Information & Research Support

Australia

• Adult Literacy and Numeracy Australian Research Consortium [ALNARC]
• Australian Council for Adult Literacy
• Australian Literacy Educators' Association
• Clearinghouse for National Literacy and Numeracy Research Provides public access to the products of research funded by the Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) Grants for National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies and Projects Programme
• DEST Resources
  • Literacy and Numeracy Includes details of DEST publications and projects
  • Literacy Specific Publications
  • Literacy Standards in Australia
    Reports the percentages of Year 3 and Year 5 students meeting clear performance standards in reading and writing
  • National Literacy and Numeracy Benchmarks
  • National Literacy and Numeracy Plan
  • Your Child's Future - Literacy & Numeracy in Australian Schools
    DEST brochure focusing on what is being done to ensure that all children achieve literacy and numeracy skills which will enable them to progress through schooling and into adult life.
• Literacy and Numeracy Benchmarks
  Part of a national plan to support achievement of national education goals
• Literacy Standards in Australia Report prepared by the Australian Council for Educational Research for DEETYA
• Literacy Web Australia Includes Case Studies, Links to other literacy sites and literacy articles.
• Reading Writing Hotline
  Information about this national telephone literacy referral service
• Responses to the Literacy Debate Links to 'literacy promoting' websites

Queensland

• Literacy and Numeracy Support Education Queensland site
• Literate Futures Project
  Education Queensland site which includes full text files of the Literate Futures Report
• Queensland Council for Adult Literacy [QCAL]

Other Australian States

• Early Years Literacy Program Victorian SOFWeb page
• Literacy Professional Learning Resource Victoria
• NSW Literacy Website Includes links to NSW State Literacy Plan 2006 - 2008, resource materials etc.
• South Australian Literacy and Numeracy Network Provides up-to-date information about literacy and numeracy - source of information, advice, services and programs

Overseas

• Compact for Reading
  US Education Department scheme for families, teachers, principals, and students to work together to help improve reading skills
• Ideas at Work: How to Help Every Child Become a Reader
  U.S. Department of Education America Reads Challenge
• Literacy and Education Links to papers on literacy and education
• Literacy and Reading Links Extensive list from Northern Arizona University
• Literacy.org US site for International Literacy Institute
• Literacy Time
  UK Government site aiming to help teachers incorporate ICT in the development of children's literacy
• National Literacy Trust, UK
• National Reading Panel
  Convened by the U.S government to assess research-based approaches to reading instruction
• Parents and Children Together Online An online magazine, provided by The Family Literacy Center at the ERIC Clearinghouse for Reading, English and Parents and Children Together.
• Phonics and Whole Language Links from the ELA page
• Reading Pathfinder
  ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education Web site that provides easy access to information on helping children become competent readers by about the third grade.
• Research Report: Parents' literacy and Their Children's Success in School: Recent Research, Promising Practices, and Research Implications
• Teaching Children to Read: Report of the National Reading Panel
  Report of the US National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
• UK National Literacy Strategy

Education Resources