Texas Education Agency:
- English Language Arts and Reading – Information on state reading curriculum, assessment and rules
- Start Smart Texas – Tips and strategies for parents to promote early literacy and reading skills (see videos)
- STAAR Reading Resources
- Supporting Literacy (pdf) – Strategies and activities for parents, developed by Region 20 ESC
- Literacy for All Free Online Course to learn how to teach struggling readers.
- Phonics Resources – (LEAs) are required to provide for the use of a phonics curriculum that uses systematic direct instruction in kindergarten through third grade to ensure all students obtain necessary early literacy skills. Families can compare various phonics curriculum here. TEA developed Rubrics in English & Espanol
- Commissioners List of Recommended Phonics Programs (Feb. 2023)
- Approved Grade 7 Reading Instruments (2023-2027)
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Gallaudet University (Laurent Clerq Center) – Information and resources related to literacy for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Helping Children to Read – Resources and information to support parents in guiding their children to become confident readers.
Lindamood-Bell – Programs focus on the sensory-cognitive processing necessary for reading and comprehension.
Neuhaus Education Center – Free information sessions for parents as well as resources in English and Spanish. See their Help Your Child Booklet / Ayude a Su HijoFolleto.
PBS Parents – Reading and Language tips, activities and resources for parents.
Reading Rockets – Helping All Readers – Providing strategies & online learning for families.
Texas Center for Learning Disabilities – Videos on evidence-based instructional practices and links to online training modules and resources.
Texas Talking Book Program – Provides free library services for Texans of any age who are blind or have a visual, physical, or reading disability.
The Meadows Center – Videos from the Texas Adolescent LIteracy Academies. This video series demonstrates research-based instructional reading strategies in middle school classrooms. Topics include: Generating Questions, Fluency Instruction, Main Idea (comprehension), and more.
US Dept. of Education – Help My Child Read: Reading Resources for Parents
Vaughn Gross Center for Reading & Language Arts – Materials, Training Materials, Research
OTHER:
- Adolescent Literacy – Resources for Parents and Educators of Kids in Grades 4-12
- Colorín Colorado – Help Your Child Learn to Read / Ayude a su niño a aprender a leer
- LD Online – Reading & Dyslexia
- Reading Rockets – Helping Struggling Readers
- Start with a Book – Summer Reading Program for Kids
What Works Clearinghouse – Tips for Supporting Reading Skills at Home (pdf) and Evidenced Based Reading program evaluation
