The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) recently announced the expansion of its effort to create confident and competent readers and writers with the release of Oregon’s Adolescent Literacy Framework.
The framework follows the implementation of the Early Literacy Success Initiative by providing guidance and best practices for research-based literacy instruction in middle and high school.
“This statewide resource provides content for deepening educators’ understanding of the essential components of adolescent literacy,” said Dr. Charlene Williams, director of Oregon Department of Education.
Following the release of Oregon’s Early Literacy Framework in 2023, ODE received many requests to develop a literacy framework to support educators who teach the roughly 309,000 Oregon public school students in middle or high school. ODE said it has created this framework in response to these requests.
Oregon’s Adolescent Literacy Framework integrates strategies for advanced language and literacy skills to meet the evolving needs of readers and writers in grades 6 through 12.
ODE included feedback from engagement with educators, literacy experts, and community members across Oregon. It includes strategies to support students who enter middle or high school but are not yet reading fluently or comprehending text at an expected level.
