Publisher Who Filed Initial Complaints Gets Some Satisfaction From I.G. Report E-Mail Exchanges

State officials, publishers, and educators began complaining to one another very early during the implementation of Reading First that the U.S. Department of Education appeared to be promoting particular reading programs, assessments, and consultants over others in their guidance to states.

Few, however, dared grumble in public for fear they would risk losing out on some of the $1 billion in annual funding for the high-profile reading program.

Now, though, Cindy Cupp is satisfied that, with the recent release of a critical report from the Education Department’s inspector general, her own very public complaints are no longer just the uncorroborated accounts of...