Insights for literacy
bridging research and practice
Our comprehensive Research Clearinghouse is your trusted source for evidence-based insights on literacy education. Here, you’ll find clear summaries distilling hundreds of studies and findings, along with tools designed to bridge the gap between research and practice.
Evidence at Your Fingertips
Explore our clearinghouse of scientifically-based reading research, where evidence-based insights inform effective literacy practices for Kentucky educators, education and civic leaders, parents and caregivers, and educator preparation providers.
- Adolescent
EPPs should treat motivation as a core element of adolescent literacy instruction—not an add-on.
- Adolescent
Embedding motivation into instruction is essential to keeping adolescents engaged in learning.
- Adolescent
A systematic review of instructional interventions that support motivation in grades 4-9.
- Foundational
Comprehension instruction is essential for building strong, confident readers and lifelong learners.
- Foundational
Reading comprehension means your child can understand, remember, and talk about what they read.
- Foundational
Delivering structured, strategic, and inclusive comprehension is essential for teacher education.
- Foundational
A review of instructional interventions aimed improving foundational reading comprehension.
- Adolescent
Investing in research-based comprehension instruction strengthens learning across all domains.
- Adolescent
Ask questions, talk about ideas, and encourage regular reading to support a student's comprehension.
- Adolescent
Teaching comprehension includes word recognition, background knowledge, and language understanding.
- Adolescent
Preparing future teachers to embed comprehension strategies across content areas is essential.
- Foundational
Building vocabulary gives children the language they need to think, learn, and succeed.
- Foundational
Explicit vocabulary instruction is one of the most effective tools for reading comprehension.
- Foundational
Prepare future teachers who can deliver integrated, research-aligned vocabulary instruction.
- Foundational
Improving academic vocabulary in the early grades can boost long-term reading outcomes.
- Adolescent
Helping your student build reading, writing, and thinking skills will support their learning.
- Adolescent
Disciplinary literacy helps students read, write, and think like experts in multiple content areas.
- Adolescent
Integrating literacy into content instruction can close achievement gaps for adolescent readers.
- Foundational
Explicit phonics instruction is essential for ensuring reading success for all students.
- Adolescent
Success with reading longer words takes time, practice, and support outside the classroom.
- Adolescent
Targeted instruction in multisyllabic word reading should be emphasized in teacher preparation.
- Adolescent
Adolescent literacy instruction demands a district-supported approach to multisyllabic word reading.
- Adolescent
Decoding and understanding complex texts and multisyllabic words is critical for adolescent readers.
- Foundational
A review to help children in K-3 develop foundational reading skills related to phonics.
- Foundational