Between the Lions: Get Wild About Reading
A fun site for early readers, caregivers, parents and teachers.

Big Ideas of Beginning Reading
The website includes definitions and descriptions of the research and theories behind each of the big ideas, describes how to assess the big ideas, gives information on how to teach the big ideas including instructional examples, and finally, shows you how to put it all together in your school.

DIBELS Homepage
The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) are a set of standardized, individually administered measures of early literacy development. K-6 Assessments can be downloaded free.

International Reading Association
The IRA is dedicated to improving reading instruction and promoting literacy around the world.

National Council of Teachers of English
The council, which includes teachers of English at all levels, works to increase the effectiveness of instruction of English, language, and literature and to provide information and aids to teachers involved in formulating curriculum objectives.

National Reading Panel
The NRP Frequently Asked Questions page helps explain scientifically based reading research.

Nebraska Department of Education Reading/Writing
Frameworks / Standards / Nebraska Reading First / Parent Activities and more

Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers
This web site was produced for PBS by WETA's Reading Rockets project, funded by a grant from the US Department of Education.

Read Write Think
Providing educators and students access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction.

Sonoma County Office of Education
Reading Corner with downloadable resources.  Links to other valuable literacy sites.

Stenhouse Publishers
Professional Books and Study Guides can be downloaded and read for free.

Text Project
Read papers and presentations about Text Project activities by Dr. Elfrieda Hiebert.

The Educators Reference Desk
This new site includes the 2000 lesson plans, 3000 value-added pointers to education information & organizations, and 200 question archives you have been accessing at askeric.org for over 10 years.

The National Academies Press
Read Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children book free online.