Research
Research on the Staircase Curriculum
The Staircase Curriculum: Whole-school Collaboration to Improve Literacy Achievement (pdf)
Kathryn Au, Taffy Raphael
The true power of the staircase curriculum is that it can empower students to take control of their own literacy learning. New England Reading Association Journal 46(2), 2011. View full article (pdf)
Research in QAR
Accessible Comprehension Instruction Through
QAR (pdf)
Taffy Raphael, Kathryn Au
Chapter 6 In J. Paratore and R. McCormack, After Early Intervention, Then What? Newark, DE: International Reading Association. View pre-print (pdf)
Research on Scaling Up to Chicago Schools
The SBC Process was scaled up to Chicago by Taffy Raphael, in 2002.
Defying Gravity: Literacy Reform in Urban Schools (pdf)
Taffy Raphael
National Reading Conference Oscar Causey Award Presentation, Albuquerque, New Mexico. National Reading Conference Yearbook, 2010.
Research on the Seven Levels to Success
Results from the two sites were combined beginning in 2006.
Whole School Instructional Improvement through the Standards-Based Change Process: A Developmental Model (pdf)
Taffy Raphael, Kathryn Au & Susan Goldman
In J. Hoffman and Y. Goodman (Eds.), Changing literacies for changing times. New York: Routledge/ Taylor Frances Group, (2010).
Research on the SchoolRise approach reflects key concepts in school improvement.
- Professional learning communities
- Staircase curriculum
- I Can statements
- Formative and summative assessment
- Evidence-based teaching
