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The Lit Quality Review

A Closer Look

Analyze where your system is aligned to research and where there are opportunities to strengthen your approach with a comprehensive evaluation of your reading system.

Through classroom observations, data analysis, and conversations with your school community, we identify what’s working and opportunities for improvement using Lit’s Reading Alignment Diagnostic (READ).

This comprehensive assessment empowers you to make informed decisions about where to allocate resources and focus efforts, helping to strengthen reading instruction across your schools and driving better outcomes for all students.

THE LQR CAN HELP YOU:

Identify exactly where to
focus your team’s energy and
resources.

Use your team’s input to build
shared commitment to
meaningful change. 

Quickly build understanding about what is – and isn’t – evidence-based practice. 

The Experience

We tailor each LQR to align with your system’s unique needs, budget constraints, and staff capacity.

  • We conduct a deep analysis of your performance data, uncovering meaningful patterns, growth opportunities, and potential achievement gaps that may not be immediately apparent in standard reports.
  • Our team visits your classrooms to evaluate teaching practices, measuring them against research-proven instructional methods.
  • Through targeted interviews and carefully designed surveys, we gather insights from students, teachers, and administrators to understand their perspectives, challenges, and aspirations for your educational community.
  • We lead an interactive debrief session with your leadership team to review our findings, discuss the evidence, and determine strategic priorities.
  • You receive a detailed LQR report that documents our analysis, key findings, and specific recommendations, serving as your strategic blueprint for change.

The LQR in Action

The Story of DREAM Charter Schools

Seeing an opportunity to codify and improve their approach to reading as their network began to grow, DREAM Charter Schools partnered with Lit for a Lit Quality Review in 2022 to assess where their current approach was—and was not—aligned with evidence-based practice. The result? A data-driven roadmap for transformation across their schools and a blueprint for high-quality reading instruction that supports all students.

Today, DREAM Scholars regularly outperform their peers in NYC public schools, scoring 12 percentage points higher in ELA in grades 3–8 on state assessments. This fall, they celebrated their second consecutive year of record-breaking proficiency rates as a network.

Read more about DREAM’s story in this case study.

Learn More

Take the first step toward planning with precision. Schedule a 30-minute conversation with our team to tell us more about your needs.

You can also download this LQR flyer to share with other members of your team. 

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