Literacy Launch: Reading Success from Age 3 through Grade 3 (DESE, launched FY2025)
How schools fund reading intervention in Massachusetts
How schools fund reading intervention in Massachusetts
How schools fund reading intervention in Massachusetts
The state-level programs below are the streams Massachusetts districts most often use for evidence-based reading intervention purchases, alongside the federal streams available everywhere.
Partnership for Reading Success in Massachusetts (PRISM and PRISM II grants) (e.g., DESE Fund Code 593B)
PRISM grants pay for districts, charters, and collaboratives to evaluate, select, purchase, and implement high-quality instructional materials in PreK-3 ELA/literacy, including associated professional development; a district adding an evidence-based reading intervention as part of its literacy adoption could budget it within a PRISM application.
Literacy Launch competitive grant rounds (e.g., Early Literacy Consortium Grant, Fund Code 0726)
DESE runs recurring Literacy Launch competitive grants (FY2025-FY2027 fund codes) supporting evidence-based early literacy instruction, materials, and educator training; districts should watch DESE’s grants page for open fund codes each fiscal year.
Approved-list note: DESE’s CURATE project publishes teacher-panel ratings of ELA/literacy materials, and DESE grant programs generally expect selections rated favorably by CURATE or EdReports, so documented third-party evidence review matters.
