LIT-Pro
Advancing Literacy Through Research
Rigorous Research,
Meaningful Insights
LIT-Pro (Literacy Inservice Teacher Professional Learning) is a federally funded, multi-site research project examining how LETRS professional development is implemented across diverse school contexts and its relationship to literacy instruction and student outcomes.
Research Collaboration
A multi-university research collaboration, LIT-Pro is led by the University of California, Irvine, in partnership with The Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati.
The project is supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305A240315 to the University of California, Irvine.
Project Leadership
Young-Suk Grace Kim
Principal Investigator
University of California, Irvine
Shayne Piasta
Co-Principal Investigator
The Ohio State University
Benjamin Kelcey
Co-Principal Investigator
University of Cincinnati
Addressing a Critical Gap
“Despite its wide adoption, evidence supporting LETRS is limited, and to date, it has not been rigorously tested. The LIT-Pro project addresses this critical gap by examining its efficacy in real-world educational settings with intended end users.”
— Principal Investigators, LIT-Pro
