American Reading Company is leading the way with rigor and accountability to transform schools using a formative assessment framework to teach the Common Core State Standards for Reading and Writing. Aligned to the CCSS, American Reading Company’s professional development and classroom-ready solutions ensure that all students, in all subgroups, receive high-quality instruction.
American Reading Company’s professional development services, curriculum resources, and classroom- ready materials meet the CCSS Publishers’ Criteria and have proven effective in aligning to grant requirements and raising student achievement. Already, more than 1,000 American Reading Company schools are implementing the CCSS and getting excellent results.
Effective research-based, field-tested instructional literacy model that demystifies the essential elements of effective instruction and assessment.
Real-time performance data for school leaders and teachers to guide instructional decision making that will accelerate exceptional reading growth for every student at every level.
Teacher training to facilitate teaching with curriculum and material aligned to the Common Core State Standards and incorporation of effective literacy instruction to support needs of all students.
Shared focus on evidence of student learning and the use of formative assessment as the keys to effective instruction and interventions.
Literacy achievement demonstrated by PreK to Grade 12 students, including reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language skills they need to be college- and career-ready.
Please download the document below for the grant template provided by American Reading Company. The grant template outlines how ACTION 100 fulfills the Pennsylvania Striving Readers Grant requirements.
Pennsylvania Grant Template (PDF)
Pennsylvania Contacts for Striving Readers Grant Proposals Consultation