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Resources

There is excellent and rich support for educators and parents supplied by major regional educational laboratories, and universities. This support is easily accessed via the Internet.

Big Ideas in Beginning Reading from the University Oregon.	An excellent online slide-show of the "5 Big Ideas in beginning reading."
NW- Regional Educational Laboratory	The Learners Literacy Assessment Profile.
Texas Center for Reading & Language Arts	3-Tier Reading Model, Teacher Reading Academies, Evaluation, and more!
Verizon Reads	Literacy Partners, Programs, Champions, Challenges, and more!
COMPREHENSION Improving the Reading Comprehension of America's Children 10 Research-Based Principles from Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA) from University of Michigan.	The Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA) is a national center for research on early reading, representing a consortium of educators from five universities (the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, with the University of Southern California, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Georgia); teacher educators; teachers; publishers of texts, tests, and technology; professional organizations; and schools and school districts across the United States.
COACHING Community-Based Reading Specialists Key to Success for PREL's Early Reading Literacy Initiative	The Pacific Regional Educational Laboratory (Pacific REL) is in the process of hiring reading specialists to work with classroom teachers and administrators in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific. The focus of Pacific Resources for Education and Learning's (PREL's) third regional laboratory contract is improving early reading literacy through professional development and assessment.
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance System	Early Literacy Conference, Programs and Resources, OSEP (Special Education) - Funded Early Childhood Literacy Projects and much more.
National Institute for Literacy	"The Institute serves as a focal point for public and private activities that support the development of high-quality regional, state, and national literacy services." Links are to other Web sites, for news, policy and legislation.
Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children from the National Research Council.	An emphasis on prevention and intervention. "The goals of the project were three: (1) to comprehend a rich but diverse research base; (2) to translate the research findings into advice and guidance for parents, educators, publishers, and others involved in the care and instruction of the young; and (3) to convey this advice to the targeted audiences through a variety of publications, conferences, and other outreach activities."
Reading Pathfinder from the The ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE).	"Created for use by parents and family members, educators, caregivers, administrators, policy makers, and community members, the Early Literacy Story takes a logical path through information that addresses the concerns of those who want to help children become competent readers by about third grade." Check out links to Infants/Toddlers, Preschoolers, Kindergartners, and Grades 1-3.
U.S. Department of Education	Reading Resources - a resource for ordering materials.
Associations
International Reading Association	This site gives current news, and links to research journals, grants and conventions.
The National Center for Family Literacy	The National Center for Family Literacy is a nonprofit organization supporting family literacy services for families across the United States through training, programming, research, advocacy and dissemination.
The National Council of Teachers of English	The National Council of Teachers of English promotes the development of literacy, the use of language to construct personal and public worlds and to achieve full participation in society, through the learning and teaching of English and the related arts and sciences of language.
The Reading Recovery Council of North America, Inc.	The Reading Recovery Council of North America, Inc. is a not-for-profit association of Reading Recovery professionals, advocates, and partners. The Council provides a network of opportunities for leadership and professional development. It is an advocate for Reading Recovery throughout North America. Nearly 11,000 individuals have become members of the Council since its establishment in 1995.