This is the site of the Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement which was a federally funded center between 1997-2002. It has links to many useful sites as well as excellent resources.

This website, the Northwest Regional Lab, has a down-loadable guide to scoring children's writing using the 6 + 1 trait system. This system is currently being promoted within CPS.

This handbook lays out the Illinois state's expectations for students in writing grades 3, 5 and 8. It's worth downloading to see the nature of how the state was assessing writing and the kinds of skills that were thought to be imnportant for high quality writing.

This is the Kerlin Collection Website for the "Suitcase" materials, collections of author artifacts for author study in literature.

Good resources for Literacy Coaches. To get to a handbook on Literacy Coaches, click on "The Promises and Practicalilties of Coaching": A guide for district and school leaders who are considering adding coaching to a battery of professional development support, detailing what coaches do, what knowledge and skills they need to have, and what districts need to do to establish conditions to make coaching effective. Commissioned by the Aspen Institute Program on Education and co-published by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform.

Carmen's recommendation for many strategies that align with the Harvey and Goodvis book's recommendations and discussions.

This is the Read, Write, Think website sponsored by IRA and NCTE.