Genre: Information/Explanation

CORE MESSAGE AREA : READING / LITERACY Introduction : The revision of the Reading / Literacy Core Messages was based on significant advances in the national research community concerning best practices to improve reading and literacy ( reading , writing , speaking , and listening across the curriculum areas ) . Two critical examples are the National Institute of Education Sciences 1 and the What Works Clearinghouse 2 , which provide resources to objectively evaluate programs and practices according to accepted rules of science . In addition , the creation of national Common Core Standards 3 along with the move towards organizing interventions in a Response to Intervention ( RTI ) 4 framework have created exciting and challenging new opportunities for improving outcomes for California's students . It is important to note that Reading is a part of the larger context of Academic Literacy . Academic Literacy is defined as the skills of reading / writing / speaking and listening that all work together across the content areas . This unified concept is clearly aligned with the Common Core Standards that use reading and literacy across the curricular areas and present both as a shared teaching responsibility .