Early Grade Reading Playbook Appendix and Bibliography

Early Grade Reading Playbook: Chapter 10

Overview

Reading proficiency in the early grades sets children on a path to lifelong success. Children who read well by third grade are far more likely to graduate high school, enroll in college and thrive across all subjects. Communities can close reading gaps through high-quality instruction aligned to the Science of Reading, well-trained teachers, early intervention and coordinated support across education and neighborhood systems.

This is part 10 of StriveTogether’s Cradle-to-Career Outcomes Playbook: Early Grade Reading. The playbook synthesizes research and practical guidance communities can use to improve early grade reading.

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Appendix

Design principles

Based on interviews with network members and conversations with StriveTogether staff, the following design principles were used to guide the writing of this playbook.

Expand depth and breadth: Expand on existing framework by including indicators from multiple domains.

Universal navigation: The playbook will be a tool for all audiences, Cradle to Career Network members, their communities and any organization working to improve cradle-to-career outcomes. Organize the playbook in an accessible way, using flags/tags and including detailed research in the appendix.

Honor local context: Organizations work closely with their communities to identify and pursue solutions that they believe will work. We will create the playbook as a way to enhance the hyper-local process communities use. This means referencing the community-centered planning processes, which starts by consulting the community and letting community voices lead the planning process. The playbook will likely be part of the second or third step, but not necessarily the first.

Speak the language: Align to StriveTogether language, not jargon.
- Make the playbook language easy to understand.
- Create consistent language by resolving similar concepts using different terminology. By aligning other frameworks behind the E-W framework, we can “crosswalk” and translate concepts into a common language.

Clear sourcing: Cite all sources so that readers can dig deeper in areas of interest.
- Highlight and center various source frameworks within the playbook, not just in the appendix.
- Provide an annotated bibliography

Spreadsheet

Essential questions, indicators, practices and policies have been added to a spreadsheet to make it easier for communities to sort by priority area. The spreadsheet is available here.

Bibliography

To view the complete bibliography for the Early Grade Reading Outcomes Playbook, download the full playbook at the link below. The bibliography begins on page 125.

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