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Dyslexia is a brain-based learning disability that specifically impairs a person’s ability to read.
This toolkit provides information on how instruction can be intensified when students who are receiving intervention are not making desired growth in reading. Use of assessments in the intensification process is described, and the “what” and “how” of instructional intensification is presented along a set of lessons and teaching materials.
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This document provides an overview of how Mississippi aims to promote literacy from birth to graduation.
Topic: Advocacy, Professional Development
Regional comprehensive center staff and others who work directly with state education agencies will find strategies in this planning template to facilitate conversations with state staff about setting a policy climate for improving reading comprehension.
Topic: Comprehension, Professional Development
Use this template with state education agencies to facilitate conversations about setting a policy climate for improving practices at the district and state level.
Topic: Comprehension, Professional Development, Adolescent Literacy
Specific Learning Disability
Definition
A disorder that makes it hard to understand or use language, such as difficulty with listening, thinking, speaking, reading, writing, spelling or calculating math.
The research reported here is funded by awards to the National Center on Improving Literacy from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, in partnership with the Office of Special Education Programs (Award #: S283D160003). The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of OESE, OSEP, or the U.S. Department of Education. Copyright © 2024 National Center on Improving Literacy. https://improvingliteracy.org
