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Remote literacy learning is a collaboration among schools, families, and students.
This toolkit helps schools and families join efforts to support children’s literacy growth in remote or blended learning environments.
Remote literacy learning includes a mixture of literacy learning experiences that are teacher-led, family-led, and student-led. It is a collaboration among schools, families, and students. Schools play an important role in providing families and students support.
Expert: Jack Fletcher, Ph.D.
Dyslexia is a brain-based learning disability that specifically impairs a person’s ability to read.
Signs of typical reading development and possible indicators of risk for dyslexia.
There is broad agreement that schools should implement early screening and intervention programs. State legislation generally favors the use of universal screening within schools across grades K-2.
Expert: Jack Fletcher, Ph.D.
Validity is broadly defined as how well something measures what it’s supposed to measure. The reliability and validity of scores from assessments are two concepts that are closely knit together and feed into each other.
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Complete this training module to learn how to implement a response to intervention (RTI) framework.
Topic: Evidence-based, Interventions
Use child-friendly definitions to build vocabulary.
Topic: Language Development
This guide outlines the essential instructional components to teach early reading skills. It is intended to provide teachers with best practices to support the explicit teaching of foundational skills: print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics and word recognition, and fluency.
Topic: Phonological Awareness, Vocabulary, Comprehension
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Short processes to find students who need help in reading, writing, spelling, or math.
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 © 2020 National Center on Improving Literacy. https://improvingliterarcy.org
