Reading and Literacy

• Mid Continental Regional Education Lab (MCREL): As a professional development tool to enhance reading instruction As a step-by-step guide for engaging school staff in an examination of critical research and its direct implications for classroom practice.
• Scaffolding Early Literacy: An early literacy curriculum and instructional approach, focused around A Framework for Early Literacy Instruction.
• North Central Regional Education Lab (NCREL): Critical Issues in Literacy
• Northwest Regional Education Lab (NWREL): Literacy and Language at NWREL.
• International Reading Association (IRA): Focus on Beginning Readers
• Regional Educational Laboratory (REL): Reading resources assist teachers in understanding the cognitive requirements of beginning and struggling readers.
• Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts: Provides materials and resources for improving reading instruction. The resources offered on the website emphasize scientifically based reading research and instruction.
• Reading Success Network (RSN): The goal of the RSN is to improve reading achievement of all students. As part of the Southeast Comprehensive Assistance Center (SECAC), RSN provides professional development initiative to train experienced reading teachers to become reading coaches for K-3 classroom teachers.
• Big Ideas in Beginning Reading: focuses on the five big ideas of early literacy: phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, fluency with text, vocabulary, and comprehension. The website is designed to provide information, technology, and resources to teachers, administrators, and parents.

• Children Who Can Read, But Don't: An article that is sourced from the Reading is Fundamental (RIF) Parent Guide Brochure

Math and Reading

• Math and Reading Help for Kids: a comprehensive directory of hundreds of original articles and resources centered on the topic of children's education. Although the articles and resources in this site are primarily written for a parent audience, there is also a Just for Kids section designed specifically for children.
• SERC@SERVE works to promote the sharing of practical, useful information with schools, districts, and state education agencies through the development and dissemination of a variety of print publications and other media relating to mathematics and science education. Web links.

Extended Learning Opportunities (ELO)

• Synthesis of research findings on effective out-of-school-time (OST) strategies: Assists low-achieving students in reading and mathematics.
• After-school programs: Resources for creating effective after-school programs.
• The Tutor: The Northwest Regional Education Lab’s (NWREL) quarterly newsletter focused on tutoring research and tutoring programs that produce results.
• Effective Summer School Beginnings
• ELO Publications from SERVE
• After School.gov: A federal resource clearinghouse for ELO.
• National Institute on Out-of-School Time
• Boston After-School for All Partnership: Cellection of links to sites that define, track and highlight state-of-the-art programming or "best practices" across the nation
• NCLB: Supplemental Services Promising Practices: This brief by the National Governor’s Association (NGA) offers promising best practices from the states regarding supplemental services.

Resource Allocation

• Higher Student Achievement: Rethinking the Use of Educational Resources to Support Higher Student Achievement
• Redesigning School Finance: Moving the Money to the School

Social Promotion and Retention

• Beyond Social Promotion and Retention: Five Strategies to Help Students Succeed
• North Central Regional Education Lab: Research References