This document provides an overview of ten key reading practices, based on evidence from high-quality research, that are critical to obtaining reading proficiency for middle and high school students.
Middle School
10 Key Policies and Practices for All Schools With Strong Evidence of Effectiveness From High-Quality Research
Developing Educator Expertise to Work with Adolescent English Learners
These three modules are based on a series of conversations from summer 2020 between Aída Walqui, the Director of the National Research and Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners, and renowned linguists and educators from around the world who have made significant contributions to the study of multilingualism. Each conversation focused on particular research advances in the […]
How State, District, and School Levers can Improve the Course Access of Students Classified as English Learners in Secondary Schools
This research brief explores how school, district, and state decisions can impact course access for students classified as English Learners in middle and high school. The brief describes existing research on the role of eleven levers related to (1) state and district policies, (2) school and programmatic decisions, and (3) school staffing.
Summary of 20 years of research on the effectiveness of adolescent literacy programs and practices
Published by REL Southeast, this summary of 20 years of research focused on the effectiveness of adolescent literacy instruction includes key findings from 33 studies that met review criteria. Of those 33 studies, each targeting a different program or practice, 12 demonstrated an impact on improving literacy outcomes for students in Grades 4-12. This document examines those 12 programs and […]