A Word From the Director

This month the Center is focusing on reading literacy; we are very excited to highlight some of the key research on reading and provide you with literacy resources from the field. Many youth who are neglected or delinquent are behind their peers in school due in part to the fact that they struggle with reading. For many of these students, improving their literacy skills is the key to making academic gains and successfully transitioning into higher education or the workplace. The research indicates that improving reading skills through quality education reduces recidivism for youth in the juvenile justice system and can help prepare youth who are neglected and delinquent for success once they make the transition to adulthood. » more

Do you have your own questions about reading literacy or other Title I, Part D issues? Join me for a Tuesday Talk, our a monthly question-and-answer teleconference, on June 6. Stay tuned to NDTAC's Events page for more information.

Other Features

Upcoming Events

Tuesday Talk
Join Center Co-Director Joyce Burrell for her monthly Q&A session (6/6/06).

NDTAC Webinar: Literacy (6/22/06).

See NDTAC's Events Calendar for more information.

Coming Attractions
Stay tuned for other topics from NDTAC including Family Involvement and Mentoring.

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In This Issue

A Word From the Director

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NDTAC Issue Brief: Reading Literacy

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Innovative Practice: Read 180

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NDTAC Issue Brief: Reading Literacy

Many youth involved in the juvenile justice system struggle academically, often because they never fully mastered reading. Evidence suggests that the period of incarceration can be an excellent opportunity for students to reengage educationally. Research also suggests that the consequences for youth who continue to lack adequate literacy skills upon release can be severe. In order to best prepare students for success following incarceration, juvenile facilities should make reading instruction a cornerstone of their education programming. » more
 

Innovative Practice: Read 180

Publishers, researchers, and practitioners have developed a number of literacy intervention programs to address the issues of struggling adolescent readers, and several of these programs are in use with students who are neglected or delinquent. One such program, READ 180, has been adopted by some U.S. Department of Education grantees to raise the reading achievement levels of middle and high school-aged students in Title I schools. » more

Reading List: Literacy

This month's Reading List features articles on reading literacy. Short summaries and links to the full text are provided for each article.

• Reading next—A vision for action and research in middle and high school literacy: A report to Carnegie Corporation of New York by Biancarosa, G., & Snow, C. E. (2004).
• Adolescents and literacy: Reading for the 21 st century by Kamil, M. L. (2002).
• Adolescent literacy resources: Linking research and practice by Meltzer, J. (2002).
• Teaching children to read: An evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implications for reading instruction
  by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (2000).

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