I recall that same color-coded SRA system. I remember doing well at it (climbed to "higher" color levels than many in the class), but I can't say how much it di

I recall that same color-coded SRA system. I remember doing well at it (climbed to "higher" color levels than many in the class), but I can't say how much it did to teach me, as opposed to measure where I already was. The three things that did help me a lot were 1) my mom taught me the alphabet before I started kindergarten[0], 2) Dr. Seuss books (first text I was able to read on my own was the The Zax from his Sneetches book[1] after having it read to me a number of times, along with other illustrated stories) and 3) lots of reading material around the house, from Golden Book encyclopedia to Life/Look magazines and newspapers. So I guess that does support the family & environment effect. [0]while not from a rich family, it was much more common back then to have stay-at-home mothers [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sneetches_and_Other_Stories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sneetches_and_Other_Storie...