The Annual Newsletter of the International Reading Association's Phonics Special Interest Group
Websites:
What
Works Clearinghouse
http://www.w-w-c.org/
The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences
is developing a centralized database of effectiveness studies to provide
educators, policymakers, and the public with scientific, independent,
trusted information about what works in education.
The National Right to Read Foundation
www.nrrf.org
Terrific information and an online store.
No Child Left
Behind
http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml?src=pb
The most recent federal reading reform initiative.
Online Articles:
Put
Reading First:
The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read,
Kindergarten Through Grade 3
http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading_first1.html
Report
of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/nrp/smallbook.htm
Reading
the Right Way:
What research and best practices say about eliminating failure among beginning
readers
by Bill Honig
http://www.aasa.org/publications/sa/1997_09/honig.htm
Tips for
Parents from Top Researchers
by Ed Kame'enui, Marilyn Adams, and
G. Reid Lyon
http://www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=31
A Synthesis of
Research on Reading from the National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development
by Bonita Grossen
http://www.nrrf.org/synthesis_research.htm
Reading First Initiative:
Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.ed.gov/programs/readingfirst/faq.html