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Overview of the National Reading Panel Report 

Date:            Friday, September 22, 2000

Location:      University of Texas at Brownsville, SETB Building

Time:            9:00 AM to 3:30 PM

IAu                  e:          Region I  Instructional Leaders & Texas University Schools of Education

Tickets: $10.00 per person

Presenter

Dr. Timothy Shanahan, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois

Timothy Shanahan is a professor of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he is Coordinator of Graduate Programs in Reading, Writing, and Literacy, and Director of the UIC Center for Literacy. Shanahan is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association, and he the Chair of the Reading Advisory Committee of the National Assessment of Educational Progress. He has published more than 100 articles and books on reading education, and he is a former first grade teacher. He is frequently quoted in media outlets such as Newsweek, Washington Post, New Yorker Magazine, Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune.

Opening Remarks by Margaret LaMontagne-Office of Governor George W. Bush

 National Reading Panel Overview

Debates about the teaching of reading have raged for more than a decade, and national statistics indicate reading achievement has been stagnant in the U.S. since 1971. Consequently, the U.S. Congress asked that a panel be convened to review the scientific evidence supporting various approaches to the teaching of reading. In 1998, the National Institute of Child Health and Development appointed a 14–member panel and they began two years of study of these issues. That work was completed recently, and in April, 2000, the National Reading Panel Report was presented to the U.S. Senate, and since then it has been widely distributed to governors, state school superintendents, and colleges of education throughout the nation.

 Timothy Shanahan served as a member of the National Reading Panel. His presentation will explain the process that was used to review the research on reading, and he will detail the various findings on phonemic awareness, phonics, comprehension, fluency, vocabulary, technology, and teacher education. This interactive presentation will provide a clear explanation of what was determined to be effective by the National Reading Panel, and it will allow participants to have their questions answered about the research evidence on a broad array of instructional issues in reading.

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