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• Put Reading First: Helping Your Child Learn to Read, A Parent Guide, Preschool Through Grade 3 [PDF]
  This brochure was published by The Partnership for Reading, a collaborative effort of the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL), the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), and the U.S. Department of Education to make evidence-based reading research available to educators, parents, policy-makers, and others with an interest in helping all people learn to read well.

• Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read, Kindergarten Through Grade 3, September 2001 [PDF]
  This publication was developed by the Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA) and was funded by the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) through the Educational Research and Development Centers Program.

• Ready to Read, Ready to Learn

• How Do I Know a Good Early Reading Program When I See One?

• Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read, April 2000
  The National Reading Panel Report outlines the most effective approaches to teaching children to read, the status of the research on reading, and reading instruction practices that are ready to be used by teachers in classrooms. Both the report and the congressional testimony are available on-line in PDF format and in hard copy with an accompanying video.

• Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children's Reading Success, 1998
  This guide, developed by the National Research Council, explains how children learn to read and how adults can help them. Based on the 1998 National Research Council report, Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children, it provides ideas that parents, educators, policy-makers, and others can use to prevent reading difficulties in early childhood and the primary grades. Copies are available from the National Academy Press by calling 1-800-624-6242. Each book costs $14.95 plus shipping and handling.

• National Research Council's Executive Summary: Eager to Learn
  The National Research Council's new executive summary, Eager to Learn: Educating our Preschoolers highlights the findings of the National Research Council's Committee on Early Childhood Pedagogy, established in 1997, to study early learning and care for children ages two to five. The executive summary offers a number of suggestions for improving early childhood education in preschool, day care and other settings. This publication will be helpful for educators, childcare providers, parents and policy makers. Order free of charge by calling 1-877-4ED-PUBS.

• NAEP Reading Report Card for the Nation
  This National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) website highlights results from the 2000 and 1998 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). In 2000, NAEP administered the latest reading assessment to approximately 9,000 students at grade 4 in the nation. In 1998, NAEP administered the reading assessment to 31,000 students at grades 4, 8, and 12 in the nation and 360,000 students in individual states at grades 4 and 8.

• Teaching Reading is Rocket Science: What Expert Teachers Should Know and Be Able to Do. June 1999

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