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__Joanne Allain, Professional Literacy Consultant__ - [|www.3tliteracygroup.com] __The U.S. Department of Education__ - http://idea.ed.gov/explore/home - The U.S. Department of Education answers questions on response to intervention and early intervening services. __Texas Education Agency__ - http://www.tea.state.tx.us/curriculum/RtI/index.html - Visit this web site for information from the Texas Education Agengy regarding response to intervention; a TEA position paper should be posted in the near future. __National Reading Panel__ - http://www.nationalreadingpanel.org/ - Here you can find information regarding reading research and its implications for instruction. __National Mathematics Panel__ - http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/mathpanel/index.html - Here you can find information regarding math research and its implications for instruction. __Searchlight__ - http://searchlight.utexas.org/ - This web site allows users to search research-based professional development and instructional materials developed by the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. Users can also take courses that draw from materials such as the Teacher Reading Academies for Texas Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits. __Tool for Analyzing Core Reading Programs for Grades K-3__ - http://reading.uoregon.edu/appendices/con_guide_3.1.03.pdf - This web site allows users to search A Consumer's Guide to Evaluating a Core Reading Program, Grades K-3; A Critical Elements Analysis, developed at the University of Oregon, to evaluate their K-3 core reading program in the five critical components of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Such an evaluation is a key step in strengthening the core program. __The Florida Center for Reading Research__ - http://www.fcrr.org/ - This web site has information for teachers, coaches, administrators, and parents about research-based literacy practices. The teachers' section includes a variety of student literacy center activities organized by the five critical components of reading. __Texas Primary Reading Inventory Grouping Mats__ - http://www.tpri.org/Teacher_Information/grouping_mats.asp - Educators using the Texas Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI) as an assessment tool may find the TPRI Grouping Mats to be a helpful resource for using the assessment data for instructional planning. __Tejas LEE Grouping Mats__ - http://www.tejaslee.org/ReadingFirstResources/ - Educators using Tejas LEE as an assessment tool may find the Tejas Lee Grouping Mats to be a helpful resource for using the assessment data for instructional planning. __National Association of State Directors of Special Education__ - http://www.nasdse.org - The National Association of State Directors of Special Education's (NASDSE) response to intervention Web page features useful tools for educators, including information about the NASDSE booklet, //Response to Intervention: Policy Considerations and Implementation//. __Center on Instruction__ - http://www.centeroninstruction.org/ - the Center on Instruction Web site features scientifically based resources and information on reading, mathematics, science, special education, and English language learners. __Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies (TALA) Initiative__ - http://www.tea.state.tx.us/tala/ - The Texas Adosescent Literacy Academies (TALA) Initiative developed two separate research-based literacy Academies for middle school teachers - one for English and Language Arts teachers and one for content area teachers. __Stupski Foundation Report__ - http://www.stupski.org - The Stupski Foundation provides information on secondary literacy instruction and intervention. __National Center on Response to Intervention__ - http://www.rti4success.org/ - The National Center on Response to Intervention provides a presentation with information about RtI at the secondary level.