About the Company

School Specialty, Literacy and Intervention division, brings together the educational expertise of EPS® and AutoSkill® to provide blended-media solutions that close the achievement gap in reading and math.

Our comprehensive print and technology products give K–12 educators powerful instructional tools that deliver high-quality curricula in the most effective modality for each struggling student. From screening through to intervention, progress monitoring, reporting and professional development, we offer an integrated approach to Response to Intervention (RTI) that simplifies every stage of the process.

Rooted in neuroscience and developed from more than 50 years of practical experience with learning differences, products from School Specialty, Literacy and Intervention division, remain the leading choice to engage students and help them progress to grade level and beyond.

Award-winning, best-selling products from School Specialty, Literacy and Intervention division, include Wordly Wise 3000®, Academy of READING®, Academy of MATH®, Explode The Code®, Sitton Spelling and Word Skills®, S.P.I.R.E.®, and Touchphonics®.

Our Business Structure
School Specialty Family School Specialty, Literacy and Intervention division, is part of School Specialty Inc., an education company devoted to providing a broad range of innovative programs and services designed to help educators engage, instruct, and inspire students of all abilities.

We are led by Steven Korte, President of the Accelerated Learning Group, an experienced educator and leader in educational publishing, and Rick Holden, President of School Specialty Intervention, with nearly 30 years of experience in the education industry. Both are strongly committed to helping you achieve your goals and to supporting your students in their quest for learning.

To learn more about School Specialty, please visit www.schoolspecialty.com.

Company Timeline

Date Events
1930s Robert G. Hall becomes dean/director of the Manter Hall School, across the street from Harvard University
1949 Robert G. Hall establishes Educators Publishing Service (EPS). EPS begins printing materials used by the Manter Hall School’s summer program. The first titles released were A Vocabulary Builder Series and English Review Series.
1950s Robert G. Hall, and his wife Eleanor, become early members of the Orton Dyslexia Society (ODS), now the International Dyslexia Association
1952 EPS is incorporated
1962 EPS takes over publishing and distribution of The Gillingham Manual and associated materials
1967 Wordly Wise is published
1971 Robert G. Hall is instrumental in the formation of the Massachusetts chapter of the International Dyslexia Association
1976 Explode The Code and Primary Phonics are published
1986 Foundational research published for AutoSkill reading program
1990 Longitudinal study published demonstrating efficacy of AutoSkill reading program. AutoSkill International is incorporated.
1991 AutoSkill launches Component Reading Subskills Program and AutoSkill Math Program
1995 AutoSkill launches Academy of READING v1.0
1996 Wordly Wise 3000 1st Edition is published
Jun 2002 The Hall family sells EPS to Delta Education, Nashua, NH
Oct 2002 Touchphonics Reading Systems is acquired
Jul 2003 S.P.I.R.E. is acquired
Aug 2003 Modern Learning Press, the publisher of Words I Use When I Write and other journals, is acquired
2004 AutoSkill launches Academy of READING v5 on a Web-based platform
Mar 2004 S.P.I.R.E. 2nd Edition is published
2005 AutoSkill launches Academy of MATH v5 on a Web-based platform
Aug 2005 Delta Education, including Educators Publishing Service, is acquired by School Specialty, Inc.
2006 AutoSkill launches Oral Reading Fluency module for Academy of READING
Mar 2006 Making Connections is published
Jan 2007 Wordly Wise 3000 2nd Edition is published
Aug 2007 Explode The Code Online launched
Dec 2007 Sitton Spelling and Word Skills is acquired
Jan 2008 MCI is published
Jul 2008 RTI Package for Academy of READING released
Aug 2009 AutoSkill International, developer of Academy of READING and Academy of MATH is acquired
Jan 2010 EPS completes the name transition to School Specialty, Literacy and Intervention division,