CALI Reads is a 5-year project to improve literacy outcomes for adolescent students, especially students with disabilities. It serves nine districts and district consortia across California who in collaboration with three school site administrators applied to participate. CALI Reads offers participating districts and their selected middle schools funding, support, and training through CALI Reads literacy coaching, professional development (PD) and systems support for teachers and administrators.

State Literacy Plan Priority:

• Birth to age five: Support early childhood education (ECE) programs to create literacy-rich environments and experiences and support the quality of ECE programs and their capacity to support early language and literacy skills
• Transitional kindergarten to grade 5: Build teacher capacity for Tier 1 foundational skills and reading comprehension, including best first reading and writing instruction.
• Transitional kindergarten to grade 5: Build school capacity to support students struggling with reading, including, but not limited to, students with disabilities and students with dyslexia.
• Grades 6 to 12: Build school capacity for effective literacy instruction for students with disabilities.