This guide, designed to help principals monitor and support adolescent literacy instruction in their schools more effectively, can be used at the late elementary school level, in content-area classes in middle and high school, and with intervention groups or classes. It provides a scaffold to build principals' understanding of scientifically based reading instruction, as a means for a principal to gather information about the quality of literacy and reading intervention instruction in a school, and as a data collection guide for planning targeted professional development and resource allocation. It includes examples of what a principal might expect to see in a classroom as well as templates ...

This professional development module -- consisting of a PowerPoint presentation and a presenter's manual -- describes progress monitoring, explains common techniques often mistaken for progress monitoring, and discusses application of progress monitoring in mathematics at both the elementary and secondary grade levels.  It also provides resources for additional information.  (The Center on Instruction is a project of RMC Research Corporation in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), it is a content center serving as a resource for the regional Comprehensive Centers.)

This suite of resources has two purposes. First, it is designed to guide the delivery of instruction for adolescent struggling readers, particularly secondary interventions in the general education context. Second, it seeks to deepen technical assistance providersâ? knowledge of reading-related issues for adolescents with reading difficulties and learning disabilities and enrich providersâ? work with State and local education agencies. Detailing selected research-based instructional practices associated with positive effects for adolescent struggling readers, the suite comprises (a) a meta-analysis, (b) a practice brief, (c) a professional development module, and (d) a training of trainers ...

This resource identifies professional development needs specific to mathematics. It includes a series of guiding questions that help State education agencies (SEAs) evaluate their existing programs and identify professional development activities that meet their needs.  It is designed to be used by Regional Comprehensive Centers in their work with State Departments of Education but may also be used by SEAs and districts independently.  (The Center on Instruction at RMC Research Corporation in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is one of five content centers that support the Comprehensive Centers funded by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education.)

This ‘quick start’ guide for principals of both middle and high schools identifies three goals for secondary school literacy initiatives and provides elements of instruction required to meet these goals. It then outlines the critical elements of a school-level literacy action plan. (The Center on Instruction is a project of RMC Research Corporation in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  It is one of five content centers that support the regional Comprehensive Centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.)

This guide provides information critical to developing and implementing an effective school-level intervention program.  It is designed to suggest some guiding principles along with examples of how these principles can be operationalized to develop an effective school-level system for meeting the instruction needs of all students. (The Center on Instruction is a project of RMC Research Corporation in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  It is one of five content centers that support the regional Comprehensive Centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.)

This report provides information about assessment, instructional interventions, and professional development with a particular focus on ELL students who have been identified with a language and/or learning disability or who are at risk for reading difficulties. The focus of the intervention section is on practices that have demonstrated success at remediating reading for ELLs who have either identified language impairment, reading and/or learning disabilities, or those who are performing significantly below their peers in reading achievement. The report also offers recommendations followed by discussion and empirical evidence for the types of instructional interventions that best serve ELLs ...

Intended for State and district leaders, this professional development module provides background knowledge on (a) language development, (b) language assessment of English Language Learners, (c) academic language instruction,  and (d) vocabulary.  It is designed to be used as a four-hour train-the-trainer session.  Other options include using the materials in the Facilitator's Guide as a study group tool with ELL professionals or using the information and completing the activities as a self-study guide.  (The Center on Instruction is a national project of RMC Research Corporation in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  It is one of five content centers that support the regional ...

This suite of resource materials is designed to prepare school-based reading coaches who work with teachers to improve reading instruction in kindergarten through grade three.  The materials support a four- or five-day professional development event, although they can be used in alternate formats.  Materials include (a) Facilitator’s Guide; (b) Participant’s Guide; (c) PowerPoint Presentation Module with embedded video clips; and (d) Capacity Building Indicators (CBI) encompassed by these materials.  (The Center on Instruction is a project of RMC Research Corporation in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and ...

This guide is a companion to the meta-analysis entitled “Mathematics Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities or Difficulty Learning Mathematics: A Synthesis of the Intervention Research” (which is also available on this page).  Seven effective instructional practices are  identified for teaching mathematics to K-12 students with learning disabilities.  The guide  describes these practices -- and, incorporating recommendations from “The Final Report of The National Mathematics Advisory Panel” as well -- specifies research-based recommendations for students with learning disabilities and for students who are experiencing difficulties in learning mathematics ...

This ‘quick start’ guide for elementary school-level instructional leaders is based on scientific research on reading and reading instruction, as well as on studies of successful schools and interviews with successful principals.  It includes critical elements of an effective reading program in elementary school, critical tasks for principals as literacy leaders, and special considerations for reading instruction after third grade.  (The Center on Instruction is a project of RMC Research Corporation in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  It is one of five content centers that support the regional Comprehensive Centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary ...

This guide, designed for technical assistance providers working with State education leaders to improve reading achievement, describes a suite of Student Center Activities offering teachers a wide range of activities to engage students in differentiated reading activities during small-group work in the classroom.  The activities target specific skills, scaffold student learning, and provide engaging practice to extend student learning and increase the time focused on critical reading skills at all levels of reading proficiency. (The Content Center is operated by RMC Research Corporation in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  It is one of five content centers that support the regional Comprehensive ...