The following national organizations are members of the "Working Partners Group." Supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL), and the U.S. Department of Education (ED), these education, business, and government organizations are involved in the National Reading Excellence Initiative by offering their counsel and assisting in efforts to reform and improve reading instruction in the nation's classrooms. They were selected because they collectively represent educators, principals, administrators, parents, business leaders, and policymakers.

• ACHIEVE
• American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education
• American Association of School Administrators
• American Federation of Teachers
• American Library Association
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• Association of American Publishers
• Association of Education Publishers
• Association of Teacher Educators
• Business Roundtable
• Council for Basic Education
• Council of Chief State School Officers
• Council of the Great City Schools
• Education Commission of the States
• Education Leaders Council
• Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters
• International Reading Association
• Learning First Alliance
• National Alliance of Black School Educators
• National Association for Bilingual Education
• National Association of Elementary School Principals
• National Association of Secondary School Principals
• National Association of State Boards of Education
• National Black Child Development Institute
• National Center for Family Literacy
• National Center for Learning Disabilities
• National Coalition of Title I/Chapter I Parents
• National Conference of State Legislatures
• National Education Association
• National Even Start Association
• National Governors' Association
• National Head Start Association
• National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
• National Middle School Association
• National Parent Teacher Association
• National School Boards Association
• National Urban League
• Parents as Teachers
• Policy Making Partnership
• Software and Information Industry Association
• US Chamber of Commerce

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