Evidence-Based Comprehension Strategies for High School

Course Objectives:

• Review and discuss the nature of reading comprehension and cognition in adolescents.
• Analyze evidence-based strategies that work to increase reading comprehension in secondary students reading at or below grade-level.
• Conduct assessments and analyze assessment data to align, scaffold, and differentiate strategies to deficits.
• Research and select from a range of evidence-based strategies those to embed in planning and implement in the classroom.

Hours: 10