May 13, 2002
Contact: Melinda Malico or Dan Langan
202-401-1576
PAIGE ANNOUNCES NAMES OF EXPERTS WHO WILL REVIEW READING FIRST APPLICATIONS
$900 Million in Reading First Grants to Go to States
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige today announced 72
Reading First review panelists who will be tasked with
reviewing state applications for $900 million in new Reading
First grants. The Reading First program will help
states and school districts improve K-3 reading instruction and student
achievement based on methods proven by rigorous scientific reading
research.
"This group represents the most experienced and expert reading
researchers and education practitioners from around the country,"
said Secretary Paige. "Members of this panel will help ensure that
states have comprehensive reading programs in place, using instructional
methods guided by the best available research, so that we can make
certain every child is receiving a quality education."
State applications will undergo a thorough review by the panel, which
was chosen by the secretary of education, the National Institute for
Literacy, the National Research Council of the National Academy of
Sciences, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development of the National Institutes of Health. Those reviews will be
used to make funding recommendations to the secretary and to provide
comments and technical assistance to the states.
The panelists include those with expertise in acquisition of reading
skills; the cognitive science of language and reading process;
prevention of reading failure; scientifically based reading research;
professional development; school leadership; classroom teaching;
curriculum development; early intervention; psychology; assessment,
measurement and evaluation; reading and learning disabilities; special
education; management and accountability.
President Bush has made improving children's reading achievement
central to his education reform agenda and has committed to helping
every child learn to read by the end of grade three, Paige said. The
president designed Reading First as the solution to poor
reading achievement among U.S. students, based on proven research.
Through Early Reading First, President Bush has also made
acquisition of early language skills a focus of his administration's
efforts to retool early childhood education and specifically Head Start
programs for disadvantaged children.
The program was made law this year by a bipartisan majority of
Congress under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. President
Bush has asked Congress for even more funding in his FY 2003 budget
request--$1 billion--to fund the second year of the program.
Panelists will ensure that state applications reflect the statutory
requirements including those based on the National Reading Panel's
comprehensive findings that effective reading instruction must include a
combination of instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency,
comprehension and vocabulary. The Reading First program
centers on:
- improving the quality of classroom instruction;
- building instruction on scientific research proven to work in the teaching of reading;
- providing professional development in reading instruction for educators; and
- ensuring that educators have the resources and research to support the extraordinary initiative.
States with approved applications will begin to receive grants based
on formula funding beginning July 1. Once funded, states will open
competitions for subgrants to eligible school districts. A list of
estimated state grants is available at: www.ed.gov/PressReleases/01-2002/estimates.html.
To help states prepare to implement Reading First, Paige
hosted state teams of policymakers and key education leaders at three
Reading Leadership Academies earlier this year.
The application for Reading First state grants is available
online at: www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/readingfirst/grant.html.
Fact Sheet on Reading First
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Reading First REVIEW PANEL
- Maria Elena Arguelles, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor,
University of Miami
- Janet Sloand-Armstrong, Ed.D. Managing Director,
Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network
- Rebecca Barr, Ph.D., Professor of Education, National Louis
University
- Donald Bear, Ph.D., Professor of Curriculum &
Instruction, College of Education; Director, E.L. Cord Foundation Center
for Learning and Literacy, University of Nevada-Reno
- Marsha Berger, Former Deputy Director of the Educational
Issues Department at the American Federation of Teachers
- Muriel Berkeley, President, Baltimore Curriculum
Project
- Frances Bessellieu, M.Ed., Director of Reading and Reading
Excellence Act Coordinator, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
(CMS)
- Pauline Bigby-Jenkins, Ph.D., Title I and ESL coordinator
for Ann Arbor Public Schools, Michigan Reading Association Board of
Directors
- Carmel Borders, M.A., President, Tapestry Foundation;
Presidential Nominee, National Institute for Literacy,
- Susan Brady, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of
Rhode Island
- Kathleen Brown, Ph.D., Director and Clinical Assistant
Professor at the Reading Center in the Graduate School of Education,
University of Utah
- Joanne Carlisle, Ph.D., Professor, Educational Studies,
Research Scientist, Communicative Disorders Clinic, University of
Michigan
- Margaret Carnes, R.N., Managing Director,
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Education Foundation
- Mary Cirillo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
OPCENTER, L.L.C, Hudson Ventures
- Carl Cole, Ph.D., Director of Special Services, Bethel
School District
- Anne Cunningham, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Graduate School
of Education and Director, Joint Doctoral Program in Special Education,
University of California-Berkeley
- Shirley Dickson, Director, Statewide Curriculum Initiatives
and Director of Reading, Texas Education Agency
- Jan Dole, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Teaching
and Learning, University of Utah
- Rebecca Felton, Ph.D., Educational Consultant
- Jack Fletcher, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pediatrics
