Improving Adolescent Literacy: Key Recommendations From the IES Practice Guide. Dr. Michael Kamil, chair of the IES panel that developed the Practice Guide on Improving Adolescent Literacy, gives an overview of key instructional practices and intervention recommendations. The recommendations in this course are based on the IES Practice Guide - Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices. The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) publishes practice guides in education "to bring the best available evidence and expertise to bear on the types of systemic challenges that cannot Grades 3 through 5 are critical to long-term academic success because, for many students with LD, foundational literacy skills are still developing during a time when reading and writing tasks become more challenging. In this issue, evidence-based instructional practices and strategies are presented. ASSESSMENTS TO GUIDE ADOLESCENT LITERACY INSTRUCTION Joseph K. Torgesen Evaluation, and Statistics at the University of Houston; and the Meadows Center for Preventing and practice in adolescent literacy. It is a companion volume to two other Improving Adolescent Literacy: Key Recommendations From the IES Practice Guide Michael L. Kamil, Ph.D. from Tulane University and his M.A. and Ph. D. from the University of Wisconsin. Implementing Effective Literacy Practices for Instructing English Language Learners Within the Response to Intervention (RTI) Framework (20 minutes) Recommendations from the IES Practice Guide, Effective literacy and English language instruction for English learners in the elementary grades This Presentation was prepared for Secondary Teachers to increase awareness of Institute of Education Sciences Practice Guide on Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Reviews of Collections of Programs, Curricula, Practices, Policies, and Tools: Evaluated According to Evidence Adolescent Literacy Intervention Program