MOWR Submissions
MOWR Submission Guidance for LEAs
The Arizona State Legislature appropriates approximately $45 million annually to elementary schools for the purpose of supporting effective reading instruction in grades K-3. To receive these additional funds, each school district and charter school is annually (as amended by HB2026) required to submit a literacy plan and triannual data for review and approval by the Arizona Department of Education Move on When Reading team.
Annual Due dates:
- October 1st - Literacy Plan and Beginning of Year Data Due
- February 1st - Middle of Year Data Due - **PORTAL WILL OPEN January 5, 2026, for MOY data
- June 1st - End of Year Data Due
**Portal will open approximately 2 months before each due date, unless otherwise noted
Only one data window can be opened at a time. Once the window closes and a new data window opens, it is no longer accessible in your ADEConnect portal, should you miss a deadline.
ATTENTION - NEW MOWR PORTAL SY25-26 - This document outlines the updates from the old portal to the new portal.
ADEConnect Setup/ Updating Contacts
ADEConnect Setup and Permissions for MOWR
Directions for gaining access to the MOWR portal for school-level and LEA-level approvers who are new to MOWR. It is the responsibility of the LEA entity administrator to ensure up-to-date approvers. The MOWR team cannot update these permissions.
Contact ADESupport, Submit a Support Ticket, Find an Administrator, and Frequently Asked Questions
Accessing the Move On When Reading Portal - ADEConnect and Applications Video
Submitting a School-Level Literacy Plan
MOWR School Literacy Plan Guidance 2025-2026
Step-by-step guidance:
(This is the first step in a multi-step process.)
- Accessing the MOWR portal as the School Approver
- Entering school-level information
- Submitting a school literacy plan to the district/charter LEA Approver
This school submission (even for single-site charters/districts) does not go directly to ADE. An LEA Approver will now need to review and accept each school plan prior to submitting to ADE. See the LEA section below for the next steps.
Submitting an LEA-Level Literacy Plan
MOWR LEA literacy plan guidance 2025-2026
Step-by-step guidance:
- Accessing the MOWR portal as the LEA Approver
- Reviewing school plans
- Accepting each plan for aggregation
- Adding final district budget allocations
- Submitting to ADE
Submitting Universal Screener Data
MOWR literacy assessment data submission 2025-2026
Literacy assessment data is submitted to the ADE three times per school year via the MOWR portal.
This data is due by October 1, February 1, and June 1 of each year. If your school or LEA misses a data submission due date and is no longer able to submit the data electronically, please contact Move On When Reading.
Revising a Rejected Literacy Plan and/or Data Submission
Revising a Rejected Literacy Plan 2025-2026
This document is intended to provide technical guidance for revising a MOWR Literacy Plan that has been rejected by the ADE MOWR team. Plans may be rejected when information is missing, incorrect, or not reflective of Arizona statutory requirements or best practices. As a reminder, MOWR funding is released to districts/charters upon the final approval of the MOWR Literacy Plan.
Revising a Rejected Literacy Assessment Data Submission 2025-2026
MOWR Curriculum Submission Guidance for Vendors
- All submissions for curriculum that use balanced literacy strategies will not be reviewed and do not qualify to be added to the vetted list.
- Only submissions for curriculum based on the Science of Reading and Structured Literacy will be accepted and reviewed.
- Submission window for Core, Intervention, and Supplemental curriculum is July 1-November 1.
- All curriculum in YELLOW pending research studies will remain on yellow for 12 months or until the study has been provided, if it is prior to that deadline. Curriculum will be moved to RED if the pending study is not provided within the 12 month time frame or it does not meet the review criteria.
Guidance Document
Rubric
**The views and opinions expressed in any third-party resource do not necessarily reflect those of the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) and do not imply an endorsement by ADE.