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Lauren Spenceley

Secondary ELA Specialist

Arizona Department of Education

lauren.spenceley@azed.gov

Secondary ELA Website: https://www.azed.gov/standards-practices/secondary-literacy-middlehs

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Engaged readers in every content area

"The amount of both growth and confidence that students in our school have displayed as a result of Reading Apprenticeship has been absolutely stunning."

- Alicia Ross, teacher at Blue Ridge High School, PA
See Reading Apprenticeship in Action

See how 7th graders unlock science text using Reading Apprenticeship

Our approach: why it works

Educators today face the challenge of meeting rigorous standards. Increasingly, students must be prepared with high-level literacy skills, including the ability to think critically, synthesize information and construct evidence-based arguments.

Reading Apprenticeship is a professional learning model that meets these challenges. Our approach is proven to develop student academic identity, engagement, subject-area knowledge and disciplinary literacy.

Reading Apprenticeship engages students through four interacting dimensions of learning. These dimensions are developed through Metacognitive Conversation that explores students' thinking processes.

Learn more about our approach

Credible data. Proven results.

Over 25 years of research, including multiple randomized controlled studies, demonstrate that Reading Apprenticeship yields marked positive outcomes for students in literacy, content area learning, and academic success. These studies consistently show students in Reading Apprenticeship classrooms out-perform peers in 'business as usual' classrooms.
Explore our evidence base

How Reading Apprenticeship can help:

Administrators
& Principals

Improve college and career readiness through professional learning that works for all teachers.

Teachers

Engage students in disciplinary literacy practices. Connect social-emotional learning to academic growth.

Researchers
& Thought Leaders

Engage with us in continuous improvement and field leadership through active research, development and publication.

College Faculty

Engage with communities of practice to accelerate and deepen student learning in all disciplines.

Begin transforming instruction with Reading Apprenticeship professional learning See our services

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A professional learning model that works for all teachers-improve college and career readiness by helping students become stronger readers and writers.

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Example playbook from Anthony Rosenberger, Colorado River Union HSD

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Reach out to our exemplars:

Scottsdale Unified:

Jonna Wallis

6-12 Language Arts Coach, SUSD

jwallis@susd.org

Colorado River Union HSD:

Anthony Rosenberger, NBCT

CRUHSD Instructional Coach

arosenberger@cruhsd.org

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Our commitment to continuous learning and program improvement

Our collaboration with researchers examines the evolving implementation and impact of Reading Apprenticeship innovations, including cross-disciplinary literacy, digital and blended environments, as well as varied models of scale and application.

Reading Apprenticeship
impact at a glance

In multiple studies, students in Reading Apprenticeship classrooms out-perform peers on content area learning and literacy tests.

Five federally-funded, randomized controlled studies found that high school students whose teachers participated in Reading Apprenticeship professional development made significant gains in engagement, literacy and discipline academic success.

These consistent findings establish Reading Apprenticeship as a highly effective professional learning solution that brings real results in transforming instruction to increase literacy and overall academic success.

Studies show that Reading Apprenticeship produces:

Standardized test scores over a year ahead of control students

Significant impact on students' reading comprehension scores

Substantial improvement in students' GPA in core academic classes

Positive shifts in students' identities as readers, problem-solvers and independent learners

Statistically significant impact on student literacy in science classes

Download a 2-page summary of our evidence-base (PDF)

Explore Reading Apprenticeship's impact and
improvement studies

Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) Grant
2018-2022

Learn more about this multi-year effort to support teacher effectiveness at the secondary levels and develop open education STEM resources.

Institute of Education Sciences
2011-2016

Part of the large federal "Reading for Understanding" Initiative, our work showed how evidence-based argumentation can increase the reading comprehension of students in grades 6-12.

Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) Grant
2016-2019

Learn more about this project to improve teacher effectiveness and student learning at the secondary level by providing literacy focused, research-based professional learning experiences to 2,000 teachers.

View our Evidence Base Visit our Research Archive

Implementation Stories

Reading passage rates went from 29% to 54% after one semester, then to 61% several months later.

Federal comprehensive literacy grant supported state-wide effort that led to student success.

See more Success Stories

Generate positive impact at scale with Reading
Apprenticeship professional learning
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In multiple studies, students in Reading Apprenticeship classrooms out-perform peers on content area learning and literacy tests-download a summary report.

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Reading Apprenticeship in Arizona Virtual Community of Practice

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Reading Apprenticeship in Arizona Virtual Community of Practice