Adolescent Literacy - EDUC 376 Resource Guide

This database provides access to all of YALSA's annual selected book and media lists, awards, and honorees. These resources are developed by library staff and educators to support the collection development and readers' advisory work of library staff.

Reviews several adolescent literacy programs.

Research on reading and literacy.

CAST is a nonprofit education research and development organization that works to expand learning opportunities for all individuals through Universal Design for Learning.

Our mission is to provide rigorous and relevant evidence on which to ground education practice and policy and share this information broadly. By identifying what works, what doesn't, and why, we aim to improve educational outcomes for all students, particularly those at risk of failure. We are the research arm of the U.S. Department of Education, and by law our activities must be free of partisan political influence.

University of Connecticut project. Includes Research Reports.

Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High Schools, commissioned by Carnegie Corporation of New York and published by the Alliance for Excellent Education, discusses eleven specific teaching techniques that research suggests will help improve the writing abilities of the country's 4th- to 12th-grade students.

AdLit.org is a national multimedia project offering information and resources to the parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers. AdLit.org is an educational initiative of WETA, the flagship public television and radio station in the nation's capital, and is funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York and by the Ann B. and Thomas L. Friedman Family Foundation.

Purpose: The purpose of this document is to provide a research-basedresource for media, policymakers, and teachers that acknowledges thecomplexities of reading as a developmental process and addresses the needsof secondary readers and their teachers.

The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE (ALAN) promotes communication and cooperation among all individuals who have a special interest in adolescent literature, presents programs and conferences on this subject, promotes and increases the number of articles and publications devoted to it and integrates the efforts of all those with an interest in this literature.

Includes information on Banned Books Week and top 10 challenged books in 2016.

Covers 1990-2009

NCTE offers advice, helpful documents, and other support at no cost to teachers faced with challenges to literary works, films and videos, drama productions, or teaching methods. NCTE’s Anti-Censorship efforts are currently only funded to provide a public service to members and nonmembers when they are facing challenges to literary works, films, and videos.

The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is the only national professional membership organization focused on school librarians and the school library community. Includes best apps, best websites, and standards for literacy.

Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is the global leader in developing and delivering innovative programs, products, and services that empower educators to support the success of each learner. Comprising 140,000 members—superintendents, principals, teachers, professors, and advocates from more than 134 countries—the ASCD community also includes 56 affiliate organizations

Goals of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers:
To stimulate the self-development and professional growth of teachers and reading specialists at all educational levels.
To encourage the continuing improvement of college and university curricula and encourage preparation programs for teachers and reading specialists.
To encourage the continuing improvement of administrative, clinical, diagnostic, and instructional practices related to the learning process

Includes information about RTI Response to Intervention

NAMLE’s mission is to be the leading voice, convener and resource to foster critical thinking and effective communication for empowered media participation.

The National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest professional employee organization, is committed to advancing the cause of public education