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OUR GOALS & PROGRESS

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

OUR GOALS

Goals

We will achieve our mission through these 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

Year 1

Products:

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  • Worked with partners in translating family-focused literacy briefs and infographics into Spanish.

  • Produced an extensive online Dyslexia Toolkit for educators

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

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

  • Disseminated a monthly newsletter and authored articles on literacy topics

Services:

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  • 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

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

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

Reach:

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  • Increased website visitors by 32%

  • Increased social media reach by 24%

Year Two Progress

PROGRESS: YEAR TWO

Year 2

Products:

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

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

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

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

  • Disseminated a monthly newsletter

Services:

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  • Held Advisory Board meetings with key stakeholders

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

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

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

  • Provided technical assistance 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:

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  • Increased website visitors by 36%

  • Doubled social media following

Year 3 Progress

PROGRESS: YEAR 3

Year 3

Products:

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  • Launched the Academic Screening Tools Chart Selector

  • Launched the MTSS-R Implementation Guide

  • Launched a toolkit and tutorials on Instructional Intensification

  • Updated the State of Dyslexia map

  • Updated the external Resource Respository

  • Held the annual Clash of the Heroes contest

  • Distributed 12 newsletters

Services:

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

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

  • Held Advisory Board meetings with key stakeholders.

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

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

  • Provided technical assistance 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:

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  • Increased web traffic by 4%

  • Increased subscribers by 8%

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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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