Literacy

Critical Issues in Literacy

• Using Technology to Enhance Literacy Instruction

• Addressing Literacy Needs in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms

• Monitoring the School Literacy Program

• Addressing the Literacy Needs of Emergent and Early Readers

Supporting Materials

• Literacy Program Evaluation Tool
• NCREL Literacy Web Site: Literacy Research and Best Practices
• Balanced Reading Instruction
• NCREL's Learning Point magazine: How Reading Engages Children
• Captured Wisdom: Adult Literacy
• Computer-Based Technology and Learning: Evolving Uses and Expectations
• NCREL Research Study: Exemplary Reading Programs in Illinois Public Schools
• NCREL Research Study: A Study of Reading Practices, Instruction, and Achievement in District 31 Schools.
  View abstract (HTML format); view entire document (PDF format or HTML format).
• NCREL Essay: What Does Research Say About Reading?

Additional Resources

• Internet Links
  Although NCREL takes care in selecting other Internet sites to which it links or points, such selection does not imply endorsement by NCREL, its partners, or funding agents.
• Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children
  This executive summary translates a large body of research into advice and guidance for parents, educators, and others.
• Ideas at Work: How to Help Every Child Become a Reader
  The U.S. Department of Education suggests guidelines to promote reading for all children.
• Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement
  CIERA's mission is to improve the reading achievement of America's children. Make special note of Improving the Reading Achievement of America's Children: 10 Research-Based Principles.
• "NRC Panel Urges End to Reading Wars"
  Kathleen Kennedy Manzo writes about the National Research Council report on reading.
• Start Early, Finish Strong: How to Help Every Child Become a Reader
  This 1999 publication from the U.S. Department of Education is part of the America Reads Challenge.
• Children's Literature Web Guide
  Internet resources on literature for children and young adults. Includes some full text stories.
• CyberKids Online Magazine
  Magazine by and for children.
• ERIC Clearinghouse: Reading, English, and Communications
  Clearinghouse Web server describes resources for educators and parents on language arts topics. Includes full-text stories, some with audio enhancement.
• AskERIC Lesson Plans
  Choose from a variety of topics and additional lesson plan sources.
• Human-Languages Page (Bilingual)
  Information about other languages; English/ other language dictionaries; and sites written in other languages.
• National Diffusion Network Reading/Writing Programs
  Database of curricular and instructional programs reviewed and approved by the National Diffusion Network.
• Busy Teachers' WebSite K-12
  Provides teachers with direct source materials, lesson plans/classroom activities with a minimum of site-to-site linking, and provides an enjoyable and rewarding experience for the teacher who is learning to use the Internet.
• Discovery Channel School
  This web server features over 50 hours of commercial-free television programming along with hundreds of pages of activities and lesson ideas for teachers.