Resources for Literacy Learning

Teaching Students with Dyslexia: How to Recognize Early Warning Signs, Provide Effective Intervention, and Unlock Student Achievement

Educational Equity: The Transformative Impact of Effective Instruction & Professional Learning

Understanding Academic Language and its Connection to School Success

As students progress through school, they are expected to demonstrate increasing levels of sophistication in their language and reading skills across all content areas.

Understanding the Unique Instructional Needs of English Learners: Six Evidence-Based Instructional Strategies

Empowering Teacher Effectiveness: Five Key Factors for Success

Curriculum-focused professional development helps provide teachers the “what” they need to provide in terms of classroom instruction. However, the questions of “why” specific students require certain instructional resources and “when” those resources are needed are the key questions that will unlock schools’ ability to empower teachers to obtain a level of effectiveness that will improve student outcomes.

Navigating Complex Text: What Students Need to Know and What to Teach

Many students who graduate from high school face significant challenges in college related to their reading ability.

The Critical Role of Oral Language in Reading Instruction and Assessment

Building the foundation of oral language skills can begin as soon as a child enters school. Since some children enter the school environment already four times behind their peers due to sheer exposure to words (Hart & Risley, 1995), it is critical to ensure kindergarten assessments include components of oral language so educators have the appropriate data to target instruction.

How to Improve Third-Grade Reading: 3 Critical Success Factors for Reading Intervention and Effective Prevention

Strong fundamental literacy skills are essential for students’ success, and third-grade reading proficiency is one of the most important indicators of future academic success as students transition from learning to read, to reading to learn.

Strategies to Support Struggling and Non-Proficient Adolescent Readers: Identifying and Addressing Why They Struggle

Reading proficiency is the key to academic success and economic opportunities, and time is of the essence where non-proficient adolescent readers are concerned.