Literacy Resources

• Born to Read
  A San Antonio Public Library Literacy Program for Teen Moms

• Family Literacy Scale
  Massachusetts Family Literacy Consortium Policy Group

• Fry's Readability Graph
  Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

• How to Write Low Literacy Materials
  Ohio State University, Journal of Extension

• Reading Rainbow
  New feature: children's books aligned with National Educational Standards plus many other resources

• Spanish Resources
  • Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network
    (Leave all search fields blank and change only the language field from English to Spanish)
  • Alabama Cooperative Extension
    Lists of research-based topics in English with links to English titles of over 2,000 Spanish text publications
  • Spanish basics for beginners
    In 24 steps (Hosted by BBC)
  • Spanish Learning Resources
    Free online tutorial, includes Word a Day

• Writing for a Changing World
  Reaching low literacy audiences

Missouri Resources

• Educating Linguistically Diverse Students (PDF)
  Requirements and Practices from the Missouri Department of Elementary Education.

• Even Start Family Literacy Program Information
  Discretionary grants offered by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

• Literacy Investment for Tomorrow (LIFT)
  Provides training, technical assistance, and materials for educators and family literacy programs.

• Alianza Alliances
  Missouri's SW region partnerships that support Latino community development.

• Missouri Department of Corrections
  Information related to corrections in the state of Missouri.

• Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
  Adult education and literacy instruction, Division of Career Education

• Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
  Bilingual education

• Missouri Migrant Education Centers
  Establishes and improves partnerships with local, state, and national agencies to enhance education and health services to migrant families.

National Resources

• National Assessment of Adult Literacy
  National Center for Education Statistics.

• Literacy Proficiencies and Earnings
  Executive Summary of Literacy in the Labor Force.

• ProLiteracy Worldwide
  International literacy organization.

• Mid-America TESOL
  MidAmerica Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

• National Association of State Directors of Migrant Education
  Migrant education conferences

• National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education
  National professional organization representing both English language learners and bilingual education professionals.

• National Coalition for Literacy
  Coalition of 11 national organizations to advance adult education, language, and literacy in the United States.

• Promoting Literacy Through Whole Language
  Article by Marilyn Lopes, National Network for Child Care

Last Revised 26-Dec-07