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Search the ARCC's database of technical assistance products and services using the fields below. Sources for these products and services include the Comprehensive Center Network, which offers resources from the five content centers, other federally sponsored programs, and other organizations. The Comprehensive Centers are charged with identifying links to appropriate sources of information and assistance, including the U.S. Department of Education Web site and the NCLB-related resources located there.

You will find two types of resources on the ARCC Web site: (1) general information, such as Web sites for organizations, and (2) technical assistance resources. Descriptions of all technical assistance resources must include information about providers' claims of effectiveness and the evidence supporting such claims. Technical assistance resources are rated based on the level of evidence provided to support claims of effectiveness.

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Policy Brief
Vocabulary Book: Learning and Instruction, The
Format: Print
Focus Area: Reading and literacy
Provider: International Reading Association
Abstract: This book presents a comprehensive plan for vocabulary instruction from kindergarten through high school—a plan broad enough for students with small or exceptional vocabularies, and every child in between.
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Claims of Effectiveness: This book is based on an expert practioner's years of experience in the field.
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Research
What Research Has to Say About Fluency Instruction.
Format: Print
Focus Area: Reading and literacy
Provider: International Reading Association
Abstract: Samuels, S.J., & Farstrup, A.E. (Eds.) 2006. What Research has to Say About Fluency Instruction. International Reading Association. 2006 | 240 pp. | ISBN 0-87207-587-7.
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All the Stories We Have: Adolescents' Insights on Literacy and Learning in Secondary School.
Format: Print
Focus Area: Reading and literacy
Provider: International Reading Association
Abstract: This book offers strategies for learning about students both in and out of the classroom, and draws from adolescents' stories to highlight what students need from teachers. The author presents an interdisciplinary, project-based pedagogy that connects several different content areas and employs multiple teaching and learning strategies.
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Claims of Effectiveness: The book is based on an expert practioner's years of experience in this field.
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Standards for Middle and High School Literacy Coaches
URL: HTTP://WWW.READING.ORG/DOWNLOADS/RESOURCES/597COACHING_STANDARDS.PDF
Format: PDF, URL
Focus Area: Reading and literacy
Provider: International Reading Association
Abstract: This guide outlines the ideal of what a literacy coach should know and be able to do—in delivering both leadership and support in individual content areas. It is offered as a blueprint not only for literacy coaches themselves, but for policymakers, school and district administrators, and teacher educators, in the hope that it will help support and develop coaching in ways that will most benefit adolescent learners.
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