For School Psychologists
Resources developed in partnership with: The National Association of School Psychologists
"Reading Rockets is a proactive effort to prevent reading problems before they begin. It's a great asset for the practicing school psychologist."
School psychologists and reading achievement
School psychologists play a critical role in the lives of children who are struggling to learn. Increasingly, school psychologists are leaders in:
- Developing and carrying out assessment and placement decisions that impact students from the beginning of their school careers
- Helping schools reduce the number of students who lag behind grade level, and increase the number of successful readers
Toolkit for school psychologists
This free 90-page toolkit, developed by Reading Rockets and the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), contains resources to help you:
- Get more involved in the development of comprehensive, research-based reading programs in your school district
- Apply evidence-based strategies to your assessments of students with reading difficulties
- Help students become good readers and keep more kids from unnecessarily entering special education
Toolkit video modules
- Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) Q&A >
- Overview of Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) >
- New Electronics: Turn Them 'On' for Learning >
- Helping All Families Participate in School Life >
- Using Read-Alouds with Critical Literacy Literature in K-3 Classrooms >
- Building Language and Scientific Literacy in Young Children >
- Family Literacy Bag: Sleep >
- Free monthly newsletter >
- Free Ed Extras parent tips >
(English, en español) - Daily reading news >
- Reading blogs >
Related articles
- How school psychologists can support reading achievement
- Evaluating early intervention programs at your school
- Best practices in planning interventions for struggling readers
- Role of the school psychologist in the RTI process
- Research-based alternatives to IQ-achievement discrepancy
- Creating positive experiences for students with disabilities
- Supporting minority students with special education needs
- New roles in RTI: creating success for schools and children
To share with parents
- What is a school psychologist?
- Back-to-school transitions
- Response to Intervention (RTI):
a primer for parents





