The National Center for Learning Disabilities hosted a one-day Forum on Early Literacy Screening to Promote School Success on February 23, 2005 at the Cafritz Conference Center in Washington, D.C. Over 100 participants attended the forum, which focused on key questions regarding challenges, opportunities, available resources, and future needs and directions concerning early literacy screening and policy.

See the agenda, with links to speaker presentations including audio files, transcripts, PowerPoints, related references and bios.

Listen to audio files from the forum.

Find out about the Webinar held on June 1, 2005 as a follow-up to NCLD's Forum on Early Literacy Screening to Promote School Success.

Download a PDF version of the Executive Summary.

Read pre-publication drafts of the forum papers:

Development and Promotion of Early Literacy Skills: Using Data to Help Children Succeed  by Christopher J. Lonigan, Ph.D.

Findings from the National Early Literacy Panel: Implications for Early Screening  by Christopher Schatschneider, Ph.D. and Laura Westberg

See photos  from the forum.

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