What is the National Reading Panel doing now?
Although the work of producing the panel report is complete, the findings continue to be distributed. Panel members also continue to speak at various conferences and organizational meetings regarding their findings. In addition, the work of the National Reading Panel is being expanded by a nationwide strategy for dissemination and implementation of its findings. This new initiative is the National Reading Excellence Initiative (NREI), a national project for disseminating reading research authorized by the Reading Excellence Act conducted under the auspices of the National Institute for Literacy. The NREI’s mission is to make scientifically based reading research more accessible to educators, parents, policymakers, and other interested individuals. The NREI will be implemented through a diverse mix of public awareness, professional development, and program replication activities. In 2001, the NREI will mount an aggressive campaign to distribute the findings of the National Reading Panel
