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An overview of text structures, why they matter for students’ comprehension of informational text, and a deeper look at text structure mapping as an instructional tool.

Grant Wood AEA prepares school teams to facilitate literacy achievement for adolescents with training and assistance from the Iowa Reading Research Center.

Gain a better understanding of the needs students with different disabilities have and the evidence-based literacy interventions that can help.

Be aware of the limitations and important considerations when utilizing digital tools as part of literacy instruction.

More about the Iowa Reading Research Center’s new efforts to foster student achievement through improving literacy instruction.

Using digital resources to both consume and react to books can motivate children to read more.

When tracking teachers’ fidelity during implementation of a literacy intervention, both use of the intervention components and quality of intervention delivery should be measured, keeping an eye out for both global and lesson-specific components.

The Council Bluffs Community School District uses assessments and fidelity of implementation to design the best summer reading program, says Director Carly Gates in our Q&A.

A look at what sight words are, why they are important to reading effortlessly, and how to teach them.

Emily Crandall, Iowa Reading Research Center student assistant, reflects on how her job has provided valuable experience with literacy best practices and made her a better writer.