Links to Research
Children's Literacy Initiative has endeavored to use research that can be immediately applicable in any classroom and result in higher literacy achievement by students, regardless of their socio-economic status.

We invite you to explore the research. You may come away thinking about the common threads that are the underpinning of our program:

• Good instruction matters

• Exemplary teachers have their students spend more time executing
   authentic reading and writing exercises than other teachers

• Quality professional development for teachers and administrators
   is key

• Vocabulary development starts with pre-school read-alouds from
   great books

• Many urban and rural classrooms/schools are in desperate need
   of larger book collections

Associate Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics
Web site: http://nces.ed.gov/commissioner/remarks2003/7_22_2003.asp
The Release of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) The Nation's Report Card Trial Urban District Assessment, Reading 2002 and Writing 2002


Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Web site: http://www.ascd.org/
Thirty-five years of research provides clear guidance as to the steps that schools can take to be highly effective in enhancing student achievement. Learn how you can use the results of this research to choose instructional strategies, design curricula, and manage classrooms to improve student achievement.


The Education Trust
Web site: http://www2.edtrust.org/edtrust
The Education Trust works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels—kindergarten through college.


Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
Web site: http://www.eric.ed.gov
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world's premier database of journal and non-journal education literature. The new ERIC online system, released September 2004, provides the public with a centralized ERIC Web site for searching the ERIC bibliographic database of more than 1.1 million citations going back to 1966. Effective October 1, more than 107,000 full-text non-journal documents (issued 1993-2004), previously available through fee-based services only, will be available for free.


The Knowledge Loom
Principals of Practice for Successful Professional Development
Web site: http://knowledgeloom.org/
Many factors contribute to an effective and successful professional development program. The following 8 principals of effective professional development are among those identified from the findings of recent research and reports of expert opinion. These 8 principles focus attention on professional development strategies for improving students' learning over time.


International Reading Association
Web site: www.reading.org
This home page of the IRA, an organization devoted to reading instruction, is directly mainly toward members of the organization. However, non-members as well can read the many articles and editorials on reading instruction, along with suggested reading lists, that are posted on the site.   


Reading Online
Web site: www.readingonline.org
This wing of the International Reading Association focuses on the relationship between reading instruction and computer technology. The site features many articles that explore the ways in which computers can be integrated with reading instruction, as well as a series of essays that discuss literacy and culture.   


National Center on Education and the Economy
Web site: www.ncee.org
This non-profit organization works to promote standards-based education, particularly in regard to meeting the needs of children from low-income homes. One of NCEE's primary foci is the America's Choice for School Design program, which incorporates student performance analysis and other standards-based aspects into a school model; the NCEE website has a description of this program, as well as contact links to receive further information about it.


National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)
Web site: http://nieer.org/
The National Institute for Early Education Research supports early childhood education initiatives by providing objective, nonpartisan information based on research. The goal of NIEER is to produce and communicate the knowledge base required to ensure that every American child can receive a good education at ages three to four. The Institute is directed by W. Steven Barnett, Professor of Education Economics and Public Policy at Rutgers University.
To subscribe: http://nieer.org/resources/newsletter/


National Research Center on English Learning Achievement (CELA)
Web site: cela.albany.edu
This organization, a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Education Research and Improvement (OERI) and the University of Albany, does extensive research to examine which elements of school curriculum, instruction, and assessment develop high literacy. CELA's web site features a cornucopia of research articles on such topics as early elementary literacy learning, technology and literacy, and teacher professional development.  

Research Reports for National Research and Development Centers
Web site: research.cse.ucla.edu
This collection of research reports, conducted by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Education Research and Improvement (OERI) and hosted by UCLA, contains papers from 12 National Research and Development Centers of the OERI. This site also has links to the OERI main site, http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI.    


National Staff Development Council (NSDC)
Web site: http://www.nsdc.org
The National Staff Development Council (NSDC) is committed to ensuring success for all students through staff development and school improvement. Our goal is that all teachers in all schools will experience high-quality professional learning as part of their daily work by 2007.  


U.S. Department of Education - Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
Web site: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ies/index.html
Established by the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the Institute of Education Sciences is the research arm of the Department of Education. Its mission is to expand knowledge and provide information on the condition of education, practices that improve academic achievement, and the effectiveness of Federal and other education programs. Its goal is the transformation of education into an evidence-based field in which decision makers routinely seek out the best available research and data before adopting programs or practices that will affect significant numbers of students.

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