Standards for Reading Professionals 2003: A Reference for the Preparation of Educators in the United States

Standards 2003 provides criteria for developing and evaluating preparation programs for reading professionals to answer the question, What should new reading professionals know and be able to do? The most important updates to the revised Standards are an increased focus on candidate performance, a more user-friendly format, standards for only five reading professional categories, a new table that provides research references related to each element of each standard, a consideration of culturally and linguistically diverse educational contexts, and an emphasis on using technology for teaching children and preparing teachers. Community college, college and university, and state education department staff can use Standards 2003 in planning preparation programs for reading paraprofessionals, classroom reading teachers, reading specialists, reading teacher educators, and administrators. These personnel also can use this resource as the basis for evaluating candidates and programs.