The International Literacy Association (ILA) is a professional organization with a mission of connecting research and practice to continuously improve the quality of literacy instruction across the ...

ILA’s Literacy Glossary was created to identify and define key terms relevant to literacy research and instruction. This living document provides a shared vocabulary, one that supports critical and ...

Welcome to your professional literacy learning hub! ILA’s digital events focus on timely topics and research-based instruction and are ideal for literacy educators of all types. These online events ...

ILA Resource Collections offer evidence-based, practitioner-friendly content carefully curated from recorded sessions, peer-reviewed journal articles, magazine features, and research-based ...

ILA position statements reflect ILA’s perspective on important topics within the landscape of literacy education, as well as provide guidance to those working in and on behalf of the field. The ILA ...

In 1974, the International Reading Association (now International Literacy Association) and the Children’s Book Council (CBC) launched Children’s Choices: an annotated list of high-quality books ...

ILA Intensives bring researchers and practitioners together on key literacy topics. These events include a variety of session formats, including keynotes, panels, and short talks that provide insight ...

Groups affiliate with ILA through chartered chapters operating at the state and provincial levels. ILA members can tap into these local chapter networks to collaborate with colleagues, gain ...

The Celebrate Literacy Award recognizes organizations, institutions, and individuals that have made significant literacy contributions at the local, state, or provincial level. The hope is that the ...

Explore the power of formative, ongoing reading assessments in enhancing both teacher decision making and student learning. This webinar with Laurie Elish-Piper, Mona W. Matthews, and Victoria J.

Join us for an inspiring webinar as we celebrate the remarkable achievements of some of the ILA 2024 award winners—literacy professionals who exemplify our mission to bridge research and practice ...

Acquiring knowledge and insight is not just an important goal of reading—it is the foundation of all learning. Through reading, we embark on journeys of discovery about facts such as how automobiles ...