3/2015

This site is designed to provide educators, administrators, policymakers and community stakeholders with basic information about the importance of effective reading instruction in the early grades, and focuses on the steps schools might take to ensure that kindergarten and first-grade students receive the supports they need to read on grade level by third grade. This site will showcase:

• the essential components supporting effective reading instruction;
• tools and resources to help educators and communities improve reading instruction;
• success stories from the field, including innovative uses of federal funding streams; and
• other features.

Source: US Department of Education

Available at: http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/earlyliteracy/index.html