MORE Featured in NCed

Vocabulary instruction is one critical component of improving reading comprehension, but not all vocabulary instruction yields these results.

Catherine L. Truitt, the former North Carolina State Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2021-25, recently featured MORE in an EdNC article as one vocabulary program that focuses on knowledge-vocabulary connection and content-rich texts contrary to traditional vocabulary instruction.

The study found MORE participants outperformed peers in science vocabulary and reading comprehension, with gains sustained through grade 4! These results show how this type of vocabulary instruction can help close the gap on state and national tests which heavily weigh background knowledge, putting students with limited exposure at a disadvantage.

Want to learn more? Check out the full article here: https://www.ednc.org/perspective-halfway-there/