District/School Resources PK-16 Program Support
Office of Reading

Learning to read is the cornerstone of a child's education. Reading is the golden door to opportunity and success throughout life. Senator Edward M. Kennedy

The Office of Reading supports school districts and schools in implementing proven scientifically based methods of reading instruction in order to prevent reading difficulties.

The Federal Reading First program asserts that students who do not learn to read easily benefit from particular strategies, materials, and approaches that have documented evidence of effectiveness for this population. Reading First schools target struggling K-3 readers from specific high-risk student subgroups.

In addition to the federal Reading First Grant Program, the Office of Reading funds three other literacy initiatives: The Secondary School Reading Grant Program (SSR), the John Silber Early Reading Initiative (JSER), and the Early Literacy Intervention Grant (ELI).

Massachusetts PreK-12 Literacy Plan: Report and Recommendations of the Literacy Task Force

Message from Commissioner Chester