RMC works with schools, community-based organizations, and other service providers to strengthen programs designed to enhance the lives of children and their families. Through developing research-based products, training and technical assistance to schools and community-based organizations, and evaluating programs, RMC works to build the capacity of practitioners to improve the quality and reach of their services, especially in the area of parents’ contributions to their children’s educational achievement.

Parent Education Profile (PEP)
Developed to organize instruction for parents on children’s literacy development and to track parents’ progress, RMC’s Parent Education Profile (PEP) assesses literacy in the home, support for language development, connection to education providers, and acceptance of the parent’s role in developing children’s literacy. Based on a research synthesis RMC developed for the U.S. Department of Education on parents’ effects on children’s learning, PEP is the assessment tool for parent education and interactive literacy used in the Even Start GPRA indicators. RMC also delivers a training program in using the PEP to Even Start and other family literacy programs, Title I and other school parent education programs, and adult education programs.
Available in both English and Spanish
See a sample scale. 
Order the PEP set (scales and documentation).  

PIRC (PARENT INFORMATION AND RESOURCE CENTERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COORDINATION CENTER
RMC served as the Technical Assistance Coordination Center for 78 Parent Information and Resource Centers (PIRCs) funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement. PIRCs offer information and services to parents of children from birth through high school, especially to low-income, minority and non-native English speaking parents and the educators who work with their children. In addition to conducting annual national PIRC conferences and regular regional training institutes for project directors, RMC provided grantees with ongoing technical assistance through site visits, telephone and email contacts, and an interactive website and dedicated listserv.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LITERACY
As part of our work with the National Institute for Literacy, RMC produced parent-friendly materials that distilled the popular Put Reading First guide for teachers into a series of brief overviews of the key findings from the National Reading Panel’s review of the research. These overviews range from the more technical— A Child Becomes a Reader: Proven Ideas for Parents from Research—to parent guides to Put Reading First: A Parent Guide (also available in Spanish), and products written in simpler language, and making them available to a wider audience of parents. These products include Shining Stars, a series about parents, children, and reading, written in parents’ voices, and Big Dreams, a short, simply written account of how a parent helps a child learn to read.
Download Put Reading First: Helping Your Child Learn to Read—A Parent Guide
Download La Lectura es lo Primero: Como ayudar a su hijo a aprender a leer--Una guia para Padres de Familia
Download A Child Becomes a Reader: Proven Ideas for Parents from Research--Kindergarten through Grade Three
Download A Child Becomes a Reader: Proven Ideas for Parents from Research--Birth to Preschool
Download Dad's Playbook--Coaching Kids to Read
Download Shining Stars--Kindergartners Learn to Read
Download Big Dreams. 

NEW YORK STATE “JUST THE FACTS” FOR PARENTS
Working with the New York State Education Department, RMC developed a series of fact sheets on aspects of the No Child Left Behind act of special interest to parents—covering issues such as Supplemental Educational Services, Parental Choice, Teacher Quality, School Report Cards, and English Language Learners. To deliver fact sheets to key regions of New York State, RMC created training sessions for parents and educators on communicating with other parents, educators, and interested community members about NCLB and its implications for students and families.
Read the “Just the Facts” Nine Questions About NCLB.