Since it first appeared, the National Reading Panel Report (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [NICHD], 2000) has been translated into various summary documents, educational policies, and designs for curriculum materials. Evenso, the report is still not accessible to many teachers and principals, and the various summaries have been criticized for their inadequacy and inaccuracy (Allington, 2002; Shanahan, 2003, 2004). The report itself is more than 500 pages and was written by a committee of scientists; the multiple authorship resulted in some inconsistency of style, voice, and accessibility of the writing. The purpose of this monograph is to try to summarize, explain, and provide advice for teachers about how to use the findings of the National Reading Panel Report.

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