[Reading-hall-of-fame] [Fwd: Re: [LiteracyForAll] IRA President on Reading First]

[Ken Goodman]

Oh my
There is an official response from IRA and its about keeping the money 
flowing and not the finding that the program has not worked. Pogo was 
right: We have met the enemy and they is us!
For shame!
Ken Goodman

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Subject: 	Re: [LiteracyForAll] IRA President on Reading First
Date: 	Thu, 01 May 2008 20:16:27 +0000
From: 	jyatvin at comcast.net
Reply-To: 	LiteracyForAll at yahoogroups.com
To: 	LiteracyForAll at yahoogroups.com, LiteracyForAll at yahoogroups.com
CC: 	Susan Ohanian <susano at gmavt.net>



Pardon me while I barf.

Joanne
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From: Susan Ohanian <susano at gmavt.net>
> Reading First is not a perfect program, but it has increased teacher 
> expertise in effective
> reading instruction.  All children benefit when teachers have the 
> knowledge, resources and
>  support. they need to make every child a reader."
>                                      ---Linda Gambrell, President IRA
>                                         Reading Today, January 2008
> 
> IRA Press Release
> Immediate Release
> Media contact:
> Beth Cady, Public Information Office
> Telephone 302-731-1600, ext. 293
> Fax 302-731-1057
> E-mail bcady at reading.org
> Website www.reading.org
> 
> Don't Shortchange Reading First Program
> NEWARK, DELAWARE, USA---The latest nonpartisan report on Reading First,
> issued by the Center for Education Policy, confirms what the 
> International Reading
> Association has heard from its members: Despite evidence of federal and 
> state
> misconduct and mismanagement, schools have done a good job implementing
> Reading First programs and students and teachers have benefited. Cathy 
> Roller,
> IRA's director of research and policy and lead analyst for two IRA member
> surveys, expressed her hope that CEP's report will have an impact on 
> Capitol Hill,
> where House appropriators are threatening major cuts in funding. 
> "Reading First
> is having an effect and accomplishing its goals," Roller said. "It is 
> foolish to cut it
> now. Reading First problems were essentially localized and they have been
> resolved. Schools and children need Reading First."
> 
> Reading First differs from earlier efforts to improve reading 
> instruction in the
> critical early grades in several key ways. According to the U.S. 
> Department of
> Education, Reading First schools are more likely than Title I schools to 
> schedule
> uninterrupted blocks of time for reading instruction and to place struggling
> students in intervention programs. They are also more likely to have a 
> reading
> coach---a reading expert available on site who can evaluate overall literacy
> programs and supports, and provide guidance to teachers as they align their
> teaching approach with evidence from reading research studies. In an earlier
> study, the Center for Education Policy noted that 97% of Reading First 
> districts
> that reported improved reading achievement cited Reading First's 
> instructional
> program as an important or very important cause.
> 
> "The International Reading Association has been concerned since the 
> release of
> the Inspector General's reports that the contribution of Reading First 
> initiatives
> might be obscured by ethics violations and intentional mismanagement. 
> Reading
> First is not a perfect program, but it has increased teacher expertise about
> effective reading instruction. All children benefit when teachers have the
> knowledge, resources, and supports they need to make every child a reader,"
> notes Linda Gambrell, International Reading Association president and 
> Clemson
> University professor.
> 
> The International Reading Association has called for improvements in 
> Reading First
> that would better integrate scientific research about reading and reading
> instruction with teacher quality and effectiveness. IRA's proposals for 
> reform of
> No Child Left Behind are available at www.reading.org.
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 




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