Bringing reading science to real classrooms
Better instruction begins with better understanding. We partner with educators to transform literacy research into practical strategies that create lasting impact for teachers and students alike.
Research and training on intensive reading intervention
Award-Winning Research. Real Classroom Impact
Led by nationally recognized literacy researcher Dr. Jessica Toste, our work is grounded in federally funded research, award-winning teaching, and decades of experience helping educators turn reading science into meaningful classroom outcomes.
Her program of research focuses on understanding how best to support students' reading development — investigating methods of intensifying interventions for students with persistent reading challenges and reading disabilities (RD).
UT AUSTIN'S ACADEMY OF DISTINGUISHED TEACHERS (2025)
NAMED ONE OF THE 2017 “TEXAS 10”
RECIPIENT OF THE PRESIDENT'S ASSOCIATES GRADUATE TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD (2023)
2022 FLOYD G. HUDSON OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD FROM THE COUNCIL FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES (CLD)
DEAN'S DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD (2022)
TEACHING & SPEAKING
Translating research into practice.
Beyond UT Austin, I work with school districts, state agencies, and professional organizations to help educators put evidence-based reading instruction into practice.
Division for Learning Disabilities, Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
Disability Rights Texas
GLSEN-certified facilitator
Division of Diversity and Community Engagement
Council for Learning Disabilities
Professor at The University of Texas at Austin
FEATURED PROGRAM
Word Connections
Built with teachers, tested in real classrooms, rooted in the science of reading.
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FROM THE FIELD
What teachers and researchers are saying
FOR EDUCATORS
A few things you can use tomorrow.
Practical, free resources for elementary teachers — vocabulary routines, decoding checks, intervention planners — all grounded in current reading research.
Vocabulary Routines
5-10 minute lessons for upper elementary.
Intervention Planner
Map student needs to evidence-based moves.
Reading the Research
Plain-language summaries of recent studies.
SCHOLARLY WORKS
Recent publications
A selection of peer-reviewed articles. Full CV and publication list available on request.
JOURNAL OF LEARNING DISABILITIES
2024
Effects of a multi-component vocabulary intervention for students with reading difficulties.
EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
2023
Intensifying reading intervention through cycles of data-based individualization.
READING RESEARCH QUARTERLY
2023
Morphological awareness instruction in the upper elementary grades: A meta-analysis.
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