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1999 Awardees (in alphabetical order) | Selected Additional Programs

A map of all state awardees	The new states for FY 2001 were: Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, South Carolina, and Tennessee. See also the Frequently Asked Questions about the Reading Excellence Program.
1999 Awardees (i.e. time for programs to become established)
Alabama Reading Initiative	Click on "Publications" to obtain reports, such as, "How The Alabama Reading Initiative Is Transforming Reading Instruction For All Students" and presentations.
Florida Curriculum Reading Support	See the Mission statement, and links to the Florida Reading Initiatives (with a PowerPoint presentation), as well as the Reading and Family Literacy Center (linking out to FLaRE Center, at the University of Florida).
Iowa	See Every Child Reads, upon which the grant was based. See also their source of experts, the Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA) at the University of Michigan.
Kansas Curriculum Standards for Reading and Writing	This site is for all grades - for reading and for writing.
Kentucky Division of Extended Learning	The Web page gives links to excellent resources such as Literacy Initiatives & Grant Programs, Primary Education, and Even Start & Family Literacy. Scroll down each page and try each link.
Louisiana K-3 Reading and Math Initiative	Click each link under "Overview." The excellent links under "Video Highlights" give short and long videos about programs in different schools, and give a written description.
Maine Center for Inquiry on Literacy	A very good set of pages to help with literacy and early childhood support. See also the Maine Department of Education Reading Excellence Act Web page.
Maryland - Montgomery County	[The] instructional Program in Reading/Language Arts and English is based on current research about language, language learning, and effective instruction, and addresses both content and process. See especially the links to the preK-2 and the grades 3 - 5 programs.
Massachusetts DOE Reading Office	Links to calendar, grants and resources.
The Ohio Literacy Initiative	See links to the "Basic Framework for Literacy Development" document, as well as one to Ohio Reads, which is rich with links for volunteers, educators, grant seekers, and more.
Oregon Reading Initiative - Reading Together!	An excellent Web site, with links to reading teams, a reading guide, publications and much more.
Pennsylvania	These are large pdf files. Most reading files on the PA site are in pdf format.
Rhode Island Reading Initiatives	Includes Even Start Family Literacy Program, and Rhode Island Reading Excellence.
Texas	An excellent Web site with sample letter to parents, and resources in Spanish and English, and links to The Center for Academic and Reading Skills and The Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts.
Utah Literacy Home Page	Click on Elementary Language Arts Home Page for links to Utah Reads, research publications, and more.
Vermont Department of Education	VT-Developmental Reading Assessment: An example of large-scale assessment during the primary grades.
West Virginia Reading for All	The plan has three phases: Learn to Read (K-4); Read to Learn (5-12); and Read to Succeed (Adult). Each phase includes three major focal points of professional development, strengthening the instructional cycle (curriculum, instruction, assessment), and parent/community involvement. WVDE Reading Research Symposium held March 18-20, 2002!
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California Department of Education's Teaching Reading: A Balanced, Comprehensive Approach to Teaching Reading in Prekindergarten Through Grade Three.	An excellent collection of information and guidance. Off the Reading and Language Arts Information and Resources Web site.
Oklahoma	"Oklahoma was one of only 10 states to be awarded a Reading Excellence Act grant by the U.S. Department of Education this year. The program will target children in Grades K-3, and will use research-based methods to improve the instructional practices of teachers. The program builds upon efforts that have already made Oklahoma one of the top-performing states on the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading test. Oklahoma's scores on the 1998 reading assessment for Grades 4 and 8 combined were above the national average, and only seven states had higher average scores."
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. CIERA is supported under the Educational Research and Development Centers Program, PR/Award Number R305R70004, as administered by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, and the US Department of Education.