Our elementary school uses it. Overall, we really liked it, but like anything it depends upon how it's implemented. It's basically a leveled spelling program p; the kids take a pretest and are then grouped. We had weekly lists with varied activities (usually a fair amount of choice) during the week to prepare, some in class and some homework.
For my DD, it was only so-so, but primarily because the highest grouping the teacher made was not challenging for her. My DS had a different teacher (and two classmates of similar spelling ability) and the teacher went out of her way to extend the program, using Greek and Latin roots and vocabulary; they ended up writing quite a bit (this was third grade).
Overall, we liked it, but I think it is a lot if initial work/start-up preparation for the teacher, and they need to be open-minded and flexible in their groupings (such as allowing kids to move up or down during the year, etc).
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