Listed here are IRA tools to help educators, parents, and policymakers understand and respond effectively to U.S. federal education law and policy. To locate more resources, go to advanced search and select "Policy" under the Topic heading.

For more information about IRA’s advocacy efforts, including how they relate to legislation such as No Child Left Behind, contact our Washington office at irawash@reading.org.

• Making a Difference Means Making It Different: Honoring Children’s Rights to Excellent Reading Instruction
• What Is Evidence-Based Reading Instruction?
• On Policy Mandates (resolution)

• Report: “No Child Left Behind: A Survey of Its Impact on IRA Members” 
• NCLB reform: An annotated bibliography (PDF document)
• Summary of the report of the National Reading Panel

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