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February, 2002

Department of Education Announces New "Reading First" Web Site

The U.S. Department of Education's new Reading First web site, http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/readingfirst/, offers information on the Department's ambitious national effort to help every child become a successful reader. The site includes a description on how the program will work (every state has the potential to receive Reading First grants; states will award sub-grants to local communities on a competitive basis), an estimated timeline for distribution of state funds (applications published April 1), and links to reading reports and related associations and organizations. An Early Reading First web site (www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/earlyreading/), summarizing the competitive grant program to develop and support the school readiness of pre-school-aged children, is also nearly complete. Both initiatives are run out of the Department's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which has compiled a comprehensive list of reading resources at http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/reading_resources.html.

Columbus -- Selecting a reading program to meet the specific literacy needs of a school building or district in Ohio became easier today for educators with the release of a one-stop, web-based report, Choosing a Reading Program: A Consumer’s Guide.

Funded by the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) and available soon on the Web, The Guide is an evaluation of 21 commonly used programs that emphasize reading improvement. The downloadable 87-page document is a summary of a 500-page report funded through the Reading Excellence Act (U.S. Department of Education) and supported by OhioReads. The report presents research on reading programs conducted by P. David Pearson of Michigan State University and Steven Stahl of the University of Georgia.

The programs represent a variety of approaches to literacy development. The summary contains information about the components of the reading program, instructional models and curriculum content. Additionally, the Guide contains comments and ratings that evaluate each program’s adequacy on characteristics of effective literacy development.

The Consumers’ Guide is designed to help school principals and reading faculty in school districts identify programs that they would like to investigate further.

"GAINING GROUND" IN THE MIDDLE GRADES http://publications.ccsso.org/ccsso/publication_detail.cfm?PID=278

Related Events


Seventh Latin American Congress on the Development of Reading and Writing
(VII Congreso Latinoamericano para el desarrollo de la Lectura y la Escritura)
October 16-19, 2002
Convention Center, City of Puebla, México
Tel: (222) 404 93 13
Fax: (222) 404 93 14
Email: consejopuebla@axtel.net; IRAPuebla@yahoo.com.mx
http://www.reading.org/meetings/inter_conf/congreso.html

Canadian/International Reading Association (IRA)
Literacy Conference
Oct. 24 - 26, 2002
Vancouver, British Columbia
Contact: Shirley Choo
1784 Pepperidge Court
Burnaby, BC V5A 3V9, Canada
Tel: 604-903-3650 (office); 604-420-7967 (home)
Fax: 604-903-3651
Email: tschoo@direct.ca
http://www.reading.org/meetings/regional_conf/

The LD Calendar
What's Happening in the LD Community http://www.ldonline.org/ld_calendar/ld-calendar.html#May1999

International Dyslexia Association U.S. Conferences, Seminars, & Support
http://www.interdys.org/conference.stm#national

What's Happening in DLD
Division of Learning Disabilities Calendar of Events
http://edhd.bgsu.edu/DLD/calendar.html

Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement
Upcoming Events
http://www.ciera.org/ciera/information/upcoming-events/

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