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Literacy Collaborative accepted into the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory's Catalog of School Reform Models

In December 2005, Literacy Collaborative was accepted as a Reading/Language Arts model into the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory’s Catalog of School Reform models. The purpose of the Catalog of School Reform Models is to assist educators in identifying an external model that meets the needs of their school. It is produced jointly by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory and the Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement.

As stated on the NWREL website:

“Because the purpose of Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) legislation and of CSR in general is to foster schoolwide change, the catalog naturally focuses on whole-school models or single-subject models that are implemented schoolwide. These models provide schools with a coherent framework for change that addresses most or all aspects of school operations, including governance, structure, culture, curriculum, instruction, assessment, and professional development.”

In the fall of 2005, Literacy Collaborative faculty and staff were invited to submit an application to NWREL. The application was judged based on the following criteria:

  • Evidence of effectiveness in improving student academic achievement
  • Widespread replication, with organizational capacity to continue scaling up
  • High-quality implementation assistance to schools
  • Comprehensiveness/coherence

The Catalog includes descriptions of accepted models in a searchable, on-line database. To see Literacy Collaborative’s description, please click on the following link:

http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/catalog/ModelDetails.asp?ModelID=52