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The Kentucky Reading Research Center serves as a resource hub and research clearinghouse for educators, administrators, policymakers, and families committed to advancing literacy outcomes across the Commonwealth. Our mission is to connect the latest, evidence-based research with the people and communities working every day to improve reading achievement for all learners. We invite you to explore our growing library of resources, connect with our team, and be part of a statewide movement to ensure every Kentucky learner has the opportunity to become a confident, capable reader. Together, we can close the literacy gap and create bright futures for all.

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Explore the most effective, evidence-based literacy resources grounded in the latest academic research, along with practical tools and strategies to support the students you serve.

Decision Resources

Evidence-based insights to guide policy and planning.

Embedding motivation into instruction is essential to keeping adolescents engaged in learning.

Classroom Support

Tools and strategies for success with every student.

Create classrooms where adolescents not only learn to read well—but want to read more.

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Resources to help your student grow as a confident reader.

When students want to read, they read more—and when they read more, their skills grow.

Teacher Readiness

Equipping tomorrow's educators with impactful literacy instruction.

EPPs should treat motivation as a core element of adolescent literacy instruction—not an add-on.

Kentucky Reading Research Center in the News

Discover the latest updates, insights, and breakthroughs in literacy research from the Kentucky Reading Research Center.

Charting the Path Forward: The Year Ahead for Literacy in Kentucky 

Charting the Path Forward: The Year Ahead for Literacy in Kentucky 

Study Finds Kentucky’s Read to Achieve Funds Strengthen Schoolwide Literacy Efforts

Kentucky Reading Research Center Releases 2025 Annual Report

Kentucky Reading Research Center Featured on KET’s “Education Matters” Panel on Literacy

Kentucky Reading Research Center Featured in Courier Journal Coverage of Statewide Literacy Progress

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