The best way to solve reading problems is to prevent them. The Iowa Department of Education today announced important information about the tools that will support implementation of Response to Intervention. This is a major step forward in the state’s commitment to promote early literacy results statewide.

 02-21-2013 Letter to Education Stakeholders - Statewide Data System and Assessments

The Department announced that contracts have been awarded for a statewide electronic data management system and for universal screening and progress monitoring tools for both 4-year-old prekindergarten programs and for kindergarten through sixth grades.