Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children Prepared by the National Research Council This expansive report examines factors that put children at risk for poor reading. It explores in detail how literacy can be fostered from birth through kindergarten and the primary grades, including evaluation of philosophies, systems and materials commonly used to teach reading. Available online.
Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children's Reading Success Prepared by the National Research Council This book builds on the findings reported in Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children. It identifies the most important questions and explores the authoritative answers on the topic of how children can grow into readers. Available online.
Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read by the National Reading Panel Funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health This report, released in April 2000, reports on scientific research-based reading instruction and its readiness for application in the classroom. A companion subgroup report are also available.
Reading Programs That Work: A Review of Programs from Pre-Kindergarten to 4th Grade by Dr. John Schacter Funded by the Millken Family Foundation This publication reports on which reading programs are proven to be effective, joining the research behind why children fail to read with research on effective solutions to reverse this failure. It includes analyses of 35 different reading programs and their impact on student achievement.
Current Practice Alerts Produced and funded by the Council for Exceptional Children The Alerts series is a joint initiative sponsored by two divisions of the Council for Exceptional Children: the Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD) and the Division for Research (DR). The purpose of the initiative is to provide timely and informed judgments regarding professional practices in the field. Each Alert offers a review of what is known about a current or emerging practice intended for individuals with learning disabilities.
What Works in Classroom Instruction Prepared by the Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) This publication seeks to provide educators with instructional strategies that research shows have the greatest likelihood of positively affecting student learning. Designed to be used by K-12 classroom teachers, building-level administrators and central office administrators. Available in PDF.
An Educator's Guide to Schoolwide Reform Prepared by the American Institutes for Research Funded by several education organizations This report examines the claims for 24 schoolwide approaches.
Special education teacher and learning disability expert Meg Randall discusses a teaching technique she uses to better serve her students, including those with LD, in the classroom. More >
Background and Purpose
Research conducted in the 1980s and more recently has suggested that children with learning disabilities (LD) have difficulties with reading comprehension that are the result of broadly based language problems and not limited to simple difficulties with word ... More >
On a daily basis, teachers face multiple challenges in the classroom. One of those challenges is teaching a group of students with varying abilities so that everyone can learn grade-level skills and content. This means that while teaching to the group, you have to keep in mind the nee... More >
Teaching students with the learning disability dyslexia is challenging, especially in a classroom of heterogeneous learners. Here are strategies both general education and special education teachers can use.
8 Ways to Enhance Interactive Instruction
Gaining students’ attention and... More >
Reading Problems Do Not Just Go Away
During the past few years, there has been a significant effort, both within schools and throughout the community at large, to draw attention to the critical importance (and benefit) of effective reading instruction, especially for students in th... More >
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