Projects

ABC-Link

ABC-Link will be a reliable and valid reading assessment tool for use with students who have complex communication needs (CCN). Students must be able to respond yes-no, select from a field of four, and have access to the alphabet in order to use ABC-Link. The student does not have to interact directly with the site since the adult administering the assessment enters all student responses. This allows the student to respond using whatever method is most appropriate. In its final form, ABC-Link will yield individualized instructional plans. The goal is to guide instructional decision-making for students who experience CCN. Standard, percentile, and other types of scores will not be generated as a result of completing the assessment. ABC-Link is intended for use as a guide to good instruction rather than as a tool for accountability, program placement, and/or eligibility.

Big Words

The Big Words project is a Phase I Steppingstones of Technology Innovations grant awarded to the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The primary goals of Big Words are to develop a new instructional technology aimed at teaching multisyllabic word decoding and to conduct research to determine the effectiveness of the technology.

Deaf-Blind Model Classroom Project

 

Project Converge

Project Converge is a Phase I Steppingstones of Innovative Technologies grant awarded to the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies by the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.

Route 66 Literacy

After years of development, our instructional reading interface will soon be available for use through a partnership with the Benetech Initiative. An outgrowth of Project ALL-Link: The Adolescent Literacy Learning Link.

Tar Heel Reader

Tar Heel Reader is a growing library of accessible, beginning level readers for students of all ages.

The Time is Now in PreK