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Afghanistan- Early Grade Reading students at Amir Ali Shir Nawayee Girls School, Herat
Reading & Literacy

Ideas and Recommendations from the Reading Comprehension Interest Group

The Reading Comprehension Interest Group of the Global Reading Network has spent the last year discussing how to ensure children understand what they read. Group meetings focused on teaching reading comprehension strategies and a range of topics including language factors, materials development, social-emotional learning connections, and assessment, which demonstrate how complex it can be to help children read with understanding.
October 31, 2019
A pupil doing independent reading
Reading & Literacy

Improving Systems for Reading Instruction

Reading, the bedrock of literacy, is the foundational skill necessary for all academic progress. Designing high-quality primary grade reading programs is essential to ensuring a pipeline of students who remain in school, achieve educational success, and contribute to economic growth.
May 27, 2020
Photo: Students in Class
Reading & Literacy
October 28, 2020

What Have We Learned in the Decade Since 'Early Reading: Igniting Education for All'?

As a research institute, RTI uses evidence-based approaches to strengthen policy, management, and practice in the countries where we work, with each context presenting unique challenges and opportunities based on their conditions.
A pupil doing independent reading
Reading & Literacy
May 27, 2020

Improving Systems for Reading Instruction

Reading, the bedrock of literacy, is the foundational skill necessary for all academic progress. Designing high-quality primary grade reading programs is essential to ensuring a pipeline of students who remain in school, achieve educational success, and contribute to economic growth.
Afghanistan- Early Grade Reading students at Amir Ali Shir Nawayee Girls School, Herat
Reading & Literacy
October 31, 2019

Ideas and Recommendations from the Reading Comprehension Interest Group

The Reading Comprehension Interest Group of the Global Reading Network has spent the last year discussing how to ensure children understand what they read. Group meetings focused on teaching reading comprehension strategies and a range of topics including language factors, materials development, social-emotional learning connections, and assessment, which demonstrate how complex it can be to help children read with understanding.
Boy Using Braille
Reading & Literacy
April 11, 2019

Event Spotlights Promoting Literacy Skills for Students with Disabilities

Literacy skills are a fundamental component of most daily living skills. However, most students with disabilities in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) are not given literacy instruction.
Reading & Literacy
March 30, 2018

Event Provides Guidance on Copyright and Creative Commons Licensing

To help address some of the questions that often arise around copyright and licensing issues, Reading within Reach (REACH) hosted a three-hour “short course” on December 11 titled “Guidance and Best Practices on Using Creative Commons Licensing for Early Grade Reading Program Resources.”
Reading & Literacy
June 26, 2017

Literacy Development for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Children

This blog provides an overview of the importance of exposure to sign languages for children who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) and offers guidelines for teachers and parents on how to read aloud to DHH children. 
Reading & Literacy
January 10, 2017

Monitoring Reading and Writing to Help Children Climb the Ladder of Education

Assessment of reading and writing in the early grades is essential—but not to enforce any single view or to put unnecessary pressure on young children or their teachers.