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OUR PROGRESS & GOALS

To meet our goals across NCIL's five year project cycle, we are tracking our progress through products, services and reach.

 

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Goals

OUR GOALS

We will achieve our mission through five overall goals:
 

  • Goal 1: Identify or develop free or low-cost evidence-based assessment tools for identifying students with or at risk for literacy-related disabilities.
     

  • Goal 2: Identify evidence-based literacy instruction, strategies, and accommodations, including assistive technology, designed to meet the specific needs of students with or at risk for literacy-related disabilities.
     

  • Goal 3: Provide families of students with or at risk for literacy-related disabilities information to assist such students.
     

  • Goal 4: Identify or develop evidence-based professional development for teachers, paraprofessionals, principals, other school leaders, and specialized instructional support personnel.
     

  • Goal 5: Disseminate the products to regionally diverse SEAs, REAs, LEAs, and schools.

Year 1 Progress

OUR PROGRESS

Cycle 2: Year 1

Products:

  • Produced 2 webinars on current literacy topics that included panels of diverse stakeholders

  • Created and launched 2 toolkits, including an extensive online Dyslexia Toolkit for educators

  • Developed 23 articles and infographics on various literacy topics

  • Distributed 12 newsletters, one each month

  • Worked with partners to translate family-focused literacy briefs and infographics into Spanish

  • Translated research into infographics to make them more accessible to different audiences

Services:

  • Conducted needs assessment activities with family organizations

  • Held Advisory Board meetings with key stakeholders

  • Provided technical assistance to SEAs, REAs, LEAs, schools, and family-focused organizations on a variety of literacy-related topics

  • Hosted 4 live webinars on current literacy topics including the Science of Reading

  • Participated in 6 national and regional conferences/events on improving student literacy outcomes

Reach:

  • 253,631 website visitors, an increase of 32% 

  • 10,000 followers on social, an increase of 24%

  • 6,950 newsletter subscribers

Year Two Progress

Cycle 2: Year 2

Products:

  • Released the MTSS-R Implementation Guide, a step-by-step guide to implementing multi-tiered systems of support in reading (MTSS-R)

  • Released the Academic Screening Tools Chart Selector to help users find academic screeners based upon personalized search criteria

  • Produced 4 webinars on current literacy topics that include panels of diverse stakeholders

  • Authored 3 articles for The Reading League Journal on literacy topics including intensifying reading instruction, best practices for English Learners, and phonological awareness

  • Translated research into 9 infographics to make them more accessible to different audiences

  • Released 3 toolkits on instructional intensification, understanding evidence-based literacy practices, and supporting students with dyslexia

  • Distributed 12 newsletters, one each month

Services:

  • Held 2 Advisory Board meetings with key stakeholders

  • Hosted 9 events on current literacy topics including intervention for students with or at risk for dyslexia, the science of reading, implementing MTSS-R, preparing pre-service candidates to teach reading, and live Reading the Room webinars.

  • Participated in 14 national and regional conferences/events on improving student literacy outcomes

  • Provided 57 technical assistance engagements to SEAs, REAs, LEAs, schools, and family-focused organizations on a variety of literacy-related topics including tiered supports for reading intervention and instruction, evidence-based practices for literacy instruction at different grade levels, and data-based decision-making

Reach:

  • 331,783 website visitors, an increase of 36%

  • Doubled social media following to 21,407

  • 8,178 newsletter subscribers, a 17% increase

Year 3 Progress

Cycle 2: Year 3

Products:

  • Created 41 digital products including 3 tutorials and toolkits and 13 briefs and infographics

  • Updated the State of Dyslexia map

  • Updated the external Resource Respository

  • Held the annual Clash of the Heroes contest

  • Distributed 12 newsletters

Services:

  • Nominee for the Library of Congress Literacy Award, The David M. Rubenstein Prize

  • Hosted 4 live webinars on current literacy topics, including intervention for students with or at risk for dyslexia and supporting students with reading disabilities

  • Held 2 Advisory Board meetings with key stakeholders

  • Provided 14 technical assistance engagements to SEAs, REAs, LEAs, schools, and family-focused organizations on a variety of literacy-related topics including tiered supports for reading intervention and instruction, evidence-based practices for literacy instruction at different grade levels, and data-based decision-making

  • Participated in 26 national and regional conferences/events on improving student literacy outcomes

Reach:

  • 345,000 website visitors, an increase of 4%

  • 8,837 newsletter subscribers, an increase of 8%

Cycle 2 Year 4

Cycle 2: Year 4

Products:

  • Launched a free computer-adaptive screening tool: Adolescent Assessment of Literacy (AAL)

  • Developed 4 instructional toolkits, including an Instructional Coaching toolkit with Loudoun County Public Schools (VA)

  • Translated 8 infographics into Spanish

  • Authored and illustrated a new comic book series, The Andre Chronicles, to support early literacy at home

  • Produced a new family video, Developing Your Child’s Vocabulary at Home

  • Curated and reviewed nearly 200 evidence-based literacy resources for dissemination on NCIL’s website

  • Updated the State of Dyslexia Map

  • Updated implementation guides and instructional materials to reflect current best practices

  • Expanded NCIL’s original Clash of the Heroes contest and partnered with juvenile justice systems

  • Distributed 12 newsletters

  • Hosted a successful Dyslexia Awareness Month campaign

  • Authored the publication The Science of Reading and Neurodiversity: A Powerful Combination

Services:

  • Honored with The Reading League’s Meaningful Impact in Education Award

  • Provided 147 technical assistance interactions across 36 unique TA cases

  • Served 35 clients including 14 SEAs, 12 LEAs/schools, and 9 family/community organizations

  • Hosted 2 live webinars in the Reading the Room series featuring experts in research, practice, and community engagement

  • Participated in 11 national conferences/events

  • Collaborated with key partners such as The Reading League, NCII, IDA VA, Massachusetts DESE, and Puerto Rico DOE

  • Continued engagement of Family Engagement Advisory Board members in consulting on targeted TA activities

  • Conducted outreach with national events including the National Book Festival

Reach:

  • 167,000 website visitors

  • 8,799 newsletter subscribers

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The research reported here is funded by a grant to the National Center on Improving Literacy from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, in partnership with the Office of Special Education Programs (Award #: H283D210004). The opinions or policies expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of OESE, OSEP, or the U.S. Department of Education. You should not assume endorsement by the Federal government. 

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