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Mather, N., Hammill, D.D., Allen, E.A., & Roberts, R. (2003). Test of Silent Word Reading Fluency (TOSWRF). Austin, TX: PRO-ED.

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Links

Alternative Education: Training Modules or Clusters of Competencies
This site provides 17 training modules on various topics for college instructors, staff developers, and teachers. Module 13 provides strategies for enhancing decoding, spelling, and vocabulary through morphology.

Between the Lions
This site provides activities for teachers and parents that support early literacy.

Big Ideas in Beginning Reading
This site provides information about assessment and instruction.

Early Literacy
Activities for developing important early literacy skills are found on this site.

Dynamic Indicators of Basic Language Skills (DIBELS)
Downloadable screenings and progress monitors for Grades K–3 are found on this site.

National Reading Panel Report
This site provides a downloadable copy of the National Reading Panel Report and information about ordering a copy of the report.

Reading Rockets
Ideas and information for teachers working with beginning and/or struggling readers are introduced on this site.

Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts
This site provides resources for reading and language arts teachers working with struggling readers and writers.

What Works Clearinghouse
This site provides studies of effective, evidence-based intervention studies for teaching reading and math.