Bush, Bill. “Some Test Scores Falling Despite Reading Programs.” The Columbus Dispatch, October 17, 2000.

Elder, Laura. "Popular Reading Program Leaving Kids Behind." The Galveston County Daily News, November 28, 2003.

Houtz, J. and Shaw, L. “Teaching in a Harness: A 'Magic' Fix for Reading Scores?” The Seattle Times, March 12, 2000.  p. 1, A12, A13.
A regimented reading program tells teachers what to say, when and how to say it. The advantage? A unified approach in teaching reading. The disadvantage? There’s little freedom for teacher creativity. The results are mixed.

Matthews, Jay. "Success for Some." The Washington Post, July 21, 2002.
Critics of a controversial method for teaching poor children claim its benefits are overrated. The question is, what's the alternative? 

Viadero, Debra. “Miami Study Critiques ‘Success For All’.” Education Week, January 27, 1999.
Success For All, one of the most highly praised models for turning around entire schools, got mediocre grades in an independent evaluation of the program conducted by Miami-Dade County school officials.