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This PowerPoint slide deck from two nationally recognized experts and a classroom teacher who presented at the 2022 OSEP Leader and Project Directors' Conference provides information on what comprehensive literacy instruction looks like for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
Topic: Evidence-based, Instruction, Reading Disabilities



See how fifth graders write an essay with a simple thesis statement, supporting examples, and a conclusion. Also, learn what to expect in their spelling and punctuation.
Topic: Writing


See how first graders draw and write simple sentences using supporting details to show their understanding of a topic
Topic: Writing


See how kids write an essay with a simple thesis statement, supporting examples, and a conclusion. Also, learn what to expect in their spelling and punctuation.
Topic: Writing


See how kindergartners draw and write a simple topic sentence and supporting detail to show their understanding of a topic.
Topic: Writing


This video by Great Schools details writing expectations for middle schoolers. Get a glimpse into kids' writing that includes a thesis, details supported by facts, and an analysis, making a clear point.
Topic: Writing, Adolescent Literacy


See how second graders write a simple essay with a title, introductory sentence, supporting examples, and a concluding sentence. Also, learn what to expect in kids' spelling and punctuation.
Topic: Writing


See how kids write an essay with a simple thesis statement, supporting examples, and a brief conclusion. Also, learn what to expect in their spelling and punctuation.
Topic: Writing


This flyer describes how dyslexia can look in middle schoolers.
Topic: Dyslexia, Reading Disabilities, Adolescent Literacy


Dr. Nell Duke, who served on the IES Panel that developed the Practice Guide on Improving Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade, discusses the recommendation to teach students how to use reading comprehension strategies.
Topic: Comprehension


In this video, Dr. Barbara Foorman, Director of the Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, explains what a logic model is and how it may be used in implementing evidence-based literacy practices.
Topic: Evidence-based


This infographic reviews the research and highlights impacts and implementation of blended learning.
Topic: Remote Learning


Learn more about this accessible online library for people with print disabilities.
Topic: Dyslexia, Interventions


This brief provides an overview of Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM). It explains how CBM, which provides current, week-by-week information on the progress children are making, can be helpful to parents.
Topic: Identification, Assessments


This article describes data-based individualization, a research-based process for individualizing and intensifying interventions through the systematic use of assessment data, validated interventions, and research-based adaptation strategies
Topic: Instruction, Assessments


Here's what you need to know about decoding, and why it's so important for reading.
Topic: Phonics



Watch this video to learn about reading fluency, and learn ways to help your child develop it at home.
Topic: Fluency with Text


This article provides an overview of the MTSS framework.
Topic: Screening, Identification


This infographic explains different types of thinking needed to understand text.
Topic: Comprehension


Read this infographic to learn different types of thinking needed to understand text.
Topic: Comprehension, Spanish


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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