Built around research-based instructional practices for adolescent achievement, Reading Quest is uniquely positioned to address the needs of your students and provide you with effective tools and strategies for lifting student performance on state tests.

According to research on the subject of adolescent literacy, it is critical that reading and content not be separated.

"Schools . . . should provide continuous reading instruction for all young adolescents. This instruction requires that all middle school teachers understand reading/learning processes, the complexity and diverse needs of young adolescents, and know how to help students develop both the competence and desire to read increasingly complex materials across the curriculum. Reading strategies and skills are central to the success of the integrated, multidisciplinary middle school curriculum and every teacher must possess the knowledge and skills to integrate reading instruction across the curriculum."
From Supporting Young Adolescents’ Literacy Learning: A Position Paper jointly adopted by the International Reading Association and the National Middle School Association.

"Language arts teachers need to expand their instruction to include approaches and texts that will facilitate not only comprehension but also learning from texts."
From Reading Next—A Vision for Action and Research in Middle and High School Literacy: A Report to Carnegie Corporation of New York.

• Comprehension strategy instruction
• Content-area reading and writing instruction
• Instruction to build motivation and support self-directed learning
• Collaborative learning
• Individualized reading, writing, and content instruction
• Instruction with diverse texts
• Writing instruction
• Assessment