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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.

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.

This infographic reviews the research and highlights impacts and implementation of blended learning.

Learn more about this accessible online library for people with print disabilities.

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.

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

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

Watch this video to learn about reading fluency, and learn ways to help your child develop it at home.

This article provides an overview of the MTSS framework.

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

Read this infographic to learn different types of thinking needed to understand text.

This infographic explains what reading fluency is.

This infographic explains what reading fluency is (in Spanish).

Read a brief that provides an overview of Response to Intervention (RTI) and its primary components.

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

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.