The program was funded from 1968 until 1995, when funding was stopped due to data revealing that there was little or no benefit from the program.  However, Project Follow Through did offer the first ever clearly documented empirical proof that the Direct Instruction model was the most effective method of teaching reading, arithmetic, language, spelling, and positive self-image.  Direct instruction was the only method out of twenty-two forms of instruction that consistently produced positive results. Direction instruction is, by far, the most widely used method of teaching.