This paper notes the differences between “learning to read” and “reading to learn,” highlighting the fact that “reading to learn” in the upper grades involves layers of complexity often unaddressed in other studies. The authors explore the more sophisticated types of support needed by adolescent readers, specifically in the content areas, and briefly share insights into the implications of their […]
English Language Arts
Structured Literacy Introductory Guide
This guide from the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) provides information on the features and principles of structured literacy. It includes links to resources that support educator professional learning in structured literacy practices to improve independent reading abilities of students with reading difficulties, including students with dyslexia.
Strategies for Scheduling Intensified Interventions
How can our schools intensify interventions? Where do we find the time? This National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII) guide provides strategies, resource links, and tools to support educators in planning and scheduling intensified interventions for students with the most intractable literacy learning challenges.
High-Impact Tutoring
This National Student Support Accelerator website contains a database of high-impact tutoring programs. It also provides a tutoring framework, evidence-based research information, a toolkit, and a cost calculator to support states, districts, and schools in planning for high-impact tutoring program implementation.
Question Generation
Student question generation is a powerful strategy that improves reading comprehension, scaffolds student writing, and builds lifelong learners. Teachers can wield this evidence-based instructional tool to build important student capacities: producing relevant questions, thinking skills, extended reading inquiry, and writing.