OUR PROGRESS & GOALS

To meet our goals across NCIL's five year project cycle, we are tracking our progress through products, services and reach.

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Goals

OUR GOALS

We will achieve our mission through five overall goals:

Goal 1: Identify or develop free or low-cost evidence-based assessment tools for identifying students with or at risk for literacy-related disabilities.
Goal 2: Identify evidence-based literacy instruction, strategies, and accommodations, including assistive technology, designed to meet the specific needs of students with or at risk for literacy-related disabilities.
Goal 3: Provide families of students with or at risk for literacy-related disabilities information to assist such students.
Goal 4: Identify or develop evidence-based professional development for teachers, paraprofessionals, principals, other school leaders, and specialized instructional support personnel.
Goal 5: Disseminate the products to regionally diverse SEAs, REAs, LEAs, and schools.

Year 1 Progress

Year 1

Products:

Produced 2 webinars on current literacy topics that included panels of diverse stakeholders
Created and launched 2 toolkits, including an extensive online Dyslexia Toolkit for educators
Developed 23 articles and infographics on various literacy topics
Distributed 12 newsletters, one each month
Worked with partners to translate family-focused literacy briefs and infographics into Spanish
Translated research into infographics to make them more accessible to different audiences

Services:

Conducted needs assessment activities with family organizations
Held Advisory Board meetings with key stakeholders
Provided technical assistance to SEAs, REAs, LEAs, schools, and family-focused organizations on a variety of literacy-related topics
Hosted 4 live webinars on current literacy topics including the Science of Reading
Participated in 6 national and regional conferences/events on improving student literacy outcomes

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Year Two Progress

Year 2

Products:

Released the MTSS-R Implementation Guide, a step-by-step guide to implementing multi-tiered systems of support in reading (MTSS-R)
Released the Academic Screening Tools Chart Selector to help users find academic screeners based upon personalized search criteria
Produced 4 webinars on current literacy topics that include panels of diverse stakeholders
Authored 3 articles for The Reading League Journal on literacy topics including intensifying reading instruction, best practices for English Learners, and phonological awareness
Translated research into 9 infographics to make them more accessible to different audiences
Released 3 toolkits on instructional intensification, understanding evidence-based literacy practices, and supporting students with dyslexia
Distributed 12 newsletters, one each month

Services:

Held 2 Advisory Board meetings with key stakeholders
Hosted 9 events on current literacy topics including intervention for students with or at risk for dyslexia, the science of reading, implementing MTSS-R, preparing pre-service candidates to teach reading, and live Reading the Room webinars.
Participated in 14 national and regional conferences/events on improving student literacy outcomes
Provided 57 technical assistance engagements to SEAs, REAs, LEAs, schools, and family-focused organizations on a variety of literacy-related topics including tiered supports for reading intervention and instruction, evidence-based practices for literacy instruction at different grade levels, and data-based decision-making

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Year 3 Progress

Year 3

Products:

Created 41 digital products including 3 tutorials and toolkits and 13 briefs and infographics
Updated the State of Dyslexia map
Updated the external Resource Respository
Held the annual Clash of the Heroes contest
Distributed 12 newsletters

Services:

Nominee for the Library of Congress Literacy Award, The David M. Rubenstein Prize
Hosted 4 live webinars on current literacy topics, including intervention for students with or at risk for dyslexia and supporting students with reading disabilities
Held 2 Advisory Board meetings with key stakeholders
Provided 14 technical assistance engagements to SEAs, REAs, LEAs, schools, and family-focused organizations on a variety of literacy-related topics including tiered supports for reading intervention and instruction, evidence-based practices for literacy instruction at different grade levels, and data-based decision-making
Participated in 26 national and regional conferences/events on improving student literacy outcomes

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