The US government’s Office of Management and the Budget (OMB) released data from an evaluation of the Reading First program 26 January 2007. The evaluation shows that Reading First is making progress toward the objectives specified for the evaluation. The evidence for this judgment is based on the (a) purpose and design, (b) planning, (c) management, and (d) results and accountability of the Reading First program.
Although the last of these is the one of greatest interest to folks such as I who are primarily concerned about education improving students’ outcomes, the first few are important, too. Given the criticism heaped on the Reading First program because of the report by the US Department citing mismanagement, especially by those opposed to systematic and explicit teaching of reading, the findings in this report that management was good is a bit of an exoneration of those who managed the program.
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