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Welcome to the Oregon Reading First website. Oregon Reading First is a state initiative funded by the Federal Government as part of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Through this initiative, Oregon schools will receive support and professional development to help schools achieve the goals of all children being readers by the end of third grade. Through the use of scientifically-based reading research, we expect to meet the needs of each reader and to prevent children from reading difficulties. This website provides general information on our efforts as well as specific supports to schools participating in the project.

Spotlight

National Reading First Impact Study: Interim Report - Critique in the Context of Oregon Reading First

• Summary Brief of Oregon Reading First Response
• PowerPoint Presentation

For information regarding the impact of Oregon Reading First on English Learners, please see:
• The English Reading Performance of English Learners in Oregon Reading First Across Three Years of Implementation (2003-2006)

For Oregon Reading First Impact Data, please see:
• Three-Year Report on Oregon Reading First: Impact and Implementation

For a link to the National Reading First Impact Study, please see:
• Interim Report

humboldt

Humboldt Elementary School, in the Portland Public School District, has just completed its fourth year as a Reading First School. Learn about their success story in this eight and a half minute documentary, Hope for Humboldt, by Andrea Nowack and Amira Dughiri.

william walker

William Walker Elementary School, in the Beaverton School District, has just completed its fourth year as a Reading First school. Learn about how William Walker has been implementing the components of the Schoolwide Reading Model in this fifteen and a half minute documentary, K-3 Literacy in Oregon: The William Walker Story. Due to the large file size, you will be prompted to download the file to your computer. If no default application to open the .mp4 file is selected, select to open the file with QuickTime.

The Oregon Department of Education, along with the Oregon Reading First Center, are proud to announce the identification of three Beacon Schools in the state of Oregon: Humboldt Elementary in the Portland Public School District, Jefferson Elementary in the Medford School District, and Lincoln Street Elementary in the Hillsboro School District. For more information, please visit our Beacon Schools page.

What's Happening With Oregon Reading First?

K-3 Literacy Statewide Outreach

• The purpose of K-3 Literacy Statewide Outreach is to support districts and schools in their implementation of the Oregon Literacy Framework. This framework is designed to provide teachers, administrators, parents, and other stakeholders with a blueprint of what districts and schools in Oregon can and must do to help students learn how to read and move toward reading to learn.
• For a list of upcoming events, please visit the Statewide Outreach page. To download descriptions of these upcoming events, please click here.
• Outreach presentations have now been posted! Please visit the Outreach Presentations page.
Have a fantastic summer!

Oregon Reading First News

Oregon Reading First 2008-2009 Calendar
• The 2008-2009 calendar is posted! Here are a few important reminders:
• June 26th: Don't forget that the following deliverables are due to the ORFC and your Regional Coordinator: (1) 2008-2009 school action plan progress notes; (2) 2009-2010 school action plan; (3) school literacy plan; and (4) principal's data-based leadership plan.
• July 10th: District data-based leadership plans are due
• Please see the attached calendar for dates and locations.

Oregon Reading First Newsletters
• As a way of providing support to schools, the Oregon Reading First Center will continue to create and distribute newsletters for coaches and leadership staff during the 2008-2009 school year. The newsletter for May and June is posted below:
• May-June 2009 Coaches' Newsletter

Recent Professional Development
  • Please click here to download the PowerPoint referenced during our Cohort B Leadership Meeting.
  • The materials discussed during this month's coaches' webinar for use during end-of-year planning have now been posted on the following pages: Data-Based Leadership, Using Data to Drive Instruction (for coaches) and Data-Based Leadership (for leaders)
  • Please click here to download the PowerPoint referenced during our Spring DIBELS Refresher webinar.

Additional News
  • The ORFC would like to extend many thanks to the six schools who participated in our passage equivalency study this spring, as well as to the 14 schools participating in the Cohort A Sustainability study. Thanks for all of your effort!

2008-2009 Deliverables
• A list of deliverables with upcoming due dates will be updated here periodically during the 2008-2009 school year. For a full list of the deliverables, please click here.
• Please be sure to include your school and/or district name on all deliverables.