Northwest Regional Comprehensive Center
NWRCC
Reading First
The U.S. Department of Education Reading First program provides funding to implement comprehensive reading instruction for children in kindergarten through third grade.
Featured Reading First Publications
- Put Reading First: Helping Your Child Learn to Read [PDF]
The booklet was designed to make evidence-based reading research available to educators, parents, and policy-makers.
http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/PFRbrochure.pdf - Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read. [PDF]
Designed for classroom teachers, this publication describes the findings of the National Reading Panel and provides analysis and discussion of five areas of reading instruction.
http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/PFRbooklet.pdf
Featured Reading First Websites
- U.S. Department of Education Reading First
Reading First is a focused nationwide effort to enable all students to become successful early readers. Funding under the program is intended to help states and local school districts eliminate the reading deficit by establishing high-quality, comprehensive reading instruction in grades K-3.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/readingfirst/index.html
State Reading First Websites
- Montana Reading First
http://www.opi.state.mt.us/ReadingFirst/index.html - Oregon Reading First
http://oregonreadingfirst.uoregon.edu/ - Washington Reading First
http://www.k12.wa.us/curriculuminstruct/reading/readingfirst/default.aspx - Wyoming Reading First
http://www.k12.wy.us/eqa/rf/rf.asp