Comprehensive Policy Solutions
States face common challenges when adopting a comprehensive approach to early literacy.
Insufficient Teacher Support
Inconsistent Implementation
Inadequate Accountability
Funding Allocations
Miscommunication Between Stakeholders
Our Comprehensive Early Literacy Policy is the Solution
This comprehensive approach includes 18 Early Literacy Fundamental Principles that support teachers, administrators, students, and families with strategies to improve literacy outcomes.
The 18 Comprehensive Early Literacy Fundamental Principles
Educators know that learning to read is a continuum of knowledge and skills. While teachers support that progress, not all teachers are well prepared to teach reading.
- Science of Reading (SOR) Training
- Literacy/Reading Coaches
- Educator Preparation Program (EPP) Alignment
- Educator Preparation Program (EPP) Assessment
- Funding for Literacy Efforts
Early literacy screenings often serve as a first “alert” that a student may need extra support to make adequate progress in reading during the year. It also helps teachers tailor instruction to meet individual student needs.
- Universal Reading Screener
- Screener for Characteristics of Dyslexia
- Parental Notification
Educators must be equipped with the tools and resources needed to prevent reading difficulties and provide interventions for students who are struggling to read.
- District Adoption of High-Quality Instructional Materials
- Eliminating Three-Cueing Instructional Materials
- Individual Reading Plans
- Regularly Monitor Student Progress
- Evidence-Based Interventions
- Summer Reading Camps
- Parent Read-At-Home Plan
Retention is a last resort and provides struggling readers the additional time and intensive interventions they need to catch up with their peers. These students have been identified as severely below grade level and would benefit from an additional year with a highly effective teacher.
- Initial Determinant Retention at 3rd Grade Based on State Assessment
- Multiple Options for Promotion
- Good Cause Exemptions for Some Students
See how the fundamental principles of early literacy are carried out nationwide.
Reading is the key to life long achievement.