Includes bibliographical references and index.

Evidence-based best practices for comprehensive literacy instruction / Linda B. Gambrell, Jacquelynn A. Malloy, and Susan Anders Mazzoni -- Balance in comprehensive literacy instruction : then and now / P. David Pearson ... [et al.] -- Best practices in early literacy development in preschool, kindergarten, and first grade / Lesley Mandel Morrow and Diane H. Tracey -- Best practices for struggling readers / Richard L. Allington and Kim Baker -- Best practices for literacy instruction for English language learners / Mar�ia S. Carlo -- Best practices in adolescent literacy instruction / Donna Ogle with Laura Lang -- Best practices in teaching phonological awareness and phonics / Patricia M. Cunningham -- Best practices in vocabulary instruction / Camille L.Z. Blachowicz and Peter J. Fisher -- Best practices in fluency instruction / Melanie R. Kuhn and Timothy Rasinski -- Best practices in teaching comprehension / Cathy Collins Block and Michael Pressley -- Best practices in teaching writing / Karen Bromley -- Best practices in literacy assessment / Peter Afflerbach -- Instructional resources in the classroom : deepening understanding through interactions with multiple texts and multiple media / Linda Kucan ... [et al.] -- Organizing effective literacy instruction : differentiating instruction to meet the needs of all children / D. Ray Reutzel -- Effective use of technology in literacy instruction / Michael C. McKenna ... [et al.] -- Best practices in professional development for improving literacy instruction / Rita M. Bean and Aimee Morewood -- Achieving best practices / Michael Pressley.