Our research
mCLASS & mCLASS Lectura
Based on decades of leading literacy research, mCLASS® is the gold-standard assessment and instructional suite for early literacy that helps every child learn to read confidently.
Research base
Research briefs
Research brief: Middle-of-year data show early literacy improvements are slowing, and broader U.S. literacy rates remain a concern (published March 2024) |
Research brief: With end-of-year data showing continued academic recovery in early literacy, worries remain for third grade students.(published July 2023) |
Research brief: Middle-of-year data show that academic recovery continues in early literacy, with Black and Hispanic students making the greatest gains. (published February 2023) |
Research brief: Data from the beginning of the school year show that the literacy crisis in America’s schools may be worse than it was before COVID-19; but the greatest part of the crisis existed before the pandemic. (published October 2022) |
Research brief: Amid academic recovery in classrooms nationwide, risks remain for youngest students with least instructional time during critical early years. (published February 2022) |
Research brief: Students start to recover from COVID instructional loss. (published July 2021) |
Research brief: COVID-19 means more students not learning to read. (published February 2021) |
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Core curriculum
°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥ CKLA
Using a fundamentally different approach to language arts, °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥ Core Knowledg...
Core curriculum
°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥ ELA
°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥ ELA is designed specifically for middle school, based on extensive resea...
Core curriculum
°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥ Science
°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥ Science is rooted in the Lawrence Hall of Science’s Do, Talk, Read, Writ...
Supplemental
Boost Reading
Leveraging compelling storytelling and the latest research, Boost Reading (forme...