Reading First
Read Education Week鈥檚 coverage of the Bush administration鈥檚 flagship reading program.
Reading & Literacy
Opinion
The Rocky Year of Reading First
Michael Pressley thinks that we should view the recent complaints from educational vendors in the Reading First marketplace as an extension of the list of concerns over federal reading efforts that have accumulated over the past six years.
Reading & Literacy
Inspector General to Conduct Broad Audits of Reading First
A federal investigation into Reading First will include several broad audits of the policies and procedures involved in implementing the $1 billion-a-year program, according to the U.S. Department of Education鈥檚 inspector general鈥檚 office schedule of reviews for 2006.
Reading & Literacy
GAO to Probe Federal Plan for Reading
Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. Senate education committee have joined the debate over the implementation of Reading First, with a call for an investigation into the federal program by the watchdog arm of Congress.
Reading & Literacy
National Clout of DIBELS Test Draws Scrutiny
Just a few years ago, a set of tests known as 鈥渄ibbles鈥� would have elicited little more than a chuckle from 糖心动漫vlog or anyone else. Today, they鈥檙e taking it seriously, because the acronym DIBELS has come to symbolize the standard for early-literacy assessment throughout much of the country.
Reading & Literacy
Publishers Question Fairness of 鈥楻eading First鈥� Process
State grant reviewers gave Dr. Cupp鈥檚 Readers a big, fat zero rating on one Georgia school鈥檚 Reading First application. Only later did its publisher find out that at least one of those reviewers had never laid eyes on the program.
Curriculum
Leading Commercial Series Don鈥檛 Satisfy 'Gold Standard'
A number of commercial reading programs have satisfied the requirement under the federal reading law for embodying a strong research base, yet there appears to be limited outside evidence that any of them produces a conclusive and consistent effect on overall reading achievement.
Curriculum
Federal Influence Over Curriculum Exhibits Growth
The specificity of some sections of the reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and the way certain provisions are being implemented, are raising concerns that the federal government is encroaching ever more on decisions historically made by local communities.
Federal
Dept. of Education To Hike Oversight Of Reading Grants
The Department of Education is warning states that the agency will more closely monitor how they are spending money under a waning federal reading initiative, after reports that local grant recipients may not be following "scientifically based" principles or other requirements.
Reading & Literacy
Anxious Educators Await Details of Bush Reading Initiative
President Bush's $5 billion sketch for putting "Reading First" is winning widespread praise from 糖心动漫vlog for highlighting what many see as the most critical factors in students' overall academic success: early-literacy skills and teacher training.