The MS Momentum Partnership emerged as a result of the 2015 Governor’s Task Force to Improve Teacher Preparation for Early Literacy Instruction which followed a Statewide Study of the same name. The MS Momentum Partnership provides intensive supports related to the teaching of early literacy to faculty from the fifteen public and private Educator Preparation Programs (EPPs) across Mississippi in the forms of modules, texts and other instructional materials; classroom instruction; one-on-one mentoring; and seminars. Among other courses, these faculty members teach the core Early Literacy 1 (EL1) and Early Literacy 2 (EL2) courses to pre-service educators and prepare them to take and pass the Foundations of Reading exam required for licensure. The EL1 and EL2 courses are part of the 15-hour required courses in reading.