Some Literacy-Related Websites (as of January 10, 2005)
(Websites are listed in alphabetical order)
Accelerated Reader: Some websites discussing pros and cons
http://www.fcrr.org/FCRRReports/PDF/Accelerated_Reader.pdf
http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/whatsnu_ar.html#krashen
http://www.readingonline.org/critical/topping/rolarL.html
http://www.sdkrashen.com/articles/does_accelerated_reader_work/does_accelerated_reader_work.pdf
http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/bibs/accl-rdr.html
American Educator, the professional journal of the American Federation of Teachers, is a quarterly magazine published for classroom teachers and other education professionals from preschool through university. Recent articles have focused on such topics as reducing the achievement gap between poor and affluent students; heading off student discipline problems; teaching an appreciation and understanding of democracy; the benefits of a common coherent curriculum; and other issues affecting children and education here and abroad. Total circulation, as of our most recent issue, is over 800,000.
Index of back issues: http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/issues/index.htm
Some issues especially related to literacy:
Fall 2004: Preventing early reading failure = and its devastating downward spiral
http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/issues/fall04/index.htm
Spring 2003: The fourth-grade plunge: The cause. The Cure.
http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/spring2003/index.html
Summer 2001: Overcoming the language gap
http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/summer2001/index.html
Spring/Summer 1998: The unique power of reading and how to unleash it
http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/spring_sum98/index.html
The American Initiative on Reading
and Writing, also called Read
Write Now!
“The American Initiative on Reading and Writing, also called Read Write Now!, was launched by the U.S. Secretary of Education, Richard Riley, in May, 1995. Its goals are to assist families in fostering good literacy habits in their children and to assist schools and other youth and educational organizations in improving reading and writing abilities. The target audience for the Initiative is preschoolers and elementary level students, with special emphasis on grades K-6. Through partnerships with social and educational organizations, professional organizations, and private business, the Initiative has launched a series of activities, including a summer reading program, a national tutoring effort, and a mentoring project on the World Wide Web (The Alphabet Superhighway).”
See especially the Tutoring Manual: http://www.udel.edu/ETL/RWN/Tutorman.html
The
“The America Reads Challenge is a grassroots national campaign that
challenges every American to help all our children learn to read, including
English Language Learners and students with disabilities. America Reads sparks
collaborations between educators, parents, librarians, business people, senior
citizens, college students, and community and religious groups. The America Reads Challenge inspires families to read together
at home, asks childcare
providers to read daily to children, encourages teachers to use research-based methods,
recruits college students
and others to tutor children, engages businesses
to involve employees, and unites communities to form strong
partnerships.”
The American Reading Forum http://www.fd.appstate.edu/arfonline/
“The American Reading Forum is a nonprofit,
professional organization composed of individuals who share an interest in the
improvement of reading. While the American Reading Forum is an organization
that facilitates the dissemination of ideas and research, it places highest
priority on providing its members opportunities for critical discussion of
ideas, issues, research and emerging research interests and paradigms. “
The Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar: http://www.ATEG.org
ATEG, an Assembly of NCTE,
the National Council of Teachers of English,
is a national forum for discussing the teaching of grammar, and welcomes all
views on the role of grammar in our schools.
See also the main website of the National Council of Teachers of
English, http://www.ncte.org
BalancedReading.com http://www.balancedreading.com/McKenna.html
Michael McKenna’s list of web resources for literacy
teachers. (LOTS of good links)
Center for Applied Language Studies, Vocabulary Acquisition Research Group: http://www.swan.ac.uk/cals/calsres/index/index.htm
Research
opportunities, Bibliographical resources in Vocabulary Acquisition, Discussion
papers and reviews from the Vocabulary Acquisition Research Group, Research
materials and tests available from CALS
CIERA (Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement): http://www.ciera.org
(Lots of info and downloadable reports)
Dyslexia,
learning disabilities and literacy resource site of The
Early Reading Success http://www.haskins.yale.edu:16080/haskins/ers/index.html
The Early Reading Success Initiative
represents a new partnership between public schools with special literacy
needs, and Haskins Laboratories.
Guided by national research findings and recommendations of the Connecticut
Early Reading Success Panel, this state-of-the-art literacy initiative will
broaden the training of professionals in research-based practices and establish
a network of model schools in
Educator’s Reference Desk. http://www.eduref.org/
ERIC (Educational
ERIC/CLL Language Link http://www.cal.org/resources/update.html
An Online
Newsletter From the ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics - The
latest issue of "ERIC/CLL Language Link"
Focus on Topics
and Issues in
Convenient collections
of IRA resources in particular areas, including beginning reading, adolescent
literacy, language and cultural diversity, assessment, and the U.S. federal
"Reading First" legislation. Each collection includes a detailed
listing of recommended readings from a range of IRA sources, with links to
online materials.
The International Dyslexia Association http://www.interdys.org/index.htm
International Reading Association: http://www.reading.org
You might be interested in a recently launched IRA information service called “Reading Today Daily”. This is in the form of a weblog (“blog”) that can be reached via IRA’s website at http://www.reading.org or directly via: http://blog.reading.org/ The blog is intended to provide current information and links to interesting or provocative articles and commentary on issues related to reading and literacy education policy and practice. We welcome suggestions for articles and items.
