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EDITOR'S PICKS
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Editor's Pick  Eager to Learn: Educating Our Preschoolers
National Research Council report on the education of children ages 2-5. Suggests ways to improve early childhood education in preschool programs, child care centers, and other settings. GO >
Editor's Pick  Early Reading and Scientifically-Based Research
A presentation from the February 2003 National Title I Directors' Conference. GO >
Editor's Pick  Early Reading First
Information about the program to prepare children to enter kindergarten with the necessary language, cognitive, and early reading skills to prevent reading difficulties and ensure reading success. GO >
Editor's Pick  NAEP Reading Report Card for the Nation
Results from the 2000 and 1998 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). GO >
Editor's Pick  Organizations that can help
Organizations that provide information or assistance related to reading or language arts. GO >
Editor's Pick  Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children
Landmark report on reading from the National Research Council. Examines the process of learning to read, predictors of reading success and failure, preventing difficulties before kindergarten, instructional and organizational strategies, helping children with reading difficulties, and recommendations for practice and research. GO >
Editor's Pick  Publications
ED publications on reading -- what research says, how to help children become strong readers, and what to look for in early reading programs. GO >
Editor's Pick  Reading First
Information about the national initiative to help every young child in every state become a successful reader. GO >
Editor's Pick  Ready to Read, Ready to Learn
Details on First Lady Laura Bush's education initiatives. GO >
Editor's Pick  Research-Based Instruction in Reading
A presentation from the October 2002 Student Achievement and School Accountability Conference. GO >
Editor's Pick  Scientifically-Based Research Seminar
Proceedings from a February 2002 seminar, including the implications of a scientifically-based approach to reading instruction GO >
Editor's Pick  Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children's Reading Success
This guide, developed by the National Research Council, explains how children learn to read and how adults can help them. GO >
Editor's Pick  Teaching Children to Read
The April 2000 National Reading Panel Report outlines the most effective approaches to teaching children to read, the status of the research on reading, and reading instruction practices that are ready to be used by teachers in classrooms. GO >
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