Put Reading First – Kindergarten Through Grade 3
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While there are no easy answers or quick solutions for optimizing reading achievement,
an extensive knowledge base now exists to show us the skills children must learn in order to
read well. These skills provide the basis for sound curriculum decisions and instructional
approaches that can help prevent the predictable consequences of early reading failure.
The National Reading Panel (NRP) issued a report in 2000 that responded to a
Congressional mandate to help parents, teachers, and policymakers identify key skills and
methods central to reading achievement.
The Panel was charged with reviewing research in
reading instruction (focusing on the critical years of kindergarten through third grade) and
identifying methods that consistently relate to reading success.