Outlook 2023: What Matters and What Works in Literacy Instruction

whitePaper | August 13, 2020

Determining whether a product has the right kind of research to prove effectiveness is often a confusing process. ESSA now requires school districts to purchase intervention programs that have sufficient evidence to demonstrate that they improve student outcomes. Choosing a program with research-based effectiveness increases the likelihood that it will improve student achievement. Understanding ESSA’s tiers of evidence standards and knowing what to look for will help districts make informed choices about an intervention program’s potential effectiveness.

whitePaper | July 29, 2020

An increase in teacher absences and the need to fill more positions than ever before have created a new set of challenges in the world of substitute teacher recruitment and retention. In December of 2019 and January of 2020, the EdWeek Research Center explored these challenges with a nationally representative, online survey of more than 2,000 principals, district leaders, and school board members. Survey results suggest that the challenge is big and getting bigger: Districts are currently able to fill just 54 percent of the approximately 250,000 teacher absences each day, the survey found.

whitePaper | June 30, 2022

In December 2021, the Department for Education (DfE) appointed Ecorys UK to undertake a research project: Future opportunities for education technology in England. The project aimed to provide insights to the future of the EdTech market in England, considering likely developments in digital technology and education policy.

whitePaper | September 7, 2022

Whether educating children, adolescents, or adults: to prepare people for digital life and work and enable them to actively shape these, suitable forms of knowledge transfer and knowledge acquisition are needed. Our whitepaper explores these aspects. Learn more about the possibilities and potential of digital developments and approaches in the field of education.

whitePaper | June 18, 2022

At the time of this writing, The United States Census Bureau states the country’s population is 328.6 million people. An interesting bit of trivia, perhaps, but all the more intriguing when one realizes that 44 million of those people (~13.4 percent) collectively owe $1.5 trillion in student loan debt (Friedman, 2019).

whitePaper | July 17, 2020

Teaching reading is a complex process that incorporates decades of research into how students learn and how reading should be taught. Educators understand that teaching students to read fluently is the key to their overall academic success. We know more today about how children learn to read, causes of reading difficulties and how to prevent them, and the essential components of effective reading instruction than ever before.