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	Purpose and audience For educators the target is clear: all children reading at grade level by grade 3. The Regional Education Laboratory (REL) at Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) developed this earlyreading.info website to help people meet this challenge.
	The information resources accessed through this website help educators make teaching and learning decisions about reading for pre-kindergarten through grade 3 students. Developed from a collaboration between Reading First and PREL, this website organizes information so that it can be easily used by states and schools.
	Organization of content The BROWSE page provides a graphic overview of the content organization for this website. Information resources have been categorized by: grade level (pre-kindergarten through grade 3); reading component (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension; and resource type (knowledge/research; materials/resources; activities/strategies; assessment, policy/standards, and family/community).
	Criteria for selection of resources Resources have been selected for inclusion on this website according to the criteria listed below: Alignment with categories Resources relevant to pre-kindergarten through grade 3 focus on the five essential reading components of Reading First and one of the six types of information. These categories are displayed on the BROWSE page. Importance Either educational policy, school needs, or professional literature indicates the importance of the information in making teaching and learning decisions in reading for students, pre-kindergarten through grade 3. Cost Resources are available free, usually by downloading from the Web, or for a minimal cost from a not-for-profit organization. Rigor Resources available through weblinks have undergone a review process, which varies from site to site. For example, some sites used external reviewers as part of their quality assurance process, while other sites may have used a peer review process. Utility The information provided can be used to improve reading in students, pre-kindergarten through grade 3.
	Expert review by panel This website is periodically reviewed by the U.S. ED and by an Advisory Panel comprised of experts in the field of reading. Panel members include: Dr. Elfrieda H. Hiebert, University of California at Berkeley, who chairs the panel. Dr. M. Susan Burns, George Mason University. Dr. Margarita Calderon, Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Anne E. Cunningham, University of California at Berkeley. Dr. David K. Dickinson, Boston College. Dr. Jana Echevarria, California State University at Long Beach. Dr. David J. Francis, University of Houston. Dr. Richard T. Johnson, University of Hawai`i. Dr. Edward J. Kame`enui, University of Oregon. Dr. Michael L. Kamil, Stanford University.
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	Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) PREL provides services, resources, and products to promote educational excellence for children, youth, and adults, particularly in multicultural and multilingual environments. Through its many programs, PREL provides assistance to schools and departments of education in its Pacific service region.
	The Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) The REL at PREL is one of 10 national educational laboratories that address the needs of schools, school districts, and state departments of education in each of the geographic areas it services. Each educational laboratory provides national leadership on an area critical to the process of developing high-performing learning communities.
	Disclaimer This website was funded by the U.S. Department of Education (U.S. ED) under the Regional Educational Laboratory program, contract number ED01CO0014. The content does not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. ED or any other agency of the U.S. government.

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