When your child enters school, it can be difficult to know if the instruction they’re receiving is based on the science of reading. Fortunately, many tools are available to help parents and caregivers understand what’s happening in the classroom and how to talk with the school about it. The Reading League developed the Curriculum Evaluation Guidelines, a reliable, evidence-based tool that identifies red flag practices (ineffective practices) within reading programs. This tool is mainly for educators; however, parents and caregivers can learn about effective and ineffective reading instruction and compare it with what children are learning and doing in the classroom.
- The Reading League’s Curriculum Navigation Reports, available on the Compass: Curriculum Decision-Makers page, provide reviews of the nation’s most widely used curricula for alignment with the science of reading, with more reports to come.
- The Right to Read Project provides guidance answering the question: Is My Child’s School Getting Reading Right?
- The Colorado Department of Education developed a Literacy Dialogue Tool to guide families and caregivers in having conversations with their children’s schools.