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This document provides an overview of Alabama's English Language Arts standards.
Topic: Advocacy, Professional Development
This page includes dyslexia resource guides, Alabama's laws concerning dyslexia, and related information.
Topic: Dyslexia
This document provides an overview of how Alabama aims to promote literacy from birth to graduation.
Topic: Advocacy, Professional Development
This document provides an overview of how Alaska aims to promote literacy from birth to graduation.
Topic: Advocacy, Professional Development
Learn how to deliver activities that focus on alphabet letters and sounds; download related activities; and find supporting materials.
Topic: Phonics, Beginning Reading
This webpage describes how to structure a 90-minute reading block.
Topic: General Literacy
This comprehensive guide is a must-have for SEA's seeking to improve their use of evidence-based practices.
Topic: Evidence-based
High school teacher Jim Burke uses these note-taking templates with his high school English students to help them understand landmark speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr., Cesar Chavez, and Barack Obama.
Topic: Comprehension, Adolescent Literacy
This is an annual report from Pennsylvania's Dyslexia Screening and Intervention pilot program.
Topic: Dyslexia, Interventions, Screening
This page includes dyslexia resource guides, Arizona's laws concerning dyslexia, and related information.
Topic: Dyslexia
This webpage links to Arizona's state literacy plan, which is described and implemented via several online resources.
Topic: Advocacy, Professional Development
View dyslexia resource guides, Arkansas's laws concerning dyslexia, and related information.
Topic: Dyslexia
This webpage links to Arkansas' state literacy plan, which is described and implemented via several online resources.
Topic: Advocacy, Professional Development
Watch a short video that describes effective practices for asking questions.
Topic: Language Development
See this informational sheet for a summary of expert advice for handling testing for remote or blended learning.
Topic: Remote Learning, Assessments
This brief describes how to to use data-based decision-making to improve literacy for English learners in grades K-3.
Topic: Assessments, English Learners
This article explores the current trends and implications in assessment for young English Language Learners.
Topic: English Learners, Assessments
Read this infographic to learn common assessment terms used in reading.
Topic: Screening
This document was prepared to assist literacy specialists and other technical assistance providers in their work with states to improve educational policy and practice in adolescent literacy.
Topic: Assessments, Adolescent Literacy
This guide offers five specific recommendations to help educators identify struggling readers and implement evidence-based strategies to promote their reading achievement.
Topic: Evidence-based, Interventions
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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 © 2023 National Center on Improving Literacy. https://improvingliteracy.org
