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|  Improving Adolescent Literacy                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Five recommendations for improving literacy among adolescents in the upper elementary, middle, and high school grades.GO >                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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|  Eager to Learn: Educating Our Preschoolers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| National Research Council report on the education of children ages 2-5. Suggests ways to improve early childhood education in preschool programs, child care centers, and other settings.GO >                                                                                                                                                |
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|  Early Reading and Scientifically-Based Research                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| A presentation from the February 2003 National Title I Directors' Conference.GO >                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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|  Early Reading First                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Information about the program to prepare children to enter kindergarten with the necessary language, cognitive, and early reading skills to prevent reading difficulties and ensure reading success.GO >                                                                                                                                     |
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|  National Institute for Literacy                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Information on research, practices, and policies aimed to improve reading instruction for children, youth, and adults.GO >                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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|  NAEP Reading Report Card for the Nation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Results from the 2000 and 1998 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).GO >                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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|  Reading organizations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Organizations that provide information or assistance related to reading or language arts.GO >                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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|  Book Donation Campaign                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| ED, First Book, and U.S. book publishing companies are working together to provide free books to schools, libraries, and literacy organizations serving low-income youth, especially in high-need communities.GO >                                                                                                                           |
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|  Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Landmark report on reading from the National Research Council. Examines the process of learning to read, predictors of reading success and failure, preventing difficulties before kindergarten, instructional and organizational strategies, helping children with reading difficulties, and recommendations for practice and research.GO > |
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| ED publications on reading -- what research says, how to help children become strong readers, and what to look for in early reading programs.GO >                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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|  Reading First                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Information about the national initiative to help every young child in every state become a successful reader.GO >                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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|  Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children's Reading Success                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| This guide, developed by the National Research Council, explains how children learn to read and how adults can help them.GO >                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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|  Teaching Children to Read                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| A 20-minute video highlights and brings the findings of evidence-based reading research to those with an interest in helping all people learn to read well.GO >                                                                                                                                                                              |
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|  What Works: Beginning Reading                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| The What Works Clearinghouse reviewed programs, products, practices, and policies intended to increase skills in alphabetics, reading fluency, comprehension, or general reading achievement for students in grades K-3.GO >                                                                                                                 |
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