State required reading competencies were developed in 1999 by the Maryland State Task Force on Reading. The Reading Courses developed by Institutions of Higher Education with Teacher Education programs must be state approved and offered for all programs. Program Approval site visits include comprehensive review of approved reading courses and the implementation of these courses.

• The Final Report of the MD State Task Force on Reading
• Maryland State Approved Reading Courses September 2009
• Reading Course Revision Guidelines
• Reading Course Revision Support Materials
• IHE Reading Revision Legislative Report 
• Secondary Content Areas , Special Education, N-12 (Teaching Reading in the Content Areas: Part I and Part II)