Our Work in the Field
NCIL staff and expert coaches are working with several state education agencies (SEAs) and the local education agencies (LEAs) they identify to provide intensive technical assistance and professional development focused on effective implementation of evidence-based screening, identification, instruction, and intervention practices for students with or at risk for literacy-related disabilities, including dyslexia.
Support the systems-level coordination of schoolwide reading efforts designed to meet the needs of all learners, including students with or at risk for literacy-related outcomes.
Intensification of instruction and intervention to comprehensively support the individual needs of students with or at risk for literacy-related disabilities.
Supporting school systems to effectively teach essential literacy content to all students, including students with or at risk for literacy-related disabilities
Building capacity related to implementation of a universal screening process to identify students at risk for reading difficulties, including dyslexia.
Use of Response to Intervention in reading to determine special education eligibility in schools that use a multi-tiered systems of support approach.
The research reported here is funded by awards 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 #: S283D160003). The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of OESE, OSEP, or the U.S. Department of Education. Copyright © 2024 National Center on Improving Literacy. https://www.improvingliteracy.org