Internet
Directory of Literacy and Adult Education:
http://archon.educ.kent.edu/Midwest/Resc/Litdir/index.html
“This
document summarizes the best available research and professional expertise to
help teachers provide high-quality literacy instruction for students from
kindergarten through Grade 8. The information has been organized around topics
that are important to literacy development.” http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/res/literacy/
John Nemes’ Homepage http://www.toread.com/
One person’s
attempt to construct a comprehensive website about reading instruction. Lots of information.
Includes
full text for some issues.
Leveled Reading
Comparison Website: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~hwhitech/read_lev_compare.pdf
This link is to a PDF file
giving a table that shows the relationships among several different systems for
leveling books (Reading Recovery, Fontas & Pinell, Lexiles, Wright Group,
DRA, Rigby Literacy, and the associated
grade levels).
Literacy.org: http://ncal.literacy.upenn.edu/index.html
Literacy Cases Online http://literacy.okstate.edu
The
College Reading Association has a new online publication: Literacy Cases Online. This publication is a peer-reviewed case
study journal. These literacy cases can
be used for teaching and other instructional purposes.
Literacy
Volunteers of American,
The Literacy Web at the
National
Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Reading page.
http://www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/reading/
National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards
Early
and Middle Childhood Literacy:
http://www.nbpts.org/pdf/literacystandards.pdf
NCAL's mission incorporates three primary goals: to improve understanding of youth and adult learning, to foster innovation and increase effectiveness in youth and adult basic education and literacy work, and to expand access to information and build capacity for literacy and basic skills service provision.
The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA, formerly NCBE) http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/
National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education (“Your adult ESL home on the web”): http://www.cal.org/ncle
National Council of Teachers of English
(NCTE) http://www.ncte.org/
NCTE Teaching Resource Collection on Literacy Coaching: http://www.ncte.org/collections/literacycoach
National
Especially, the Report of the
National
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/nrp/smallbook.htm
National Institute for Literacy: The National Institute for Literacy's activities to strengthen literacy across the lifespan are authorized by the U.S. Congress under two laws, the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) in the Workforce Investment Act and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The AEFLA directs the Institute to provide national leadership regarding literacy, coordinate literacy services and policy, and serve as a national resource for adult education and literacy programs. The NCLB law directs the Institute to disseminate information on scientifically based reading research pertaining to children, youth, and adults as well as information about development and implementation of classroom reading programs based on the research.
National
National
Research and
No Child Left
Behind Website: http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml?src=pb
legal
document site for NCLB: http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/index.html
OSPI K-12
Education website – reading: http://www.k12.wa.us/curriculumInstruct/Reading/default.aspx
Project RIMES 2000: http://www.ed.arizona.edu/rimes2000/
(Includes annotated bibliography of materials and software for beginning reading instruction)
Promoting Vocabulary Development (Booklet from the Texas Education Agency)
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/reading/practices/redbk5.pdf
Put Reading First: The
This document was published by the Partnership for
Reading, a collaborative effort of the National Institute for Literacy, the
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the U.S. Department
of Education, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to make
scientifically based reading research available to educators, parents
policy-makers, and others with an interest in helping all people learn to read
well. The findings and conclusions in this publication were drawn from the 2000
report of the National Reading Panel
html version:
http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading_first1.html
pdf version:
http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/PFRbooklet.pdf
RAND Education / Science & Technology Policy Institute: http://www.RAND.org/multi/achievementforall
Here you can find and download the document Reading for Understanding: Towards a Research and Development Program in Reading Comprehension, by the RAND Reading Study Group.
Read Naturally http://www.readnaturally.com/index.htm
Read – Write – Think http://www.readwritethink.org
“Provides standards-based lesson plans and reviewed
Web resources for K-8 educators and students…. The International Reading
Association is working closely with the National Council of Teachers of English
and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation to provide educators and students with
easy access to high-quality practices and resources in reading and language
arts instruction…. By April 2003, our goal is to post 150 total lessons
covering a broad range of reading and language arts topics… Each lesson will
link to standards from the IRA/NCTE Standards for the English Language Arts,
published in 1996… A prominent feature
of ReadWriteThink is a compilation of quality Web resources that can be used
for reading and language arts instruction.
These Web resources are thoroughly reviewed to ensure that they meet a
standard set of criteria.”
Reading Next
http://www.all4ed.org/publications/ReadingNext/ReadingNext.pdf
Reading Next—A Vision for Action and Research in Middle
and High School Literacy: A Report fromCarnegie Corporation of
Reading Online http://www.readingonline.org The International Reading Association’s “free web based journal that gives you online access to the latest literacy resources and information”
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/reading/practices/practices.html
US Department of Education Reading Resources: Information about reading and reading
instruction for parents. http://www.ed.gov/parents/read/resources/edpicks.jhtml?src=qc
Vocabulary Instruction /
Michael Graves’ overview of
essentials for effective vocabulary instruction
Note: If you find other literacy-related websites
that are especially helpful, or if any of these sites don’t work, please let me
know so I can update the next version of this list: wnagy@spu.edu