Selected sites provide information about national initiatives state wide implementation models and research-based approaches. The WRRC would appreciate feedback, particularly from our client states in the WRRC region, about the use of the resources and documents provided here. Resource Kit was assembled by the U.S. Department of Education to help new America Reads Challenge community sites plan and implement literacy programs for children from birth through elementary school. Department of Education's FY 1999 Major New Initiatives includes information about the Reading Excellence Program . The site includes grant application information, FAQs, News and Events and an excellent web based resource list.
Documents are available online.
Research results shed light on the skills and understandings about literacy which children must acquire in order to learn to read. There are excellent links from this site to research based programs. Learning How to Print Maps to Speech, 1991. Why Children Succeed or Fail at Reading, 1998. This site offers current, validated research that demonstrates the most effective approaches to educating children with disabilities.