Learning to Read... Reading to Learn
Web Sites

"Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read" (4/13/00)

"A Scientific Approach to Reading Instruction"

"Big Ideas in Beginning Reading" (University of Oregon)

"Catch Them Before They Fall: Identification and Assessment to Prevent Reading Failure in Young Children"

"Components of Effective, Research-Supported Reading Instruction"

"Doing Your Homework: Research-Based Reading Instruction" Sue Heath

Get Ready to Read (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

"How Do I Know a Good Early Reading Program When I See One?", First Lady Laura Bush

The International Children's Digital Library (ICDL) is a five-year project to create a collection of more than 10,000 books in at least 100 languages that is freely available to children, teachers, librarians, parents, and scholars throughout the world via the Internet (To use Enhanced ICDL, you must download Java Virtual Machine Software - at no cost - as explained on the web site)

"LDA Reading and Learning Disabilities Position Paper" (April, 2001)

"Learning to Read…Reading to Learn: Helping Children with Learning Disabilities to Succeed: Tips for Teachers "

"Measuring Success:Using Assessments and Accountability to Raise Student Achievement" - Reid Lyon's testimony to U.S. House of Representatives - 3/8/01

"Multisensory Structured Language Programs: Content and Principles of Instruction"

Reading Rockets (An excellent web site from WETA, the public broadcasting station in Washington, D.C).

What Education Schools Aren't Teaching About Reading and What Teachers Aren't Learning

"Teaching a Child to Read: Special Ed or Reading First?" Sue Heath

"What is the Matthew Effect?"

"When Older Students Can't Read" (Louisa Moats, Ph.D).