As noted in the 2013 report of the organization for economic co-operation and development, that evaluated the reading performance of teenagers from 65 countries, Australia is falling behind other industrialized countries in terms of the ever increasing gap increasing attainments between their most advantaged and disadvantaged children. Moreover, that Australian Curriculum, Assessment , and Reporting Authority report that reading difficulties affect up to 30% of Australian primary school children. Such a large percentage of children with reading difficulties constitutes a significant problem as the effect for reading failure are devastating for individual children, Australian society, and the international community.