We think the system is great – upon our move to USA last year our youngest was reading at grade level (grade 3) and I put that entirely down to Easy Read.
Our eldest (who has dyslexia) still reads only at grade 2 level (she is retaking grade 5) but even that was really great progress as she is far more fluid and plus she spells much better. Meanwhile she now reads at grade level in Swedish and I think that Easy Read has helped with that because she really understands now about sounds and that they map to letters.