Adolescent Literacy
This link to the Alliance for Excellent Education website provides reports addressing adolescent literacy development.
International Dyslexia Association
This link is to the International Dyslexia Association website. As noted at its website, "The International Dyslexia Association (IDA) is an international organization that concerns itself with the complex issues of dyslexia."
International Reading Association
The International Reading Association (IRA) is a non-profit organization committed to literacy development around the world. According to the website, IRA "supports literacy professionals through a wide range of resources, advocacy efforts, volunteerism, and professional development activities."
Literacy Information and Communication System
This link is to the Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS). As noted at its website, "the Literacy Information and Communication System, commonly referred to as LINCS, is a national dissemination, resource gathering, and professional development system providing information on a wide variety of literacy relevant topics, issues, and resources."
National Council of Teachers of English
This link is to the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) website. The NCTE website offers resources on adolescent literacy at the middle and secondary school levels.
National Writing Project
This link is to the National Writing Project website. As noted at its website, "The National Writing Project is a professional development network that serves teachers of writing at all grade levels, primary through university, and in all subjects."
The Florida Center for Reading Research
This link is to The Florida Center for Reading Research website.
Time to Act
This link is to the Carnegie Corporation of New York's report proposes an agenda for advancing adolescent literacy for college and career success. The report also emphasizes the need to build statewide data systems to inform literacy instruction and include adolescent-literacy training in state professional development and teacher certification programs.
Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts
This link is to the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts website. Based at the University of Texas at Austin, the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts "is committed to providing leadership to state, national, and international educators in effective reading and mathematics instruction through its diversified research, technical assistance, and professional development projects."
What Works Clearinghouse
As noted at its website, "the What Works Clearinghouse, established by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, provides educators, policymakers, researchers, and the public with a central and trusted source of scientific evidence of what works in education."