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Dr. Don Deshler describes the characteristics of research-based, explicit, comprehension strategy instruction for adolescents, including modeling, scaffolding, and opportunities for practice in a variety of contexts.

Principals and reading specialists are encouraged to use this tool to assess the status of their school's adolescent literacy intervention opportunities for the purpose of strengthening the school's approach.

This inforgraphic describes what variables school should consider when implementing early literacy interventions.

This toolkit provides activities and resources to assist practitioners in designing and delivering intensive interventions in reading and mathematics for K-12 students with significant learning difficulties and disabilities. It is based on the Center on Instruction's Intensive Interventions for Students Struggling in Reading and Mathematics: A Practice Guide.

Listen to Dr. Deshler explain why some adolescents struggle with reading and the need for reliable student assessments and qualified specialists to provide intensive and individualized interventions. He also discusses why schoolwide teacher collaboration across content areas is essential for improving outcomes for struggling readers.

Read this handbook to learn how support students with dyslexia within an RTI or MTSS framework

This practice brief provides schools, districts, and states with background knowledge about best practices for older students who struggle to read.

This module provides materials and support that link the available research to improved teacher practice in improving literacy skills of older students.

Read presentation slides summarizing ways to enhance phonological awareness instruction in core reading contexts.

This module, the second in a series of three, discusses implementing an evidence-based practice or program with fidelity (est. completion time: 1 hour).