RADFORD – Radford University’s College of Education and Human Development has received a $33,573 grant for funding of "Teach for Achievement: Data-based decision-making for content area reading instruction," part of the No Child Left Behind state grants funded through the U.S. Department of Education.

According to the project description, the grant focuses on "providing educational professionals with increased skills and knowledge in the following areas: identification of struggling readers in grades 3-5, research-based instruction and interventions for content area reading, use of problem-solving data to identify special reading needs, progress monitoring and data based decision making.

RU project directors are Eric Mesmer and Jennifer Jones.