7/22/2026
How LitLab Aligns to UFLI Foundations — Backed by Data
See how LitLab maintains 97%+ median decodability across all 128 UFLI Foundations lessons — with the data to prove it.
LitLab Team
ResearchCurriculum
LitLab Insights
Literacy insights for district and school teams
Research-backed implementation guidance, policy-aligned recommendations, and practical classroom ideas from the LitLab team.
All Posts
14 published
6/29/2026
My experience with LitLab as a Special Education teacher
LitLab helped my students build fluency, confidence, and independence through recorded reading and decodable practice. In my 40+ years in education, I have not seen this level of reading growth across multiple grade levels in such a short period of time.
Linda B, West Virginia
Guest Essay
5/22/2026
How LitLab Supports Ohio’s Science of Reading Policy with Daily Classroom Practice
Ohio has built one of the country’s clearest early literacy policy frameworks. LitLab helps schools bring that vision into daily practice with curriculum-aligned decodables, oral reading fluency, and skill-level feedback.
LitLab Team
ResearchCurriculum
5/19/2026
Tennessee’s Reading 360 Strategy: Turning Literacy Policy Into Daily Reading Practice
Tennessee’s Reading 360 built a strong early literacy foundation. Now schools need daily practice and feedback aligned to instruction.
LitLab Team
CurriculumResearch
5/13/2026
California: Transitioning to the Science of Reading
How LitLab supports California schools and districts as they shift toward evidence-based early literacy instruction.
LitLab Team
CurriculumResearch
5/6/2026
What Instructional Leaders Should Ask Before Adopting AI for Literacy
AI tools can scale coherent literacy instruction — or further fragment it. Here’s how to tell the difference.
LitLab Team
InsightResearch
5/1/2026
Kentucky’s Early Literacy Strategy: Turning Structured Literacy Into Daily Reading Practice
How LitLab supports Kentucky schools and districts as they strengthen structured literacy implementation in K–3 classrooms.
LitLab Team
CurriculumResearch
4/16/2026
Case Study: Ringwood Primary School
Students were learning phonics—but not transferring those skills to real reading. This case study shows how Ringwood Primary School, a public elementary school, used LitLab’s curriculum-aligned decodable texts to close the gap between phonics instruction and fluent, independent reading.
LitLab Team
Case StudyResearch
3/6/2026
AI and the Science of Reading
AI is everywhere in edtech — but not all of it belongs in an early literacy classroom. Here's how LitLab uses emerging AI to support the Science of Reading, and the principles that keep teachers in control.
LitLab Team
CurriculumAI
1/7/2026
Why Students Can Decode But Struggle to Read Fluently
Learn how LitLab bridges the gap between phonics instruction and fluency practice through coherent, curriculum-aligned reading practice grounded in the Science of Reading.
LitLab Team
InsightCurriculum
10/15/2025
What makes a great decodable text?
Learn the key features of high-quality decodable texts that support student reading success and teacher effectiveness.
LitLab Team
InsightResearch
10/8/2025
How to Choose Which Words to Pre-Teach for Decodable Texts
A practical framework for selecting 3–5 words to preview so students read decodable texts with confidence and comprehension.
LitLab Team
How-toInsight
4/5/2025
Case Study: Nashville Classical Charter School
Students were running out of decodables—and losing motivation. This case study shows how Nashville Classical Charter School used LitLab's personalized, curriculum-aligned texts to drive measurable fluency growth and reignite student engagement.
LitLab Team
Case StudyResearch
2/21/2025
The Research Behind LitLab: Our Logic Model
LitLab is ESSA Tier IV certified. Here's the research behind how we're built, and the logic model that grounds every product decision we make.
LitLab Team
CurriculumResearch