Literacy Research Centers

National Center on Improving LiteracyYour source for improving outcomes for students with literacy-related disabilities, including dyslexia.

Learning Disabilities Research Centers (LDRC)

The LDRC Consortium was established in 1989 as a primary means for developing knowledge on the causes, origins, and developmental course of learning disabilities. Projects studied by the consortium address learning disabilities that affect reading, writing, and mathematics and include a focus on individuals from underrepresented groups and those with co-occurring conditions that may impact their learning. Studies conducted by the consortium generated a critical part of the research cited in the Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read. Consortium research also provided key data that was used in the Reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Public Law 108-446) in 2004, which allowed states to consider alternative approaches in the classification of learning disabilities.

University of Florida, Richard Wagner

University of Colorado, Richard Olson

University of Houston, Jack Fletcher

University of Florida Literacy Institute

University of Colorado

University of Houston

Learning Disabilities Research Centers (LDRC) ConsortiumOverview Topic Areas Current Sites More Information Overview The LDRC Consortium was established in 1989 as a primary means for developing knowledge on the causes, origins, and developmental course of learning disabilities.