Research and Outcomes

Research-Based Professional Development Programs That Shape Teacher Attitudes and Professional Practice 

The Center's professional development has these research-proven characteristics:

• A focus on building teachers' knowledge of the content they teach
• Specific strategies for teaching this content
• A significant number of contact hours sustained over time
• Coherence, aligning the content taught with achievement standards
• Active involvement by teachers, giving them opportunities to apply what is learned to their own students and classrooms
• A school-based strategy in which teachers learn in collaboration with their colleagues through a structured process focused on student achievement

The training and professional development at the Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative are linked to accelerated improvements in student literacy. 

Review research results on:
 
Literacy Collaborative
Reading Recovery
Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI)