Reading Sufficiency Research

Reading Sufficiency Research Base

The requirements of the Reading Suffiiency Act align with the cognitive science of how students learn to read, and utilizes the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) framework.

General Information

Science of Reading

• Science of Reading white paper
• Science of Reading handbook
• Science of Reading: The Podcast
• Teaching Reading IS Rocket Science
• What has Research Taught Us About How Children Learn to Read? (Mark Seidenberg)

Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)

• OSDE Oklahoma Tiered Intervention System of Support (OTISS)
• Center on Multi-Tiered Systems of Support 
• IES Practice Guide: Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Response to Intervention (RtI) and Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades
• National Center on Intensive Intervention
• RtI 4 Success
• RtI Network

Policy and Practice Guides

• Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
• Evidence that early intervention prevents reading failure
• IES Practice Guide: Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding In Kindergarten through 3rd Grade
• RSA Annual Growth vs. Catch Up Growth
• Scientifically-Based Reading Research

Oral Language

• Reading Rockets: Oral Language
• Fluent U
• Practice Activities from the Teacher Writing Center

Phonological and Phonemic Awareness

• Explicit Instruction for Phonological Awareness 
• Phonemic Segmentation with Dr. Louisa Moats
• Phonological Awareness: Practical Guide for the Kindergarten Classroom
• Reading Rockets: Phonemic Awareness

Phonics 

Decoding/Reading

• Orthographic Mapping (Five from Five)
• Understanding the How and Why of Sound Walls
• Implementing a Sound Wall
• Reading Rockets: Phonics

Encoding/Spelling

• Why Teach Spelling? 
• How Spelling Supports Reading

Fluency

• Developing Reading Fluency

Vocabulary

• Reading Rockets: Vocabulary
• Utah Text Talks

Syntax/Grammar

• Keys to Litearcy: Grammar and Syntax
• Grammar in Early Childhood

Comprehension

• IES Practice Guide: Improving Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten through 3rd Grade
• Utah Text Talks

Writing

Foundational Skills

• Multisensory Techniques for Teaching Handwriting
• Pencil Grip

Writing Process and Content

• IES Practice Guide: Teaching Elementary School Students to Be Effective Writers
• Keys to Literacy: Writing
• The Writing Revolution
• The Simple View of Writing (webinar)
• Reading Rockets: Writing

Professional Organizations

• National Center on Improving Literacy
• The Reading League
• International Dyslexia Association
• International Literacy Association
• Oklahoma Reading Association

Instructional Resources (Print & Digital)

• Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR)
• University of Florida Virtual (UFLI) Teaching Resource Hub

Databases for Resources

• Colorado Advisory List for Instructional Programming
• What Works Clearinghouse-Literacy

Dyslexia Resources

• Oklahoma Dyslexia Handbook
• About Dyslexia & Reading Problems
• International Dyslexia Association
• Middle Tennessee State University Dyslexia Center
• Misunderstood Minds

Assessment Information

• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• National Center on Intensive Intervention

Back to Reading Sufficiency home