Promoting adolescents' comprehension of text: A randomized control trial of its effectiveness - Roberts, G; Vaughn, S; Wanzek, J; Furman, G; Martinez, L; Sargent, K (2023)
rct; evidence grade A

Impact of a content-rich literacy curriculum on kindergarteners' vocabulary, listening comprehension, and content knowledge - Cabell, SQ; Kim, JS; White, TG; Gale, CJ; Edwards, AA; Hwang, H; Petscher, Y; Raines, RM (2025)
rct; evidence grade A

Improving Reading Comprehension and Social Studies Knowledge in Middle School - Vaughn, S; Swanson, EA; Roberts, G; Wanzek, J; Stillman-Spisak, SJ; Solis, M; Simmons, D (2013)
rct; evidence grade B

Improving Middle-School Students' Knowledge and Comprehension in Social Studies: a Replication - Vaughn, S; Roberts, G; Swanson, EA; Wanzek, J; Fall A-M; Stillman-Spisak, SJ (2015)
replication; evidence grade B

Promoting Acceleration of Comprehension and Content Through Text in High School Social Studies Classes - Swanson, E; Wanzek, J; Vaughn, S; Roberts, G; Fall A-M (2015)
rct; evidence grade B

The Effects of Team-Based Learning on Social Studies Knowledge Acquisition in High School - Wanzek, J; Vaughn, S; Kent, SC; Swanson, EA; Roberts, G; Haynes, M; Fall A-M; Stillman-Spisak, SJ; Solis, M (2014)
rct; evidence grade B

Time to transfer: Long-term effects of a sustained and spiraled content literacy intervention in the elementary grades - Kim, JS; Gilbert, JB; Relyea, JE; Rich, P; Scherer, E; Burkhauser, MA; Tvedt, JN (2024)
rct; evidence grade B

A Longitudinal Randomized Trial of a Sustained Content Literacy Intervention from First to Second Grade: Transfer Effects on Students' Reading Comprehension - Kim, JS; Burkhauser, MA; Relyea, JE; Gilbert, JB; Scherer, E; Fitzgerald, J; Mosher, D; McIntyre, J (2023)
rct; evidence grade B

Social Studies Instruction and Reading Comprehension: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study - Tyner, A; Kabourek, S (2020)
longitudinal; evidence grade C

Effects of a cognitive strategies intervention on secondary students' argument writing in history - Steiss, J; Olson, CB; Baker, A; Graham, S; Kim, JY; Tate, T; Krishnan, J; Chung, H; Collins, P; Gilbertson, N; Moon, E; Wang, Q (2026)
quasi-experiment; evidence grade C

Effects of Reading Instruction on Learning Outcomes in Social Studies: A Synthesis of Quantitative Research - McCulley, LV; Osman, DJ (2015)
review; evidence grade C

Developing Historical Reading and Writing With Adolescent Readers: Effects on Student Learning - De La Paz, S; Felton, M; Monte-Sano, C; Croninger, R; Jackson, C; Deogracias, JS; Hoffman, BP (2014)
quasi-experiment; evidence grade D

Reading Like a Historian: A Document-Based History Curriculum Intervention in Urban High Schools - Reisman, A (2012)
quasi-experiment; evidence grade C

Teaching high school students to use heuristics while reading historical texts. - Nokes, JD; Dole, JA; Hacker, DJ (2007)
rct; evidence grade C

A Kindergarten Lottery Evaluation of Core Knowledge Charter Schools - Grissmer, D.; Buddin, R.; Berends, M.; Willingham, D.; et al. (2023)
natural-experiment; evidence grade B

Effect of Prior Knowledge on Good and Poor Readers' Memory of Text (the 'baseball study') - Recht, D. R.; Leslie, L. (1988)
quasi-experiment; evidence grade D

Effects of Integrated Literacy and Content-area Instruction on Vocabulary and Comprehension in the Elementary Years: A Meta-analysis - Hwang, H.; Cabell, S. Q.; Joyner, R. E. (2022)
meta-analysis; evidence grade C