print email comment close National Reading Panel (NRP) URL: http://www.nationalreadingpanel.org/ Description: This panel was convened by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) in 1997 "to assess the effectiveness of different approaches used to teach children to read." In 2000, the NRP concluded its work and submitted "The Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read." This site features a summary and the full report, which discusses topics such as phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and teacher education. Extra Keywords literacy Library of Congress Subject Headings: Reading -- Study and teaching LII Database Information: Record 20037 created by Maria Brandt on 12/12/2005 Last modification on 12/12/2005 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 07/03/2007 Published: 12/15/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20037