For web resources specific to children's and/or young adult literature,
go to the Teaching with Children's and Adolescent Literature web site.

For web resources specific to literature circles,
go to the Literature Circles Resource Center web site.

For web resources specific to themed literature units,
go to the Themed Literature Units web site.

For web resources specific to literacy assessment,
go to Assessment Links web site.

For web resources specific to literacy advocacy,
go to Going Public: Advocating for Effective Literacy web site.

National Reading Panel

• National Reading Panel report on research-based effective practices in reading.  This is the Congress-appointed body that reviewed research in literacy to come up with a distillation of important instructional recommendations
  
  Interpretations of the NRP Report:

• Teaching Children to Read: The Fragile Link Between Science and Federal Education Policy. by Camilli, G., Vargas, S., & Yurecko, M. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 15, (11). Analysis of the faulty conclusions on phonics instruction reached by the NRP report.
• International Reading Association: Summary and resources related to the National Reading Panel Report.
• In her "Minority View", NRP panel member Joanne Yatvin raises some key issues about the panel's findings and their value and harm to children.  (The file will download as an Adobe Acrobat pdf file).
• "Babes in the Woods: The Wanderings of the National Reading Panel" by Joanne Yatvin.  Panel member Joanne Yatvin tells the startling insider's story of how the highly-touted NRP report fell victim to time and political pressures.
• "Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: A Critque of the National Reading Panel Report on Phonics by Elaine M. Garan.  Article in the March 2001 issue of The Kappan which analyzes the faulty research base on phonics and its intepretation by the National Reading Panel.
• The National Reading Panel: Using Research to Create More Literate Students by Timothy  Shanahan, University of Illinois at Chicago:  article in Reading Online, the online journal of the International  Reading Association.
• Effective Beginning Reading Instruction by Michael Pressley, University of Notre Dame (In right-side menu, click on "doc" to download as a Word document; click on "pdf" to download as a pdf file.  Critique of the research base of the National Reading Panel.  Pressley reviews research omitted from the NRP report.
• "Great Unmentionables: What National  Reading Reports and Reading Legislation  Don't  Tell You" by Gerald Coles (excerpt from Coles's forthcoming book, an analysis of the NRP report and national reading legislation.

• U.S.Department of Education

Preventing Reading Difficulties (National Research Council): Landmark study of critical factors in preventing reading problems for K-12 students.

State of the Art:  Research-based ideas for transforming teaching and learning to read.

ERIC Digests:  Short collections of research on a wide range of topics.

Help My Child Read: Information for Parents:  Variety of information for parents to help them support their children as readers and writiers. 

• ERIC Home Page

ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English and Communication

Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation (formerly ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment)

Center for Applied Linguistics (formerly ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics): second language learning

ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education

National Parent Information Center

Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements: Reading

Online Grade Level Resources: Reading (GLE's)

Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements: Writing: EALRs for writing; frameworks for writing, grades K-10; anchor sets for writing, grades 4, 8, and 10.

Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements: Communication: EALRs for communication; frameworks for communication, grades K-10.

• International Reading Association:  For further information, click on:
• Journals: Get an overview of what is featured in current issues.
• Reading Research Quarterly:  online journal abstracts.
• Position Statements:  See where IRA stands on issues related to literacy.
• Parent Brochures:  Check out the books, brochures, and videos that provide literacy information to parents.
• Online Marketplace:  Examine books published by IRA; order online.
• Become a member of IRA: Click on "student membership/subscription form" or "individual membership/subscription form."
   
• National Council of Teachers of English
   
• National Reading Conference

 
• Council for Exceptional Children

 
• College Reading Association

 
• National Association for the Education of Young Children

Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement: Research and advocacy on early literacy.  Here are examples of the information available:

Technical Report Series:  Downloadable reports of reserach on a range of literacy issues.

Every Child a Reader:  Series of pamphlets on helping children become strong readers.

Presentations: Click here to see slides from CIERA researchers' national presentation

 Research on Open Court, Whole to Part Phonics, and Effective Literacy Programs: Margaret Moustafa, Ph.D., California State University, Los Angeles.

Readers with Learning Disabilities and Challenges

• Access Center Enhancing access to the general education curriculum for students with disabilities K-8.

English Language Learners

National Research Center on English Learning and Achievement

TESOL Online

Internet Resources for Teachers of ESL: Center for Applied Linguistics

Teaching Language Minority Students:  A comprehensive web site of Dr. Jill Kerper Mora of San Diego State University -- exceptional resource!

ESL: Lesson Plans and Resources:  site maintained by Dr. Marty Levine, professor emeritus, California State University, Northridge.

TESOL Links

Internet TESL Journal

Resources for ESL Teachers:  Dene Scoggins, University of Texas at Austin

Dave's ESL Cafe:  Dave Sperling

• Idea Cookbook: Specific teaching ideas for working with English language learners.
  

Online Resources

English Companion:  Great site developed by high school English teacher, Jim Burke.  Burke is author of  The English Teacher's Companion published in 1999 by Heinemann.  The web site is a thoroughly-researched and jam-packed supplement to his book.  Highly recommended for all middle and high school language arts teachers.

Cyberguides:  Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE). Companion resources for teaching language arts.  Very extensive site with many well-developed unit guides.

Teachers Helping Teachers:  Detailed resources for teachers -- all levels, all subject areas.  Includes a large list of web site links

6-Traits + 1 Writing Model and Traits of an Effective Reader:  Web site by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

Reading Online: Online journal of the International Reading Association

• Sites Linked to Standards for English/Language Arts:  This is an AMAZING resource -- the authors have taken each of the national standards (which are quite similar to Washington state's Essential Academic Learning Requirements) and linked them to web sites to help you teach to the standard.
   
• Teacher Magazine

Middle Web:  Resources on middle school reform for teachers and parents; includes a long list of online resources for teachers of middle school.

Washington Association of Educators of the Talented and Gifted

Northwest Gifted Child Association

National Association for Gifted Children

National Center for Family Literacy

• Seattle University Children's Literacy Project: Volunteer literacy tutors trained and supervised by Seattle University. See Resources for Tutors.
• Team Read:  Project to bring high school tutors into elementary schools in the Seattle School District.
• America Reads Challenge:  Huge site with many resources and links for volunteer literacy tutoring programs; sponsored by US Dept. of Education.  Read an article in Reading Online about setting up an America Reads Tutoring Program:  "Implementation of an America Reads Tutoring Program."
• Training Manual for Tutors:  Southern Illinois University training manual for America Reads Challenge tutors.
• Tips on Tutoring:  Tutor information developed by San Francisco School Volunteers.

National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy

National Center on Adult Literacy

Western/Pacific Literacy Network: Educational materials and information about adult literacy in the western U.S. and Pacific Islands.