NCLB: Reading Program Violations
Administration Violated NCLB Reading First Law
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In September 2006, an independent government investigation revealed that the Bush administration pushed local school districts across the country to use a reading curriculum that had been developed by a company with close political and financial ties to the administration, despite concerns about the quality of the curriculum and despite the fact that, in some cases, states sought to use other curricula.
U.S. Government Accountability Office Report
Reading First: States Report Improvements in Reading Instruction, but Additional Procedures Would Clarify Education's Role in Ensuring Proper Implementation by States » GAO-07-161, February 28, 2007
U.S. Department of Education Reports
The Reading First Program's Grant Application Process, Final Inspection Report »U.S. Department of Education, Office of Inspector General
September 2006
PDF, 2.9MB
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's Reading First Program »
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
October 20, 2006
PDF, 111KB
New York State Education Department's Reading First Program »
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
November 3, 2006
PDF, 12MB
Review of the Georgia Reading First Program »
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
January 18, 2007
PDF, 1.4MB
The Department's Administration of Selected Aspects of the Reading First Program »
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
February 22, 2007
PDF, 1.2MB
RMC Research Corporation's Administration of the Reading First Program Contracts »
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
March 7, 2007
PDF, 234KB