The state of Missouri has received a Reading First grant from the U.S. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Eligible schools have been notified. For information about the grant application process, schools eligible to apply for the grant, go to:
http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/fedprog/discretionarygrants/ReadingFirst/index.html
Sites that support Reading First grantees:
Federal Website
http://www.readingfirstsupport.us
Index of state grantees and their websites
http://goal.ncrel.org/rf/assess/contact.asp
State websites that are especially helpful
Texas http://www.texasreading.org/utcrla/
Oregon http://reading.uoregon.edu
For information about SBRR
(Scientifically Based Reading Research), go to:
Big Ideas in Beginning Reading
http://reading.uoregon.edu/big_ideas/trial_bi_index.php
National Reading Panel
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/nrp/smallbook.htm
Publications from the National Reading Panel
http://www.nationalreadingpanel.org/Publications/publications.htm
Five Components of Reading
http://www.ncrel.org/rf/sbrr/five.htm
Reading First grants require the DIBELS assessment, given three times a year to every student and more often for students at risk. The DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Beginning Emerging Literacy) assessment is available free to any school. Go to: http://dibels.uoregon.edu/
Powerpoint presentations related to Reading First, assessment, reading instruction and intervention programs can be found at: http://www.fcrr.org/science/pptpresentations.htm
Curriculum Information
For information on Missouri’s Grade Level Expectations, go to:
http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/GLEDocuments.html
Reading Rockets
The Reading First specialist located at the St. Louis RPDC is Valerie McCarty