
Our research
mCLASS
Based on decades of leading literacy research, mCLASS® is the gold-standard assessment and instructional suite for early literacy that helps every child learn to read confidently. Amplify mCLASS meets criteria for Tier I-Strong Evidence as an education intervention under ESSA.
Research base
Research briefs
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Research brief: With end-of-year data showing continued academic recovery in early literacy, worries remain for third grade students.(published July 2023) |
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Research brief: Middle-of-year data show that academic recovery continues in early literacy, with Black and Hispanic students making the greatest gains. (published February 2023) |
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Research brief: Data from the beginning of the school year show that the literacy crisis in America’s schools may be worse than it was before COVID-19; but the greatest part of the crisis existed before the pandemic. (published October 2022) |
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Research brief: Amid academic recovery in classrooms nationwide, risks remain for youngest students with least instructional time during critical early years. (published February 2022) |
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Research brief: Students start to recover from COVID instructional loss. (published July 2021) |
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Research brief: COVID-19 means more students not learning to read. (published February 2021) |

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Supplemental
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