The National Child Care Information Center

http://www.nccic.org/poptopics/bookdist.html

From the US Dept of Heath and Human Services, the Administration for
Children and Families, comes this listing of Book Distribution Programs to
Support Early Literacy.  Excellent resource.

Authors:  By E. Allen Schenck, Douglas R. Walker,Carrie R. Nagel
RMC Research Corporation, Arlington, Va.

Loretta C. Webb, The McKenzie Group, Washington, D.C.

Prepared for: U.S. Department of Education
Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development
Policy and Program Studies Service

This report addresses the relationship between state content standards and
assessments and the essential components of effective reading instruction.
The extent to which the essential components are addressed in the standards
and assessments indicates the extent to which states have integrated the
essential components into their reading curriculum. This report describes
reviews of state assessments and standards, the purpose of which was
twofold:

· to evaluate the degree to which state reading content standards for
K-3 students reflected expectations for learning in these five essential
areas of effective reading instruction; and

· to determine the extent to which state assessments administered in
the K-3 grade span played a role in the measurement of Reading First
outcomes in the five areas.

Click here to read the report (PDF file)