Research and Effectiveness
Effective Framework Design
The Literacy Collaborative framework incorporates all of the elements of effective schools to support improved literacy instruction and student achievement through:
- Providing a research-based instructional model that is language-based, student-centered, process-oriented, and outcome-based;
- Creating in-school and in-district leadership through the training and support of school-based literacy leadership teams, administrators, and literacy coaches;
- Establishing long-term site-based development for every member of the school’s literacy faculty; and
- Helping schools monitor the progress of every student through systematized assessment, data collection, and analysis.
Effects on Teaching and Student Learning
Research Studies
- Literacy Collaborative's Effects on Teaching and Student Learning: A Federally Funded Value-Added Study (PDF)
- Large-scale federally funded study finds Literacy Collaborative raises rates of learning by 32%
Value-Added Effects of Literary Collaborative Professional Development on Student Learning
The Elementary School Journal, Volume III, Number I, reports on a 4-year longitudinal study of the effects of Literacy Collaborative. Results demonstrated increasing improvements in student literacy learning during LC implementation, and the benefits persisted through subsequent summers. Findings warrant a claim of substantial effects on student learning for the LC coaching model.
Exponential Impact of Literacy Coach Training
Between 2013 and 2019, we trained 268 coaches who have gone on to offer literacy professional learning to a further 2,680 teachers. This work has directly impacted 220,800 students.
One-Year Impact of LC-Trained Coaches in Ohio
Thirty coaches have impacted the learning of 360 classroom teachers and 8,640 students!
