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“This report summarizes some of the current literature on adolescent literacy research and practice. The goal of this report is to help address middle and high school classroom teachers’, administrators, and parents’ immediate need for basic information about how to build adolescents’ reading and writing skills”.

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In this paper, the authors address “disciplinary literacy” issues for struggling adolescent readers through the following: (1) define and illustrate what is entailed in comprehending texts within and across academic disciplines; (2) examine what the empirical research base says about reading comprehension generally and reading in the disciplines specifically; and (3) briefly discuss the implications of this research base for teaching and assessments. They conclude with some recommendations for improving policy and practice in the area of disciplinary literacy.

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IES/NCEE’s Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast at Florida State University

Carnegie Corporation’s Advancing Literacy program is dedicated to the issues of adolescent literacy and the research, policy, and practice that focuses on the reading and writing competencies of middle and high school students. Advancing Literacy reports and other publications are designed to encourage local and national discuss ion, explore promising ideas, and incubate models of practice, but do not necessarily represent the recommendations of the Corporation. For moreinformation visit www.carnegie.org.

American Institutes for Research

“Universal screening can be used to identify which children will need the most intensive intervention. In some cases, children with the weakest initial skills may bypass Tier 2 intervention and move directly into intensive intervention. The tools on the academic screening tools chart can be used to identify students at risk for poor academic outcomes, including students who require intensive intervention.”

Professional Learning Support Division
California Department of Education

Professional learning standards are the cornerstone of quality professional learning, identifying
essential elements of quality professional learning that cut across specific content knowledge,
pedagogical skills, and dispositions.

Adolescentent Literacy Learning

A Professional Learning Resource for Literacy, Grades 7-12

Hanover Research

Hanover Research outlines best practices for school and continuous improvement planning, focusing on organizational components and methods for assessment and measurement.