“…The following is a list of fairly common instructional options that currently use the dollars (and time) that could be spent to provide the research-based instruction that all children deserve. ■ Eliminate workbooks-No study has ever identified completing workbook pages as effective practice (Anderson, Brubaker, Alleman-Brooks, & Duffy, 1985;Cunningham, 1982;Fisher & Hiebert, 1990;James-Burdumy et al, 2010;Lipson, Mosenthal, Mekkelsen, & Russ, 2004;Turner, 1995). In addition to having no evidence of producing positive effects on reading achievement, workbooks are consumable and thus an annual expense (Jachym, Allington, & Broikou, 1989) that we could tap to fund evidence-based practices.…”