To support its Pathway Schools Initiative, The McKnight Foundation has engaged initiative leaders in a developmental evaluation (DE) led by SRI International and Child Trends.
Literacy and language arts publications
Improving early literacy in PreK–3: Lessons learned (August 2016)
The Pathway Schools Initiative aims to dramatically increase the number of students who reach the critical milestone of grade 3 reading proficiency, an indicator predictive of later academic outcomes and high school graduation.
Pathway Schools Initiative Developmental Evaluation-Learning Brief 2 (July 2016)
To support its Pathway Schools Initiative, The McKnight Foundation has engaged initiative leaders in a developmental evaluation (DE) led by SRI International and Child Trends.
Pathway Schools Initiative Developmental Evaluation-Learning Brief 1 (January 2016)
To support its Pathway Schools Initiative, The McKnight Foundation has engaged initiative leaders in a developmental evaluation (DE) led by SRI International and Child Trends.
Research Brief: Impact of the National Writing Project’s College-Ready Writers Program on Teachers and Students
SRI’s two-year random assignment evaluation found consistent program implementation and positive impacts of the National Writing Project’s College-Ready Writers Program (CRWP).
Evaluation of Response to Intervention Practices for Elementary School Reading
This study examines the implementation of RtI in Grade 1–3 reading in 13 states during the 2011–12 school year, focusing on 146 schools that were experienced with RtI.
Establishing a Coherent PreK–3 Literacy Program
Schools participating in The McKnight Foundation’s Education and Learning (E&L) Program identified program coherence as an essential ingredient for establishing PreK–3 pathways that support proficient third grade readers.
Leadership for a PreK– 3 Literacy Initiative
The McKnight Foundation’s Education and Learning (E&L) Program relies on leaders to cultivate the conditions and encourage the strategies needed for PreK–3 literacy pathways that result in increased student reading proficiency by the end of third grade.
PreK– 3 Family Engagement and Literacy
The McKnight Foundation’s Education and Learning (E&L) Program is promoting family engagement as part of a literacy initiative that spans from prekindergarten through third grade (PreK–3).