Federal Initiative Boosts Reading, CEP Says

The federal Reading First initiative has led to improved reading instruction, assessment, and student achievement in schools participating in the $1 billion-a-year grant program, as well as in some of the non-participating schools in districts that have widely adopted the principles of the program, a study released today concludes.

The study by the Washington-based Center on Education Policy is based on survey results from all 50 states and a nationally representative sample of some 300 school districts in the program, as well as case studies of 38...