Topic: Adolescent Literacy

As part of the Meadows Center “10 Key” series, this document provides ten research-based recommendations to support schools, districts, and states in identifying and implementing explicit instruction at the elementary and secondary levels. Several brief scenarios provide specific examples...

This infographic provides an overview of general strategies to support learners in reading across the content areas and highlights data specific to the Pacific Islands region. It also includes tips for working with English learner students and students with...

This intervention report discusses the Pathway to Academic Success Project, which aims to train teachers on strategies to improve English learners’ reading and writing skills....

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...

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...

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...

The document presents the results of the 2018 NAEP Oral Reading Fluency Study along with key findings....

This document focuses on the use of text in the content areas to support reading proficiency and the ability of students to meet the demands of increasingly complex text. It includes research recommendations and detailed information about the development...

This document serves as a resource for technical assistance providers working with states to improve student outcomes in adolescent literacy. The major components of the guide include research-based instructional recommendations, insights from experts, and examples of state-level activities focused...

This resource provides detailed information for the integration of partner reading into the middle school classroom. It cites research about the effectiveness of partner reading strategies, guidance for text selection, an overview of the instructional routine, as well as...