Raising reading achievement at your school
"What you focus on is what will grow." — Joan Freck, School principal, Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia
School-level leadership
- School Culture: The Hidden Curriculum
- Characteristics of Improved School Districts
- Role of Principal Leadership in Improving Student Achievement
- Supporting a School-Wide Reading Initiative with Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
- What Principals Can Do to Help Students Become Good Readers
- Principal as Instructional Leader: Designing a Coaching Program That Fits
See also: Topics A-Z: School-wide Efforts
What it takes to teach reading
- What Principals Can Do to Help Students Become Good Readers
- 10 Things You Should Know About Reading
- Roles of the Reading Specialist
- Who Are the Children Who Have Reading Difficulties?
- A Tale of Two Schools
- Webcast: Establishing an Effective Reading Program
- Webcast: Assessment: On Track for Reading Success
School leader literacy observation checklists
Use these tools to get a clear snapshot of what reading instruction, classroom groupings, and classroom environment look like in your school.
- School Leader's Literacy Walkthrough, K-3
Florida Center for Reading Research - Reading Walkthrough Guides, K-3
Teachscape, Just Read, Florida! - Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension
University of Texas System/Texas Education Agency - Explicit and Systematic Instruction
University of Texas System/Texas Education Agency - Grouping for Instruction
University of Texas System/Texas Education Agency - Scaffolded Practice
University of Texas System/Texas Education Agency - Differentiated Instruction
University of Texas System/Texas Education Agency
Closing the achievement gap
- Teaching All Students to Read: Practices from Reading First Schools with Strong Intervention Outcomes
- Time to Learn: Benefits of a Longer School Day
- Effective Out-of-School Time Reading Programs
- On Summer Loss
- Webcast: Summer Reading
See also: Research on Summer Learning and Out-of-School Programs
