The National Early Literacy Panel Report: Summary, Commentary, and Reflections on Policies and Practices to Improve Children's Early Literacy

This special issue was a joint effort of two Educational Researcher ( ER) editorial teams, including former ER editors, led by Greg Camilli. Current ER associate editor Deborah Dillon and her editorial colleagues then partnered with Anne McGill-Franzen and Timothy Shanahan to oversee the manuscript review and revision process. In the introduction, McGill-Franzen provides the rationale for a critical examination of the National Early Literacy Panel report, in particular the implications of this important research synthesis for the development of policy in early literacy. She also establishes a context for each of the commentary pieces that follow.