{"id":1861,"date":"2024-11-04T09:08:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T09:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amplify.com\/?page_id=1861"},"modified":"2025-11-03T13:22:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T13:22:18","slug":"mclass-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amplify.com\/research-and-case-studies\/mclass-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research: mCLASS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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mCLASS Literacy<\/h1>
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Based on decades of leading literacy research, mCLASS\u00ae<\/sup> is the gold-standard assessment and instructional suite for early literacy that helps every child learn to read confidently.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Research base<\/h2>
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Research: The importance of dual language assessment in early literacy (published in 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research: Administration and Scoring Guide (published in 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research: DIBELS 8th Edition Technical Manual (published in 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research: mCLASS Dyslexia Screening Measures Technical Manual (published in 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Report: mCLASS Dyslexia Screening Measures Research (published in 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research: Burst Reading Assessment (Now mCLASS Intervention) Technical Manual (published in 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research: Five leadership practices that drive success in K\u20132 literacy (published in 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Report: Examining the Efficacy of mCLASS Intervention (published in 2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research brief: More students start the school year on track for learning to read, though momentum is slow. (published October 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research brief: Reading scores rise overall; gender disparities present a complex picture. (published July 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research brief: Early literacy gains offer hope for COVID recovery, though broader literacy challenges persist nationwide (published February 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research brief: Summer instructional loss highlights the importance of quality core instruction for the youngest grades. (published October 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research brief: Different outcomes for Spanish-speaking students assessed in English and in Spanish demonstrate the importance of bilingual assessment.
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Research brief: Middle-of-year data show early literacy improvements are slowing, and broader U.S. literacy rates remain a concern. (published March 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research brief: With end-of-year data showing continued academic recovery in early literacy, worries remain for third grade students.(published July 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research brief: Middle-of-year data show that academic recovery continues in early literacy, with Black and Hispanic students making the greatest gains. (published February 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research brief: Data from the beginning of the school year show that the literacy crisis in America\u2019s schools may be worse than it was before COVID-19; but the greatest part of the crisis existed before the pandemic. (published October 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research brief: Amid academic recovery in classrooms nationwide, risks remain for youngest students with least instructional time during critical early years. (published February 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research brief: Students start to recover from COVID instructional loss. (published July 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research brief: COVID-19 means more students not learning to read. (published February 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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mCLASS Lectura<\/h2>
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Research: mCLASS Lectura Gu\u00eda de administraci\u00f3n y calificaci\u00f3n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research: mCLASS Lectura Technical Manual<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research: mCLASS Spelling Espa\u00f1ol Technical Manual<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research: The importance of dual language assessment in early literacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Case studies<\/h2>
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