Oregon Literacy Plan - Birth through Grade 12 - Oregon Department of Education

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Oregon Literacy Plan - Birth through Grade 12

To learn and achieve, students need well-developed literacy skills. Implementing the Oregon Literacy Plan ensures that young Oregonians will develop strong reading and writing skills to prepare them to succeed in school, college, and career—without need for remediation.

Why does Oregon need a Birth to Grade 12 Literacy Plan? Attending to children’s physical, social, emotional, and cognitive well-being during the birth to five-period has life-long implications (Shonkoff & Phillips, 2000).

Where the Oregon Literacy Plan is implemented, Birth through Grade 12 children are more likely to

Receive integrated services from Birth to Five to ensure school readiness
Enter school with a strong foundation to support learning to read and write
Learn to read and write at grade level or above by end of first grade
Develop Common Core State Standards grade-level reading and writing skills or above every year
Receive strong differentiated instruction to help them learn to read and write at grade level, if they are below
Earn an Oregon Diploma and be College and Career-ready without need for remediation.