Research and Evidence-Based Practices provide background information, a rationale, and evidence to support decisions around ELA teaching, curriculum, and program design.

The role of inferencing in struggling adult readers' comprehension of different texts: A mediation analysis (2023): This study examined the relationship between struggling adult readers' text-based (decoding, fluency), language-based (morphological awareness, vocabulary, language comprehension), and inferencing skills. Educational implications for adult literacy programs are discussed at the end of the article, under the section "Implications for Instruction and Assessment." To access a PDF version of the full-length article, click on "View Open Manuscript" at the top of the page.

Research-Based Writing Instruction: This TEAL Center Fact Sheet #1 "examines the research on writing instruction for youth and adults, with attention to those who struggle to learn," and offers ten recommended instructional strategies. 

See Also the STAR Research Review page.