With sustained help from the federal government and foundations, Ohio universities have developed considerable expertise in the areas of reading instruction and teacher preparation. If Ohio schools and districts are to have high-quality programs, they need to be able to draw on this expertise for professional development.
Reading First-Ohio is committed to forging stronger, more sustained partnerships between higher and K-12 education. Our goal is to strengthen and enhance teacher preparation in effective K-3 reading instruction, and to increase the number of pre-service teacher candidates that graduate from Ohio institutions of higher education who have a full understanding of Reading First-Ohio, scientifically based reading research, the state English language arts standards, and the Ohio assessment system.
