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NCTQ Exemplary Materials - Reading (2025)

by Gordon Cochrane on April 4th, 2025 in Education | 0 Comments

The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) publish "Reviews of Reading Instruction Materials..." and list "Exemplary Materials" that appear to meet their highest criteria. Listed here are the titles with current electronic access for immediate use.  "eBook possible..." signifies titles which may be purchased (generally during the September to April purchasing year).  Titles from Pearson are not available for purchase by libraries as electronic books (their sales model revolves around individual students purchasing access). Contact your librarian to arrange for purchase.

This list is not an endorsement of the NCTQ or its methods and goals. They may be the greatest thing since sliced bread or merely this year's attempt to understand "Why Johnny can't read".

 

Library access to select titles mentioned by NCTQ

Teaching Reading Sourcebook 

No

No ebook, available in print only

Teaching reading in the 21st century 

No

Pearson, print only

Locating and correcting reading difficulties

No

Pearson, print only

Multisensory teaching of basic language skills

Yes

 

intervention strategies to follow informal reading inventory assessment: so what di I do now?

Yes

Available in print only

How to plan differentiated reading instruction

Yes

 

Creating literacy instruction for all students in grades 4-8

Yes

Available in print only

Direct instruction reading

No

Pearson, print only

Essentials of assessing, preventing, and overcoming reading difficulties

No

eBook possible to add to collection

Handbook of reading interventions

Yes

 

Writing and reading connections

No

eBook possible to add

The vocabulary book: learning and instruction

No

possible to add as an ebook but only sold as a single user - classroom access would be difficult

The Structure of English for Readers, Writers, and Teachers

No

Older title only available in print

Structured Literacy Interventions: Teaching Students with Reading Difficulties, Grades K-6

No

eBook possible to add to collection

Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers

No

eBook possible to add to collection

Reading and Learning to Read

No

Pearson, print only

Making Sight Words: Teaching Word Recognition from Phoneme Awareness to Fluency

No

Title only available in print

Literacy Foundations for English Learners: A Comprehensive Guide to Evidence-Based Instruction

Yes

 

Literacy assessment and intervention for classroom teachers

No

As of 4/25 title prohibitively expensive for a three user ebook

Intensive Reading Interventions for the Elementary Grades

Yes

 

Fundamentals of Literacy Instruction & Assessment, Pre-K-6

No

eBook possible to add to collection

Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners: Research, Theory, Policy, and Practice

No

eBook possible to add to collection

Best Practices in Adolescent Literacy Instruction

Yes

 

 


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