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
A systematic review of instructional interventions that support motivation in grades 4-9.
- Foundational
A review of instructional interventions aimed improving foundational reading comprehension.
- Foundational
A review to help children in K-3 develop foundational reading skills related to phonics.
Evidence Snapshots
Evidence Snapshots are summaries of the each Clearinghouse Resource tailored to each audience.
- Evidence Snapshot for Parents and Caregivers
When students want to read, they read more—and when they read more, their skills grow.
- Evidence Snapshot for Educator Preparation Providers
EPPs should treat motivation as a core element of adolescent literacy instruction—not an add-on.
- Evidence Snapshot for Educators
Create classrooms where adolescents not only learn to read well—but want to read more.
- Evidence Snapshot for Education and Civic Leaders
Embedding motivation into instruction is essential to keeping adolescents engaged in learning.
- Evidence Snapshot for Education and Civic Leaders
Comprehension instruction is essential for building strong, confident readers and lifelong learners.
- Evidence Snapshot for Parents and Caregivers
Reading comprehension means your child can understand, remember, and talk about what they read.
- Evidence Snapshot for Educator Preparation Providers
Delivering structured, strategic, and inclusive comprehension is essential for teacher education.
- Evidence Snapshot for Education and Civic Leaders
Investing in research-based comprehension instruction strengthens learning across all domains.
- Evidence Snapshot for Parents and Caregivers
Ask questions, talk about ideas, and encourage regular reading to support a student's comprehension.
- Evidence Snapshot for Educators
Teaching comprehension includes word recognition, background knowledge, and language understanding.
- Evidence Snapshot for Educator Preparation Providers
Preparing future teachers to embed comprehension strategies across content areas is essential.
- Evidence Snapshot for Educators
Fluency is the bridge between sounding out words and full reading comprehension.
- Evidence Snapshot for Parents and Caregivers
Fluent reading helps your child understand, enjoy, and succeed in school.
- Evidence Snapshot for Education and Civic Leaders
Fluency is a key to unlocking comprehension and long-term success.
- Evidence Snapshot for Educator Preparation Providers
Strong early reading instruction includes fluency, not just phonics and comprehension.
- Evidence Snapshot for Parents and Caregivers
Building vocabulary gives children the language they need to think, learn, and succeed.
- Evidence Snapshot for Educators
Explicit vocabulary instruction is one of the most effective tools for reading comprehension.
- Evidence Snapshot for Educator Preparation Providers
Prepare future teachers who can deliver integrated, research-aligned vocabulary instruction.
- Evidence Snapshot for Education and Civic Leaders
Improving academic vocabulary in the early grades can boost long-term reading outcomes.
- Evidence Snapshot for Parents and Caregivers
Helping your student build reading, writing, and thinking skills will support their learning.
- Evidence Snapshot for Educators
Disciplinary literacy helps students read, write, and think like experts in multiple content areas.
- Evidence Snapshot for Educator Preparation Providers
Preparing future teachers to embed literacy into their subject instruction is essential.
- Evidence Snapshot for Education and Civic Leaders
Integrating literacy into content instruction can close achievement gaps for adolescent readers.
- Evidence Snapshot for Education and Civic Leaders
Early investment in research-based reading practices yield strong results.
- Evidence Snapshot for Parents and Caregivers
Strong phonics skills are the foundation for strong reading skills.
- Evidence Snapshot for Educator Preparation Providers
Explicit phonics instruction is essential for ensuring reading success for all students.
- Evidence Snapshot for Parents and Caregivers
Success with reading longer words takes time, practice, and support outside the classroom.
- Evidence Snapshot for Educator Preparation Providers
Targeted instruction in multisyllabic word reading should be emphasized in teacher preparation.
- Evidence Snapshot for Education and Civic Leaders
Adolescent literacy instruction demands a district-supported approach to multisyllabic word reading.
- Evidence Snapshot for Educators
Decoding and understanding complex texts and multisyllabic words is critical for adolescent readers.
- Evidence Snapshot for Education and Civic Leaders
Strong PA skills are among the strongest predictors of future reading success.
- Evidence Snapshot for Educator Preparation Providers
EPPs should integrate PA instruction strategies into both general and special education coursework.
- Evidence Snapshot for Educators