evidence-based practice

Learn how to gain an understanding of whether a literacy program provides systematic and thorough instruction for all students.

Find out why it’s important to have a common understanding of such a widely used term and take a closer look at the type of science in the science of reading.

Read why teaching in an explicit, systematic way with differentiation is at the heart of the best performing reading programs.

Cedar Rapids schools are creating a shared literacy instructional vision and partnering with the Iowa Reading Research Center.

Green Hills Area Education Agency enlists Iowa Reading Research Center help in looking at data to evaluate impact of its literacy professional development.

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.

Greene County Community School District Reading Specialist Julie Neal talks about the IRRC’s structured professional development modules in this Q&A.

Effective implementation of a literacy initiative that includes interventions calls on teachers to do so as intended, with high fidelity.

With what level of confidence can you say a given literacy instructional practice may work to help students in your school or district learn to read? It all depends on the available research and evidence for that practice.