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Standards for Reading Professionals

Standards for Reading Professionals (revised 1998) contains a full set of program standards for the preparation of professional and paraprofessional roles in reading. It lists the following areas required for competency:

  1. Theoretical Base
  2. Knowledge Base
  3. Individual Differences
  4. Reading Difficulties
  5. Creating a Literate Environment
  6. Word Identification, Vocabulary, and Spelling
  7. Comprehension
  8. Study Strategies
  9. Writing
  10. Assessment
  11. Communicating Information about Reading
  12. Curriculum Development
  13. Professional Development
  14. Research
  15. Supervision of Paraprofessionals
  16. Professionalism

(Source: Standards for Reading Professionals, International Reading Association, http://www.reading.org/advocacy/standards/free_index.html)