Reading First Awards Database
Authors: U. S. Department of Education, Lacy Wood (editor), Brian Litke (programmer), Shirley Beckwith (editor)
Price: Online only
• Published: 2003 • Format: online database
Available online: Searchable Database
SEDL no longer maintains the Reading First Awards Database. Data was last updated in June 2007. For any questions about the database please contact Maria Worthen at the US Department of Education.
Reading First is an ambitious national initiative to help every young child in every state become a successful reader. This effort is based on high expectations for what can and should happen for all students: that instructional decisions will be guided by the best available research.
Reading First will provide assistance to state and local education agencies to apply scientifically based reading research—and the proven instructional and assessment tools consistent with this research—to improve reading instruction for K-3 students and to ensure that all children learn to read well by the end of third grade.
The Reading First awards database includes districts and schools that receive Reading First funds. Each state's information is maintained by a state Reading First coordinator. Records are summarized by state, locale, and Title I status.