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The Rhode Island Reading First Program
The purpose of Reading First
is to ensure that all children learn to read well by the end of third grade.
Quite simply, Reading First focuses on what works. The program supports
proven methods of early reading instruction in classrooms. Federal funds
were first awarded to Rhode Island on September 30, 2003.
The Rhode Island Reading First Program:
- provides the necessary assistance to districts and schools to establish research-based reading instruction for students in kindergarten through third grade.
- focuses on providing high-quality and sustained professional development to ensure that all teachers, including special education and ESL teachers, have the knowledge and skills that they need to teach reading effectively.
- provides assistance for the selection, administration, and interpretation of screening, diagnostic,
classroom-based progress monitoring, and outcome assessments with proven validity and reliability. This enables teachers to measure where students are, monitor their progress, and provide any required intervention and/or support.
The Rhode Island Reading First Program gives teachers the skills and support they need to
teach all children to read fluently by the end of third grade.
Student achievement and poverty determine a school’s eligibility. Funds are awarded through a competitive grant process.
More information about Reading First:
Reading First Support
- http://www.readingfirstsupport.us
This website provides information about Reading First for teachers, principals, parents, state and local education officials, and anyone with an interest in improving reading instruction and increasing student achievement.
Reading First Awards Database
- www.sedl.org/readingfirst/resources-menu.html
This website holds the Reading First database of participating schools and includes other
valuable resources.
RHODE ISLAND READING FIRST SCHOOLS
COHORT 1 (first awarded January 30, 2004):
Providence Schools:
Pawtucket Schools (first awarded January 30, 2004):
(completed commitment on September 30, 2006)
COHORT 2 (first awarded July 1, 2004):
Central Falls Schools:
West Warwick Schools (discontinued on June 30, 2005):
COHORT 3 (first awarded February 15, 2004):
Pawtucket Schools (completed commitment on September 30, 2007):
COHORT 4 (first awarded February 1, 2006):
Providence Schools (completed commitment on September 30, 2007):
COHORT 5 (first awarded March 30, 2007):
Providence Schools (completed commitment on September 30, 2007):
More information about Reading First:
Taken together, the complimentary research-based programs, practices, and tools required by Reading First will give teachers the skills and support they need to teach all children to read fluently by the end of third grade.
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