This practice guide provides four evidence-based recommendations that teachers can use to deliver reading interventions to meet the needs of their students.
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Build students' decoding skills so they can read complex multisyllabic words
Provide students with opportunities to practice making sense of stretch text (i.e., challenging text) that will expose them to complex ideas and information
This practice guide was prepared for the WWC by Instructional Research Group under contract 91990019F0399 (GRAPE TO3).
The following research staff contributed to the guide:
Madhavi Jayanthi, Russell Gersten, Joseph Dimino, Mary Jo Taylor, Rebecca Newman-Gonchar, Sarah Krowka, Kelly Haymond, Samantha Wavell, Julia Lyskawa, Seth Morgan, Betsy Keating, and Armando Yañez.
Sharon Vaughn (Chair)
University of Texas at Austin
Michael J. Kieffer
New York University
Margaret McKeown
University of Pittsburgh
Deborah K. Reed
University of Iowa
Michele Sanchez
Ysleta Independent School District, El Paso, Texas
Kimberly St. Martin
MiMTSS TA Center, Michigan Department of Education
This 60-minute webinar introduces the evidence-based recommendations in the WWC practice guide on Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4–9.
This 60-minute webinar introduces the evidence-based recommendations in the WWC practice guide on Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4–9.
This review protocol guides the review of research that informed the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Intervention in Grades 4–9 practice guide, expected to be published in early 2022.