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Our research

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Using a fundamentally different approach to language arts, °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥ Core Knowledge Language Arts® (CKLA) is built on decades of early literacy research that demonstrates the importance of wide-ranging background knowledge and explicit and systematic instruction in foundational skills. Increasingly more districts are choosing °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥ CKLA because they know they’ll see results.

°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥ CKLA meets the criteria for Tier I-Strong Evidence as an education intervention under ESSA.

Efficacy

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[TIER I ESSA EVIDENCE] Building knowledge boosts comprehension: °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥ CKLA outperformed a control group on proximal and standardized tests.

An evaluation of Core Knowledge curriculum in charter schools:

Reading scores significantly improved and income-based gaps were eliminated.

NYC CKLA early literacy pilot: CKLA students’ literacy gains more than doubled those of students at demographically similar schools.

AZ CKLA efficacy research report: CKLA significantly improved outcomes for students overall, as well as economically disadvantaged and Latino students.

Build content knowledge, boost comprehension

Free access to efficacy study showing °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥ CKLA Knowledge meets ESSA Tier 1 qualifications.

Case studies

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Aldine Independent School District, Texas: °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥â€™s early literacy suite boosts reading proficiency from 30% to 50%.

Allen Parish School District, Louisiana: After just one year, student reading proficiency rose from 58% to 80%.

Oak Harbor School District, Washington: Kindergarten reading proficiency improved by 19% and Grade 1 by 31% in 3 years.

West Jefferson Hills School District, Pennsylvania: Students reach the 98th percentile among their peers nationwide after implementing °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥.

Salemberg Elementary School, North Carolina: Students made 80–100 composite points of growth in one semester.

Euclid City School District, Ohio: °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥ CKLA, Boost Reading, and mCLASS boosted Euclid Kindergarten reading proficiency from 10% to 57% and Grade 1 from 20% to 37% in one school year.

Gallia County Local School District, Ohio: With °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥ CKLA, the number of Gallia County students needing a Reading Improvement Plan dropped from 46% to 27% in one year.

Research base

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°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥ CKLA: The research behind the knowledge-based approach to reading comprehension

The baseball experiment: How two Wisconsin researchers discovered that the comprehension gap is a knowledge gap

CKLA Curriculum: Links to research on teaching and learning

°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥ Caminos

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°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥ Caminos: The research behind the program