Policymakers, practitioners, and the general public are invited to participate in a special online event to learn about exciting, comprehensive research on reading comprehension. The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) will host an event on Friday, May 20 to share findings from the Reading for Understanding Research Initiative (RFU), which supported the study and development of effective practices for developing reading comprehension in students from prekindergarten through high school.
Researchers from each of RFU’s six research teams will share insights from the work they have done to create solutions to challenges in reading comprehension, including the rapid development and testing of new approaches and interventions in different content areas and grades. They will also discuss the implications of their findings for policy and practice. RFU was funded by IES’ National Center for Education Research in 2010.
Reading for Understanding From Pre-Kindergarten through High School
When: Friday, May 20, 2016; 9:00 a.m. – 12: 00 pm
Website: EDStream
Learn more about the Reading for Understanding Research Initiative
If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in this event, i.e. sign-language interpreter, captioning services, Braille, large print or CD Rom, please contact Karen Douglas by phone at 202-245-7847 or email at Karen.Douglas@ed.gov by 4:00 pm EDT on May 12, 2016.