The Secretary established this advisory committee, as authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, to evaluate state Reading First applications and to review third-year progress reports submitted by states under the Reading First program.

• Advisory Committee's Response to the Reading First Impact Study Interim Report (August 20, 2008)
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• Letter from Chair Katherine Mitchell to Secretary Margaret Spellings regarding the Committee's Statement on the Reading First Impact Study: Interim Report (August 26, 2008)
  PDF (302K)

• Letter from Chair Katherine Mitchell to Secretary Margaret Spellings regarding the Committee's Statement on the Reading First Impact Study: Interim Report (July 22, 2008) PDF (105K)

• Charter   PDF (99K) (March 2007)

• Members   MS WORD (20K) (Updated September 2008)

• Open Teleconference Meeting of the Reading First Advisory Committee: August 20, 2008
  • Federal Register Notice: Open Meeting August 20, 2008   (July 31, 2008)

• Open Meeting: June 23, 2008
  • Federal Register Notice: Open Meeting: June 23, 2008 (June 5, 2008)
  • Dr. Grover J. (Russ) Whitehurst, Director of IES, will speak to the committee about the, "Reading First Impact Study: Interim Report."

• Open Meeting: October 15 and 16, 2007
  • Federal Register Notice: Reading First Advisory Committee Open Meeting (September 28, 2007)

• Open Meeting: August 20, 2007
  • Federal Register Notice: Reading First Advisory Committee Open Meeting (August 2, 2007)
  • Agenda   MS WORD (21K) (August 20-22, 2007)

• Open Teleconference Meeting of the Reading First Advisory Committee: September 24, 2007
  • Federal Register Notice re Puerto Rico's revised application for funding. (September 10, 2007)