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This infographic explains what reading fluency is.
Topic: Fluency with Text


This infographic explains what reading fluency is (in Spanish).
Topic: Fluency with Text, Spanish


Read a brief that provides an overview of Response to Intervention (RTI) and its primary components.
Topic: Identification, Interventions


Explore the power of self-advocacy, what it is, what it looks like and how it helps you succeed in school.
Topic: Advocacy


This video from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education overviews the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the federal K-12 education law of the United States.
Topic: Evidence-based



Find out more about the Taxonomy of Intervention Intensity which includes seven dimensions (strength, dosage, alignment, attention to transfer, comprehensiveness, behavioral or academic support, and individualization).
Topic: Remote Learning, Interventions


Universal Design for Learning (UDL) gives all students an equal opportunity to succeed. This approach to teaching and learning offers flexibility in the ways students access material and show what they know. UDL also looks for different ways to keep students motivated.
Topic: Remote Learning


This resource from the Right to Read Project gives questions to ask your child's school about reading instruction, gives examples of encouraging signs, and signs that there might be a problem.
Topic: Evidence-based


The report may be useful to state and district staff who are interested in selecting or adapting a tool to assess MTSS/RTI implementation and in learning how other states support districts and schools in using these tools.
Topic: Screening, Identification, Interventions


This practice guide provides four evidence-based recommendations that teachers can use to deliver reading interventions to meet the needs of their students.
Topic: Interventions, Reading Disabilities, Adolescent Literacy


This guide offers five recommendations to help educators effectively use data to monitor students' academic progress and evaluate instructional practices. The guide recommends that schools set a clear vision for schoolwide data use, develop a data-driven culture, and make data part of an ongoing cycle of instructional improvement. The guide also recommends teaching students how to use their own data to set learning goals.
Topic: Assessments, Reading Disabilities


This interactive infographic gives an overview of a social presence framework and how experts in virtual learning are applying it to their work and digging deeper.
Topic: Remote Learning


Wondering when to call your child's teacher? Read about situations where parent contact is appropriate and even encouraged.
Topic: Advocacy


This short video explains the guidelines for which disabilities will qualify an individual for Bookshare membership.
Topic: Dyslexia, Interventions


There are many people at your child's school who are there to help your child learn, grow socially and emotionally, and navigate the school environment. Read a selected list of who's who at your school: the teaching and administrative staff as well as organizations at the district level.
Topic: Advocacy


This resource explains why engaging in your child's education matters and shares five ways families, teachers, schools and communities can work together to support children's learning and school success, including a reflection exercise.
Topic: Partnerships


This resource explains why engaging in your child's education matters and shares five ways families, teachers, schools and communities can work together to support children's learning and school success, including a reflection exercise.
Topic: Partnerships, Spanish


Read this infographic for tips on reading over the summer.
Topic: General Literacy


Read this infographic for tips on reading over the summer.
Topic: General Literacy, Spanish


This booklet collects three documents that support the teaching of spelling in today's schools to support state education agencies and technical assistance providers in their work with K-12 teachers.
Topic: Writing


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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