This document discusses elements of an effective literacy program and interventions for struggling readers. It provides resources on the web for research-based literacy practices including the Best Evidence Encyclopedia, Oregon's Big Ideas in Beginning Reading, the Florida Center for Reading Research, the National Institute for Literacy, and the What Works Clearinghouse. It also lists the National Center on Response to Intervention, Advancing Literacy Initiative, Usable Knowledge, and KU's Center on Research and Learning as additional sources of information on literacy instruction and interventions supported by research.

1. Fifteen Elements
Teacher teams
Leadership, administration and/or
teachers who have a solid
understanding of how to teach reading
and writing
A comprehensive and coordinated
literacy program

2. Build Prior Knowledge then Increase with Text

5. Part of the Solution
Planning teams
– Scheduling intervention
– Scheduling interaction
• Need for collaboration skills
– Capacity building
– collaboration
Considering data and the continued use
of data driven decisions

6. Activity Time

7. RtI Interventions
Let’s take a few minutes and consider the
interventions we are currently using or
considering:
– Tier One
– Tier Two
– Tier Three
What are some?
What is the Research behind these interventions?

8. RtI Resources on the Web
Best Evidence Encyclopedia (B.E.E.)
This website offers
reliable, unbiased
information on
high-quality
evaluations
of educational
programs.

9. Oregon’s Big Ideas
Big Ideas in Beginning Reading
Focuses on BIG IDEAS of early literacy:
phonemic awareness, alphabetic
principle, fluency with text, vocabulary,
and comprehension.

10. Fl Center for Reading Research

11. FCRR Key
Type of Program Reading Component
1 = Core Reading Program PA = Phonemic Awareness
P = Phonics
2 = Supplemental or Intervention
Program F = Fluency
V=Vocabulary
3 = Technology-Based Program
C = Comprehension
4 = Program that may be
implemented by a tutor or + = some aspects of this
mentor component taught and/or
5 = Intervention or Remedial practiced
Program for students above ++ = most aspects
third grade +++ = all aspects
n/a = not addressed

12. What We Know
National Institute for Literacy - nifl.gov
– The National Institute for Literacy, a federal
agency, provides leadership on literacy
issues, including the improvement of
reading instruction for children, youth, and
adults.

13. What We Know
What Works Clearninghouse
– ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc
– Institute of Education Science’s Database
sharing what we know about related
research specific to standards and the
research arm of NCLB.

14. RtI Action Network
A program of the National Center for
Learning Disabilities
Offers a guide educators and families in
the large-scale implementation of RTI
Access research reports
– How to tips
– Temperature of what is happening in the
field

15. National Center on RtI
Technical assistance to states and
districts and building the capacity of
states to assist districts in implementing
proven models for RTI.
Reports
– Products for consideration
– Evidence-based practices for High School
– Considerations for implementation

16. Advancing Literacy
Initiative by the Carnegie Corporation
Funded reports and research on
– adolescent literacy
– What works
– What we need to be doing at the middle/
high school level

17. Usable Knowledge
Using Data to
Improve Instruction
Using Data to
Improve Instruction
Using Data to Raise
Student
Achievement

18. What We Know
KU’s Center on Research and Learning
– http://www.ku-crl.org/projects/
Strategic Instruction Model
– http://www.ku-crl.org/sim/