Kentucky Department of Education

Literacy includes reading, writing, and the creative and analytical acts involved in producing and comprehending text. From Read to Succeed: Kentucky's Literacy Plan, developed by the Kentucky Literacy Partnership, June 2002.

Literacy Without Limits: Help for Struggling Students, Grades 4-12
Produced in partnership with KDE's Early Literacy Branch, this DVD-ROM resource showcases strategies that content area teachers can use to help students who struggle with literacy. It features 90+ video clips shot in classrooms across Kentucky. KDE is providing a free copy of this resource to every public school in the state, and the DVD-ROMS are posted online at www.literacywithoutlimits.org. Please take a moment to visit the web site. You'll find that Literacy Without Limits is thorough, accessible, and useful for 4-12 teachers in multiple subjects and classroom settings.

Read to Achieve: Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant (RTA)
During the 2005 legislative session, the Kentucky General Assembly passed Senate Bill 19, establishing the Read to Achieve Act of 2005. The bill was signed by Governor Fletcher and took effect on March 3, 2005. The Read to Achieve Act was created to focus on reading diagnostic and intensive reading intervention for struggling readers within the state primary program. The Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Program is a competitive program that provides funds to schools to implement research-based reading diagnostic and intervention programs. The early reading intervention program selected by the funded school must be based on reliable, replicable research and offer short-term intensive one-on-one or small group instruction in essential skills necessary for reading proficiency.

Writing
Writing instruction prepares students to communicate for a variety of purposes and audiences in a variety of real-world forms.

Kentucky Reading Project
The Kentucky Reading Project (KRP) is a professional development initiative for Kentucky public school elementary (P-5) teachers. It is designed to improve student achievement and emphasize family involvement in literacy.

Adolescent Literacy Coaching Project
The Adolescent Literacy Coaching Project (ALCP) is a professional development initiative working with teachers in grades 4-12. Working is collaboration with The Collaborative Center for Literacy Development, Kentucky Department of Education and Kentucky’s eight public universities; our mandate is to train literacy coaches to work directly with teachers in the classroom. This job embedded model of rigorous, relevant professional development has a direct and substantial impact on student achievement across all content areas. Coaching is synonymous with relationships and the resulting empowerment of teachers creates a powerful environment rich in literacy.

Striving Readers
The Kentucky Content Literacy Consortium (KCLC) is part of a federal grant from the U.S Department of Education to improve literacy instruction and performance for middle and high school students.  The Consortium consists of seven school districts involving 23 middle and high schools and partnerships with the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, the Collaborative for Teaching and Learning, and the Kentucky Department of Education.  The grant will provide teacher training at both the middle and high school levels to integrate content literacy instruction, implement interventions for struggling students and provide a reading coach for middle and high school staffs.

KCCT Reading Blueprint
Use this link to access the accountability weights for the elementary, middle, and high school reading tests.  Also, open the Kentucky Core Content Test Blueprint to page 4 to see the percentages of types of reading on the test.

KCCT Reading Passages
Guidelines for selecting reading passages. Guidelines for submitting passages. Copyright information form.

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