NRRF - The National Right to Read Foundation

Reading Teacher Training
Contact these resources for information on workshops and teacher training. If you have a professional development program for reading teachers that includes explicit, systematic phonics instruction and would like to post it on our site, please e-mail the following information for our review in the same format that other programs or workshops are presented: your name and/or program name, location (if applicable), a brief description including web address if available, and contact information (phone number and e-mail address).

The Reading Genie - Dr. Bruce Murray—an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Auburn University, provides research-based information on teaching children.
LETRS--Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling by Louisa Moats
Orchestrating Success in Reading by Dawn Reithaug
Reading and Language Arts Centers

Reading Tutors
Contact these resources listed alphabetically by state, to get tutoring help for your student or yourself. If you are a reading tutor who includes explicit, systematic phonics instruction in your teaching and would like to post contact information on our Web site, please submit information on the program you use, along with contact information in the same format as other items posted under Reading Tutors.

Decodability Tool

Textbook Evaluations

Analyses of The 2001 Editions of Five Contemporary Basal Readers
Dr. Bruce Murray—The Reading Genie—an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Auburn University, offers his "consumer reports" article on the leading reading series competing to teach elementary students how to read.
An independent group, Educational Research Analysts, has evaluated beginning reading instruction programs approved by the Texas State Board of Education for 2000 adoption in Analyses of Grade 1 Reading Programs. This information could be helpful for individuals choosing reading materials in any school district or state. Mel Gabler, the president of Educational Research Analysts, has provided a related memo: Clarification of Summary Comparison Chart of Grade 1 Reading Programs, as Approved for 2000 Texas Adoptions, 02/00. For more information, visit the Educational Research Analysts web site at www.textbookreviews.org.

Reviews

Reviews of Publications

Commentary on Rethinking Language Arts: Passion and Practice written by Nina Zaragoza --Commentary by Patrick Groff, November 2002
Response to Steven L. Strauss (June/July 2001) "An Open Letter to Reid Lyon," Educational Researcher
Critical Analysis of Unacceptable Trends in Kindergarten Entry from the NAECS/SDE and Placement and Guidelines for Appropriate Curriculum Content and Assessment in Programs Serving Children Ages 3 Through 8 from the NAEYC and the NAECS/SDE.
Review of The Academic Achievement Challenge by Jeanne S. Chall and Left Back by Diane Ravitch
Critical Digest of Louisa C. Moats (2000) Whole Language Lives On: The Illusion of "Balanced" Reading Instruction
The Voice of Evidence in Reading Research
Edited by Peggy McCardle, Ph.D., M.P.H., & Vinita Chhabra, M.Ed.
Foreword by Catherine Snow
Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co. • 512 pages • 6 x 9 jacketed hardcover
ISBN 1-55766-672-5 • $29.95
www.brookespublishing.com
800-638-3775 • fax: 410-337-8539
Available from the warehouse at Brookes Publishing Co., this new book is best introduced by the press release below. For specific further description of the book, along with a table of contents go to http://www.brookespublishing.com/store/books/mccardle-6725/index.htm.
PBS Documentary—Children of the Code - A series of interviews with individuals engaged in the effort to restore scientifically based reading instructional practices to America's classrooms.

Reviews & Testimonials of Reading Programs
Read our reviews as well as testimonials from satisfied parents and teachers about some of the phonics products we recommend.

NRRF Power Point Presentations on Reading Instruction at:

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