Administration Violated NCLB Reading First Law

In September 2006, an independent government investigation revealed that the Bush administration pushed local school districts across the country to use a reading curriculum that had been developed by a company with close political and financial ties to the administration, despite concerns about the quality of the curriculum and despite the fact that, in some cases, states sought to use other curricula.
 

U.S. Government Accountability Office Report

Reading First: States Report Improvements in Reading Instruction, but Additional Procedures Would Clarify Education's Role in Ensuring Proper Implementation by States »
GAO-07-161, February 28, 2007
PDF, 1.15MB
 

U.S. Department of Education Reports

The Reading First Program's Grant Application Process, Final Inspection Report »
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Inspector General
September 2006
PDF, 2.9MB

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's Reading First Program »
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
October 20, 2006
PDF, 111KB

New York State Education Department's Reading First Program »
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
November 3, 2006
PDF, 12MB

Review of the Georgia Reading First Program »
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
January 18, 2007
PDF, 1.4MB

The Department's Administration of Selected Aspects of the Reading First Program »
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
February 22, 2007
PDF, 1.2MB

RMC Research Corporation's Administration of the Reading First Program Contracts »
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
March 7, 2007
PDF, 234KB