Professional Standards

IRA offers these recommendations and reports:

• Professional standards for reading educators
• Hiring requirements and duties for reading and literacy coaches
• Standards for student learning in reading and the English language arts
• Standards for assessment of reading and writing

IRA's response to the Draft College and Career Ready Standards

This letter was sent on November 12, 2009, by IRA President Kathy Au, on behalf of the Board of Directors, to leaders of the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers in regard to the Draft College and Career Ready Standards that are part of the Common Core State Standards Initiative. For further information, visit the following webpage: www.corestandards.org.

• Read IRA's November 12, 2009 response to the Draft College and Career Ready Standards