Read to Achieve

Mission: 

• Provide support to ensure all students acquire the foundational literacy skills necessary to read, comprehend, integrate, and apply complex texts necessary for college and career success.

Vision: 

• Improve student achievement and outcomes in early literacy through supporting evidence-based, high-quality literacy instruction aligned to the science of reading.

Guiding Principles of Support: 

• Implementation of evidence-based instructional strategies to improve early literacy outcomes among students 
• Guidance on components essential to early learning success: phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension 
• Educator preparation in effective literacy instruction
• Professional development in systematic, explicit, evidence-based early literacy instruction aligned to the science of reading