Coles, Gerald. “Misreading Reading: The Bad Science That Hurts Children.” Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
This book examines the studies of leading researchers who have testified in various hearings and promoted policy and legislation on behalf of skills-emphasis learning, especially those financed by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). No other book has systematically and comprehensively analyzed this work. Coles not only identifies each claim, he analyzes the research that backs it up.

Moustafa, Margaret. "Claims of “Marked Jumps” in Children’s Literacy Skills in Open Court Schools Not Confirmed by Children’s SAT 9 Reading Scores." April 2002.
Margaret's analysis of the new report by McGraw-Hill Education, "Results with Open Court Reading."

Moustafa, Margaret and Robert Land. “The Reading Achievement of Economically-Disadvantaged Children in Urban Schools Using Open Court.” Published in the 2002 Yearbook, Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association, pp. 44-53.