Oregon’s Reading First

How did we get here? President Bush signed NCLB January 8, 2002 Draft Guidance to states late January States called together in DC in February Oregon Reading First Workgroup convened in March

Reading First Workgroup ODE Representation: Assessment Curriculum, Instruction and Field Services Early Childhood Special Education Title I Other Representation: School District

Workgroup Role To understand the Federal Guidance To study the US DOE Scoring Guide To organize the writing of the grant To offer multiple perspectives To take responsibility for drafting and reviewing the application To interface with the Reading First Leadership Team during grant writing

Reading First Leadership Team Membership specified in Guidance Governor Superintendent of Public Instruction Legislature (Senate and House) Local Education Agency Community-based Organization Parent Teacher/Principal Other: 21st Century Advisory Committee, Higher Education, Library Association Page 127 in application

Leadership Team Role To understand the Federal Guidance To oversee the development of Oregon’s Reading First application To provide ongoing oversight on the implementation of the project throughout the six year period (including meeting quarterly) To monitor the scientific basis for reading instruction To monitor professional development To produce a yearly report for the Legislature

Oregon’s Partners University of Oregon Eugene Research Institute Institutes on Beginning Reading DIBELS Web support Eugene Research Institute Assessment and evaluation Metametrics Lexiles (standard measure of text difficulty)

The Good News Oregon’s Reading First Application submitted August 23, 2002 Verbal approval September 24, 2002 Strongest State application to date (24 out of 25 criteria met or exceeded) Two minor revisions Official funding October 10, 2002 Six years Minimum of $7.3 million per year 14th state funded out of 40 submissions