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Research & Resources: Reading Proficiency

 
In Massachusetts
Turning the Page: Refocusing Massachusetts for Reading Success, a report commissioned by Strategies for Children from Nonie Lesaux, Ph.D., a nationally known expert on language development and literacy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Full Report [PDF]   |   Executive Summary [PDF]
Diagram: A Developing Reader's Journey [PDF]
Map: Third Grade Reading in MA [PDF]
The Achievement Gap, by Income [PDF]
Fourth Grade Reading, State Comparisons & Achievement Gaps 2011 NAEP [PDF]
Find out about third grade reading proficiency in your community.
Read! Reading Success by 4th Grade, a community-wide initiative in Springfield, Massachusetts, spearheaded by the Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation.
The Pittsfield Promise, a community-wide initiative in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
 
Research
Double Jeopardy: How Third-Grade Reading Skills and Poverty Influence High School Graduation,” by Donald J. Hernandez, Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2011

“Literacy Challenges for the Twenty-First Century,” Future of Children, 2012
Full Journal  |  Executive Summary  |  Policy Brief
 
Resources
Lead for Literacy series of one-page memos, Language Diversity and Literacy Development Research Group, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2012
Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
The PreK-3rd Grade National Work Group
 
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