Joseph Dimino

This infographic summarizes a recommendation from the What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4–8, which emphasizes teaching students explicit strategies to decode complex multisyllabic words.

This infographic highlights one strategy from the What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide, Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4–9, which emphasizes supporting students in determining the meaning of unknown words.

This infographic summarizes a recommendation from the What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4–8, which emphasizes teaching students with reading difficulties explicit strategies to decode complex multisyllabic words to improve reading and comprehension.

The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the Developing Mathematical Ideas (DMI) professional development program on grade 4 teachers' in-depth knowledge of fractions as well as their students' understanding and proficiency with fractions. The study was conducted during the 2014/15 school year. A total of 84 schools from eight school districts in three states (Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina) agreed to participate. Participants included 264 grade 4 teachers and their 4,204 s...

Response to intervention (RTI) is a comprehensive early detection and prevention strategy used to identify and support struggling students before they fall behind. An RTI model usually has three tiers or levels of support. Tier 1 is generally defined as classroom instruction provided to all students, tier 2 is typically a preventive intervention offered to students who fall behind when given only classroom instruction, and tier 3 is more intensive intervention offered to students who failed t...

This facilitator's guide is designed to assist professional learning communities (PLCs) in applying evidence-based strategies to help K-8 English learners acquire the language and literacy skills needed to succeed academically. Through this collaborative learning experience, educators will expand their knowledge base as they read, discuss, share, and apply the key ideas and strategies presented in the "Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School"...