LIT-Pro

Advancing Literacy Through Research

Rigorous Research,
Meaningful Insights

LIT-Pro (Literacy Inservice Teacher Professional Learning) is a federally funded, multi-site research project examining how LETRS professional development is implemented across diverse school contexts and its relationship to literacy instruction and student outcomes.

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Research Collaboration

A multi-university research collaboration, LIT-Pro is led by the University of California, Irvine, in partnership with The Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati.

The project is supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305A240315 to the University of California, Irvine.

University of California, Irvine
The Ohio State University
University of Cincinnati
Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
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Project Leadership

Young-Suk Grace Kim

Principal Investigator

University of California, Irvine

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Shayne Piasta

Co-Principal Investigator

The Ohio State University

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Benjamin Kelcey

Co-Principal Investigator

University of Cincinnati

Addressing a Critical Gap

“Despite its wide adoption, evidence supporting LETRS is limited, and to date, it has not been rigorously tested. The LIT-Pro project addresses this critical gap by examining its efficacy in real-world educational settings with intended end users.”

— Principal Investigators, LIT-Pro

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