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Instead of saying, "The research says..."

How many times have you heard someone (or yourself) say, "but the research says [insert an excerpt from an article here]" to validate an approach or strategy?

We get this, it's entirely well-intentioned and honestly good in many ways BUT there's a better way to validate our approach and strategy in our literacy instruction.

Instead of using "the research says…" we should be using our own experiences, our own students, and our data to be driving us. Keep reading to learn more.

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Research, Differentiation Corey Pollard Research, Differentiation Corey Pollard

Why Following an Evidence-Based Literacy Program Isn't Enough

If you know us well by now, you know that we are huge proponents of evidence-based (research-based) literacy intervention. It is absolutely CRITICAL that we be following evidence-based practices especially to get our struggling readers to grade level.

But here’s the issue - and it’s a big issue because nobody is really talking about it.

It’s not enough alone.

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Corey Pollard Corey Pollard

Why Are We Doing This in Literacy Intervention?!?

We know that we have a massive reading gap for so many students…

Knowing what we know - we keep questioning -

Why do we have so many struggling students when the research is clear on what evidence-based practices MUST look like to support our struggling readers?

Ultimately, there are a LOT of potential answers and factors at play when we consider this question but for us, it really comes down to 3 major categories. And…because we always teach our students to use graphic organization strategies to make sense of and organize information, we felt compelled to do the same!

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Research Corey Pollard Research Corey Pollard

7 Must Haves for Research Based Reading Intervention

Whether you are a teacher, a parent, an SLP, or an interventionist, if you’re anything like us…which you are, because you’re here, you care about providing top notch intervention or instruction for your students. However, with all the differing opinions out there in the field of education it can be difficult to know if what you’re doing is the right thing. Click through to read about our 7 Must Haves for effective, research-based reading intervention.

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Research Corey Pollard Research Corey Pollard

What Research Tells Us About Supporting Our Students

One of the things we hear over and over is that we need to be using evidence-based practices in intervention. We are told that using evidence-based intervention is critical to student success. I am suer that you have heard not to use resources that aren’t evidence based.

But what does that even mean?

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