Adolescent Literacy

Adolescence is not too late to intervene. Interventions do benefit older students.
Older students with reading difficulties benefit from interventions focused at both the word and text level.
Older students with reading difficulties benefit from improved knowledge of word meanings and concepts.
Word-study interventions are appropriate for older students struggling at the word level.
Teachers can provide interventions that are associated with positive effects.
Teaching comprehension strategies to older students with reading difficulties is beneficial.
Older readers’ average gains in reading comprehension are somewhat smaller than those in other reading and reading-related areas studied.
Older students with learning disabilities (LD) benefit from reading intervention when it is appropriately focused.

Scammacca et al., 2007