Webinar Archives

Enhancing Foundation Skills Interventions for Struggling Readers in the Middle Grades (50 min.)

REL-NEI researchers Judith Zorfass and Carole Urbano present the findings from a project on foundation skills interventions for struggling readers in the middle grades. The audience for this recording includes state and district leaders in adolescent literacy development; key administrators/coordinators from English language arts, special education, Title I, and bilingual education; and district superintendents and assistant superintendents. The webinar has three purposes: (1) to set the context regarding key issues in adolescent literacy; (2) to share findings from the REL-NEI project; and (3) to discuss ways to use this information.

Additional Resources:

REL-NEI

• A Description of Foundation Skills Interventions for Struggling Middle-Grade Readers in Four Urban Northeast and Islands Region School Districts

REL- Southeast

• Evidence-Based Decisionmaking: Assessing Reading Across the Curriculum Interventions (pdf)

Center on Instruction

• Annotated List of Literacy Resources Regarding Students in Grades 4–12 (link)
• Effective Instruction for Adolescent Struggling Readers: A Practice Brief (pdf)