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=Welcome to the Reading in Hand Project Wiki=

**Original Project Summary**
Reading In Hand seeks to utilize proven, researched‐based reading instruction, intervention and assessment tools (eg Lexia, Accelerated Reader, DIBELS, MAPS) on mobile computing devices (iPods) to improve reading achievement and literacy skills for 1179 students in grades K‐6 among four rural Nebraska schools with a large concentration of high poverty students and high technology needs schools. Specifically, the project’s primary goal is to move from 30‐50% of students who are reading below grade level or benchmark (varies according to grade level), to achieving 100% of K‐6 students reading at or above grade by the completion of the 2010‐2011 academic year. This project also seeks to show sustained reading growth among high achieving K‐6 students, as our baseline data show that the majority of our high achieving students are actually declining in reading achievement under current practice.

Each teacher involved in the project will work with the ESU 6 reading/literacy coach and technology integration specialist to receive coaching, guidance and training through large group training, one‐on‐one coaching and webinars, live chat or instant messaging sessions and other online learning environments. The project will be directed by the Program Implementation Team (PIT),comprised of representative classroom and special education teachers, technical services staff, a technology integration specialist, a literacy/reading coach, curriculum directors and principals.

[|RIH Implementation Plan.doc]

[|RIH Leadership Team.doc]