Learn effective strategies for teaching cursive and implementing CLIFTER in your classroom.

Attack strategies and schema instruction are two evidence-based approaches for helping students solve word problems.

Word problems present a challenge to students, and common strategies for teaching word problems may be ineffective and misleading.

Iowa Reading Research Center Director Shawn Datchuk explains the potential benefits of cursive handwriting instruction.

Professor of Psychology and Researcher Dr. Tim Odegard discusses his work supporting students at risk for reading difficulties and his vision for the future of the science of reading.

IRRC Student Writer Sydney Smithgall is recognized as a category winner for the University of Iowa's Student Employee of the Year award.

Providing students with ample opportunities to respond throughout a lesson can improve their instructional performance.

Literacy skills, such as reading comprehension, vocabulary knowledge, and knowledge of text structures, are critical for students’ success in academic subjects.

Fidelity and contextual fit are complementary considerations in evidence-based literacy instruction. This post introduces some strategies for improving intervention feasibility without sacrificing fidelity.

The IRRC is releasing new resources to facilitate communication between teachers and caregivers about student literacy data.