Austin Elementary, Austin Indiana: $231,600 Grant;
The primary goal of the I-READ program is to provide children in the greatest need with a comprehensive reading plan in early childhood and the early grade levels in school so that they can become proficient readers.
The program goals are:
To ensure that children at risk of reading failure receive systematic, research-based instruction in reading that is supported by Indiana's new Language Arts Standards.
To avoid inappropriate referral to special education through the early identification and intervention of reading difficulties.
To ensure that children at risk of reading failure enter school having the readiness and support they need to learn to read.
To ensure that children at risk of reading failure have easy access to high quality, research based literacy support that includes tutoring and family literacy programs. |
