Organizations Focused on Reading


Government Agencies and Centers

Center on Response to Intervention (American Institute for Research/AIR)

Institute for Education Science (IES)

National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE)

National Center on Intensive Intervention

National Center on Improving Literacy

State Support Network, US Department of Education

Private Organizations with a Focus on Literacy/Dyslexia

AIM Institute for Learning and Research

American Institute for Research (AIR)

Barksdale Reading Institute

Boon Philanthropy

Decoding Dyslexia: 50 state chapters

Dyslexia Training Institute

Florida Center for Reading Research & other university based literacy/reading centers

Literacy How

National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)

Parent Information and Education Centers (one in every state, federally funded)

  • Not Just for Parents: “Partnering with professionals and policy makers to improve outcomes for all children with disabilities”

PaTTAN: Pennsylvania Dept. of Education, Training and Technical Assistance Network

SpellTalk Listserv

The Dyslexia Foundation

The International Dyslexia Association

The Reading League: Advancing Evidence in Practice

University Based Research Centers, Dyslexia Focus

Partnership Opportunities

American SpeechLanguage Hearing Association (see Language in Brief)

Association for Curriculum Development

Campaign for Grade Level Reading

Chiefs for Change

Council of Chief State School Officers

Deans for Impact

International Foundation for Effective Reading Instruction (IFERI)

National Association of State Boards of Education

National Association of School Psychologists

National Education Association, New Business Item 31:  Reading Screening & Interventions

National PTA: State PTAs are passing dyslexia support resolutions

Read by Fourth

The Reading League

Urban Teachers