The literacy terms and acronyms whirl around at this organization, and this glossary was created to help internal staff make sense of them!
Audiobook Solution (ABS, formerly LAABS)
With an extensive library of high quality, human-read audiobooks, student-centric features and a suite of teacher resources, Learning Ally's Audiobook Solution provides equitable access to curriculum in a format struggling readers can easily absorb, allowing them to achieve their academic potential. ABS is an academic intervention for students who have a reading deficit.
Science of Reading (SoR, SOR)
The science of reading is a vast, interdisciplinary body of scientifically-based research about reading and issues related to reading and writing. This research has been conducted over the last five decades across the world, and it is derived from thousands of studies conducted in multiple languages.
This conclusive, empirically supported research provides us with the information we need to gain a deeper understanding of how we learn to read, what skills are involved, how they work together, and which parts of the brain are responsible for reading development.
Example: from Time magazine:
"...reading is as connected to hearing as it is to sight. It begins, phonics advocates say, with speech. This understanding, and the data that supports it, has become known as the science of reading."
Whole Child Literacy
We approach literacy skills development with a holistic lens focused on the learner as well as the educator and the system of supports surrounding the learning itself. Our Solutions address the variables that influence a child’s ability to achieve and an educator's ability to teach. Driven by the science of reading (word recognition and language comprehension) and an understanding of the cognitive variables and external influences of home and environment that may impact learning, our methodology ensures educators can effectively customize instruction to change achievement trajectories according to the needs of their students.
Example: Whole Child Literacy looks at the constellation of factors and resources around children who are learning to read.
