Resources by Topic Area
- REL Southeast & Institute of Education Sciences – Assessment Terms Used in Reading
- Reading Rockets – Best Practices for Screening English Learners
- Institute of Education Sciences – Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School
- Reading Rockets – Best Practices for Screening English Learners
- Great Schools – Milestones: Watch kids demonstrate skills
- RELS Southeast & Institute of Education Sciences – Considerations for Planning and Implementing Literacy Coaching
Resources by Product Type
- Archer, A. L., & Hughes, C. A. (2011). Explicit instruction: Effective and efficient teaching. The Guilford Press.
- Brown, L. T., Mohr, K. A., Wilcox, B. R., & Barrett, T. S. (2018). The effects of dyad reading and text difficulty on third-graders’ reading achievement. The Journal of Educational Research, 111(5), 541–553. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220671.2017.1310711
- Fletcher, J. M., Lyon, G. R., Fuchs, L. S., & Barnes, M. A. (2018). Learning disabilities: From identification to intervention. The Guilford Press.
- Foorman, B., Beyler, N., Borradaile, K., Coyne, M., Denton, C. A., Dimino, J., Furgeson, J., Hayes, L., Henke, J., Justice, L., Keating, B., Lewis, W., Sattar, S., Streke, A., Wagner, R., & Wissel, S. (2016). Foundational skills to support reading for understanding in kindergarten through 3rd grade (NCEE 2016-4008). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE), Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved from the NCEE website: http://whatworks.ed.gov.
- Foorman, B. R., Francis, D. J., Fletcher, J. M., Schatschneider, C., & Mehta, P. (1998). The role of instruction in learning to read: Preventing reading failure in at-risk children. Journal of Educational Psychology, 90(1), 37–55. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.90.1.37
- García, J. R., & Cain, K. (2014). Decoding and reading comprehension: A meta-analysis to identify which reader and assessment characteristics influence the strength of the relationship in English. Review of Educational Research, 84(1), 74–111. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654313499616
- Gough, P. & Tunmer, W. (1986). Decoding, reading, and reading disability. Remedial and Special Education, 7, 6–10. https://doi.org/10.1177/074193258600700104
- Hempenstall, K., & Buckingham, J. (2016). Read about it: Scientific evidence for effective teaching of reading. St Leonards, NSW: Centre for Independent Studies Limited. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kerry-Hempenstall/publication/309129915_Read_About_It_Scientific_Evidence_for_Effective_Teaching_of_Reading/links/58003f0708ae32ca2f5dbf0e/Read-About-It-Scientific-Evidence-for-Effective-Teaching-of-Reading.pdf
- Hoover, W. & Gough, P. (1990). The simple view of reading. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2, 127–160. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00401799
- Hoover, W. A., & Tunmer, W. E. (2018). The simple view of reading: Three assessments of its adequacy. Remedial and Special Education, 39(5), 304–312. https://doi.org/10.1177/0741932518773154
- Lervåg, A., Hulme, C., & Melby‐Lervåg, M. (2018). Unpicking the developmental relationship between oral language skills and reading comprehension: It’s simple, but complex. Child Development, 89(5), 1821–1838. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12861
- Lupo, S. M., Tortorelli, L., Invernizzi, M., Ryoo, J. H. (2019). An exploration of text difficulty and knowledge support on adolescents’ comprehension. Reading Research Quarterly, 44(4), 457–479. https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.247
- Moats, L. C. (2020). Teaching reading is rocket science: What expert teachers of reading should know and be able to do. American Educator, 44(2), 4–9. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1260264.pdf
- Salinger, T. (2011). Addressing the “crisis” in adolescent literacy. American Institutes for Research. Retrieved from https://www2.ed.gov/programs/slcp/finalcrisis.pdf
- Shananhan, T. (2014). Should we teach students at their reading levels? Consider the research when personalizing your lesson plans. Reading Today, 32, 14–15.
- Snow, P. C. (2016). Elizabeth Usher Memorial Lecture: Language is literacy is language-Positioning speech-language pathology in education policy, practice, paradigms and polemics. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 18(3), 216–228. https://doi.org/10.3109/17549507.2015.1112837
- Torgesen, J. K. (1998). Catch them before they fall. American Educator, 22, 32–41. Retrieved from https://sites.tufts.edu/tuftsliteracycorps/files/2018/10/Catch-Them-Before-They-Fall.pdf
- Tunmer, W. E., & Chapman, J. W. (2012). The simple view of reading redux: Vocabulary knowledge and the independent components hypothesis. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 45(5), 453–466. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022219411432685
- Vellutino, F. R., Tunmer, W. E., Jaccard, J. J., & Chen, R. (2007). Components of reading ability: Multivariate evidence for a convergent skills model of reading development. Scientific Studies of Reading, 11(1), 3–32. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888430709336632
- Wexler, N. (2018). Why American students haven’t gotten better at reading in 20 years. The Atlantic, 1–6. Retrieved from https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/04/-american-students-reading/557915/
- Willingham, D. T. (2006). Knowledge in the classroom. American Educator, 30, 30–37. Retrieved from https://www.aft.org/periodical/american-educator/spring-2006/knowledge-classroom
- Brady, S. A., Braze, D., & Fowler, C. A. (2011), Explaining individual differences in reading: Theory and evidence. Psychology Press.
- Kilpatrick, D., Joshi, R., & Wagner, R. (2019). Reading Development and Difficulties. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26550-2_1
- Kilpatrick, D. A. (2015). Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties. John Wiley & Sons.
- Marzano, R. J., & Simms, J.A. (2013). Vocabulary for the common core. Marzano Research Laboratory.
- Seidenberg, M. (2017). Language at the speed of sight: How we read, why so many can’t, and what can be done about it. Basic Books.
- Wexler, N. (2019). The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s Broken Education System–And How to Fix It. Avery.
- Zwiers, J., & Crawford, M. (2011). Academic conversations: Classroom talk that fosters critical thinking and content understandings. Stenhouse Publishers.
- National Reading Panel. (2000). Teaching children to read: An evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implications for reading instruction. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Retrieved from https://www.nichd.nih.gov/sites/default/files/publications/pubs/nrp/Documents/report.pdf
- Ohio Department of Education: Literacy Ohio
- The Nation’s Report Card
- April 2021: Reading Ways – What can the Simple View of Reading Teach us about Disciplinary Literacy?
- May 2020: Center for American Progress – Improving Literacy in the United States: Recommendations for Improving Reading Success
Resources by Grade Level
- Institute of Educational Sciences (2010): Improving Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten through Third Grade
- Michelle Elia – Choosing Reading Curricula K-5
- University of Texas (2016) – Kindergarten Literacy Activities by Component
- WestEd – The Doing What Works Library: Adolescent Literacy
