CFDA Number: 84.305B
Program Type: Discretionary/Competitive Grants, Contracts

Through its Research on Interventions for Struggling Adolescent and Adult Readers and Writers (Adolescent/Adult Readers/Writers) grants program, the Institute intends to contribute to improvement of reading and writing skills among struggling adolescent and adult readers and writers by (1) identifying curriculum and instructional practices that are associated with better reading or writing outcomes as well as mediators and moderators of the relations between these practices and reading or writing outcomes; (2) developing curricula and instructional practices for teaching reading or writing to struggling adolescent and adult readers and writers or for addressing the underlying causes of their reading or writing difficulties; (3) evaluating fully developed curricula and instructional practices for teaching reading or writing to struggling adolescent or adult readers and writers through efficacy or replication trials; (4) evaluating the effectiveness of reading or writing curricula and instructional practices for struggling adolescent and adult readers and writers implemented at scale; and (5) developing and validating assessments that can be used in instructional settings to identify sources of reading and writing difficulties. The long-term outcome of this program will be an array of tools and strategies (e.g., assessments, instructional approaches) that have been documented to be effective for improving the reading and writing skills of struggling adolescent and adult readers and writers.