Perspectives on best practices. Evidence-based best practices for comprehensive literacy instruction in the age of the Common Core Standards / Linda B. Gambrell, Jacquelynn A. Malloy, Barbara A. Marinak, and Susan Anders Mazzoni -- Current issues and best practices in literacy instruction / Vicki B. Griffo, Christina L. Madda, P. David Pearson, and Taffy E. Raphael -- Best practices for motivating students to read / John T. Guthrie -- Best practices for all students. Best practices in early literacy : preschool, kindergarten, and first grade / Diane H. Tracey and Lesley Mandel Morrow -- Best practices to change the trajectory of struggling readers / Victoria J. Risko and Doris Walker-Dalhouse -- Best practices for teaching dual language learners : design principles for leveraging everyday literacies / Michael Dominguez and Kris D. Gutierrez -- Best practices in adolescent literacy instruction / Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey -- Evidence-based strategies for literacy learning and teaching. Best practices in teaching phonological awareness and phonics / Patricia M. Cunningham -- Best practices in vocabulary instruction / Camille L.Z. Blachowicz and Peter J. Fisher -- Best practices in narrative text comprehension instruction / Janice F. Almasi and Susan J. Hart -- Best practices in informational text comprehension instruction / Nell K. Duke and Nicole M. Martin -- Best practices in fluency instruction / Melanie R. Kuhn and Timothy Rasinski -- Best practices in teaching writing / Karen Bromley -- Best practices in reading assessment : working toward a balanced approach / Peter Afflerbach, Byeong-Young Cho, Maria Elliker Crassas, and Jong-Yun Kim -- Perspectives on special issues. Best practices in teaching the new literacies of online research and comprehension / Donald J. Leu, Lisa Zawilinski, Elena Forzani, and Nicole Timbrell -- Organizing effective literacy instruction : differentiating instruction to meet student needs / D. Ray Reutzel, Sarah K. Clark, and Michelle Flory -- Helping parents help children achieve the Common Core Standards : reaching out in different ways / Jeanne R. Paratore, Patricia A. Edwards, and Lisa M. O'Brien -- Best practices in professional development for improving literacy instruction in schools / Sharon Walpole and Michael C. McKenna