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Getting the Work Started: The PROPeL Initiative

By:

Sandy A. Schmitz, Ph.D.

Deborah K. Reed, Ph.D.

Posted on: February 28, 2017

School districts involved in the Iowa Reading Research Center’s PROPeL initiative form their local teams and write literacy challenge statements using student literacy data.

The Journey Is the Treasure: Providing Just the Right Amount of Background Knowledge to Support Reading Comprehension

By:

Jennifer Knight, Ph.D.

Deborah K. Reed, Ph.D.

Posted on: February 14, 2017

Young readers can connect their background information to a new text for greater comprehension. Sample lesson plans show how to use this technique in the classroom.