grounded in decades of research on how students learn to read. Our programs provide explicit, systematic instruction in foundational literacy skills and are supported by independent research, ESSA-aligned evidence, and EdReports “green” ratings.