Literacy Centers: A Way to Increase Reading Development

Abstract

Given the current trends in education and the passing of No Child Left Behind Act in 2001 (U.S.Department of Education), literacy education has become increasingly important. Many studies havebeen done that indicate that students who do not learn how to read in the early years of their educationmay experience failure during the later years (Martson, Deno, Dongil, Diment, & Rogers, 1995). TheNational Reading Panel’s (NRP, 2000) findings suggest that becoming a good reader in elementaryschool is more likely to produce a more effective learner and a better reader as students move throughschool and into adult life. This information is important to those individuals who are working withchildren as they first start school and especially to those individuals who are working with children inearly intervention services.