FLORIDA CENTER FOR READING RESEARCH
- 2010 LEVY AVENUE
32310 TALLAHASSEE, FL
GEO: 30.424244, -84.318137
Phone: 850.644.9352
www.fcrr.org
Short profile:
The Florida Center for Reading Research was established in January, 2002. It is jointly administered at Florida State University by the Learning Systems Institute and the
College of Arts and Sciences.
Detailed description:
The Center’s Four Part Mission:
To conduct basic research on reading, reading growth, reading assessment, and reading instruction that will contribute to the scientific knowledge of reading and benefit students in Florida and throughout the nation.
To disseminate information about research-based practices related to literacy instruction and assessment for children in pre-school through 12th grade.
To conduct applied research that will have an immediate impact on policy and practices related to literacy instruction in Florida.
To provide technical assistance to Florida’s schools and to the State Department of Education for the improvement of literacy outcomes in students from pre-K through 12th grade.
Center on Instruction
The Florida Center for Reading Research has recently become part of the National Center for K-12 Instruction in Reading, Math, and Science. Part of the Comprehensive Center network, the Center on Instruction is one of five content centers serving as resources for the 16 regional U.S. Department of Education Comprehensive Centers. FCRR is responsible for the reading strand of the center.
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