and Associate Director of the Center for Academic and Reading Skills at
the University of Texas, Houston Health Science Center
- Barbara Foorman, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Center
for Academic and Reading Skills
- Anne Fowler, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Haskins
Laboratories
- Catherine Froggatt, R.N., Michigan State Director, The
National Right to Read Foundation
- Alice Furry, Ph.D., Chief Administrative Officer; Project
Director, UCLA Extension/Los Angeles Unified School District, Governor's
Reading Initiative PreK-6, California Professional Development Reading
Institutes
- Norma Garza, Director, United Way of Southern Cameron County
"Success by Six" Initiative; Educational Excellence for
Hispanic Americans Commission
- Russell Gersten, Ph.D., Professor, College of Education and
Director, Eugene Research Institute, University of Oregon
- Diane Haager, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Special Education,
California State University, Los Angeles
- Susan Hall, M.B.A., Consultant, International Dyslexia
Association; Member, State of Illinois Reading Committees
- Karen Harris, Ed.D., Professor, Department of Special
Education, University of Maryland
- Marlene Henriques, Ed.D., Teacher in Residence in Assessment
Development, National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards
- Janie Hodge, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Special
Education, Clemson University
- Estella Holliday, Director, South Carolina Reading
Initiative and Assistant Director, Office of Early Childhood Education,
South Carolina Department of Education
- Stephen Hooper, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments. of
Psychiatry and Psychology, University of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill
- Mark Hopper, Ph.D., Vice President, Accountability
Initiatives; Partner and Vice-President, Henderson, Hjermstad, Hopper,
L.L.C
- Kathy Howe, Academic Collaborative Planner, St. Croix River
Education District (Minnesota)
- Dawn Hubbard-Miller, Ph.D., Educational Trainer and
Consultant, Northeast Kansas Education Service Center
- Joseph Jenkins, Ph.D., Professor, Special Education, College
of Education, University of Washington
- Linda Jenkins, Assistant Superintendent for K-12 Curriculum
Development and Implementation, Bremerton School District
(Washington)
- Ellin Keene, M.A., Director of Literacy and Professional
Development, University of Pennsylvania
- Martin Kozloff, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Specialty
Studies, University of North Carolina-Wilmington
- Sharon Kurns, Supervisor Instructional Services, Special
Education Division, Heartland Area Educational Agency
(Iowa)
- Zoee Larose, M.A., Reading Connections Specialist, Alabama
State Department of Education
- John Lloyd, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Curriculum,
Instruction and Special Education and Chief Technology Officer at the
Curry School of Education, University of Virginia
- Marie Mancuso, Director, Arizona Reading Initiative, Arizona
Department of Education; Co-chair, Arizona Reading Initiative Leadership
Advisory Board
- Robert Marino, Baltimore City Public Schools
- Patricia Mathes, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the Medical
School, Principal Investigator, Center for Academic and Reading Skills,
University of Texas-Houston
- Michael McKenna, Ph.D., Professor of Education and
Coordinator of Graduate Reading Programs, Georgia Southern University
- Leslie McPeak, M.Ed., Director of Literacy and School
Support, Stanislaus County Office of Education, Modesto,
California
- Katherine Mitchell, Ph.D., Director, Alabama Reading
Initiative, Alabama Department of Education
- Darryl Morris, Ph.D., Professor of Language and Reading and
Reading Clinic Director, Appalachian State University
- Kelly Mueller, M.Ed., Teacher, Jackson Park Elementary
School, St. Louis, Missouri
- Laura Murphy, Teacher and Consultant
- Caroline Novak, Co-founder and President, A+ Education
Foundation
- Jean Osborn, M.Ed., Consultant, Center for the Study of
Reading, University of Illinois (retired)
- Stan Paine, Ph.D., Elementary School Principal, Springfield
School District (Oregon)
- Charles Perfetti, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and
Linguistics and Director of the Laboratory for Reading and Language,
University of Pittsburgh
- Kristen Powell, Ed.D., Administrator for School and
Community Services, Orange County Department of Education,
California
- Craig Ramey, Ph.D., Professor and Co-director, School of
Nursing and Health Studies, Georgetown University
- Sally Shaywitz, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Director
of Yale Center for Learning and Attention, Yale University
- Mary Siano, M.A., Certified ETS Trainer and Associate
Developer, Educational Testing Service
- Tim Slocum, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department. of
Special Education, Utah State University
- Susan Smartt, Ph.D., Reading Specialist and Consultant,
Smartt Johnson and Associates
- Janet Spector, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, College of
Education and Human Development, University of Maine-Orono
- Pam Stecker, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Education
and Acting Director of the Learning with Disabilities Program, Clemson
University
- John Stevens, Texas Business and Education
Coalition
- Joseph Torgesen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology,
Florida State University
- Lucia Townsend, Human Resource Development Specialist,
Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resource System
- Fran Warkomski, Director, Bureau of Special Education,
Pennsylvania Department of Education
- Ann Watanabe, M.S., State Reading Resource Teacher, Pihana
na Mamo Project, Maui District Office, Hawaii Department of
Education
- Joanna Williams, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and
Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
- Rhonda Wolter, Title I Reading Specialist and Reading
Coordinator, Bethel School District (Eugene, Oregon)
- Elaine Zimmerman, Executive Director, Connecticut Commission
on Children
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