Reading First or Worst?
In the December Education Update, "Reading First: Sustaining Success in Difficult Times" examines the debate over the impact of the $6 billion Reading First program on primary grades literacy.
Some experts say Reading First is the best federal effort to date to shore up early literacy skills, while a recent Department of Education research report says it improved reading instruction and decoding skills but made no difference in reading comprehension scores of elementary school kids.
Teachers, specialists, and administrators with firsthand knowledge of how Reading First has impacted your students and school literacy efforts, has this federal program delivered on its promise to improve student literacy?
