Alabama Reading Initiative

The Alabama Reading Initiative (ARI) is a statewide K-12 initiative managed by the Department of Education. The goal of ARI is to significantly improve reading instruction and ultimately achieve 100% literacy among public school students. The Alabama Reading Initiative provides teachers training to help them teach in proven and effective ways, specifically by integrating the best practices of phonics and the whole-language approach to teaching reading. The Alabama Reading First Initiative is a federal K-3 initiative managed by the Department of Education that advocates the use of reading programs and materials that are based upon scientifically based reading research. This initiative was created through President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Learn more about the Alabama Reading Initiative or to contact someone at ARI.

About the Alabama Reading Initiative

• Closing the Gap: How the Alabama Reading Initiative Is Transforming Reading Instruction For All Students (PDF, 421K)
• Elements of Effective Reading Instruction
  

Evaluation of the Alabama Reading Initiative

• Executive Summary of ARI Third Year Evaluation
• ARI Third year Evaluation (PDF, 275K)

History of the Alabama Reading Initiative

• Meeting the Challenge
• What Has Made ARI Successful?
• Growth of Alabama Reading Initiative

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