Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC): A National Community of Educators Providing a Teacher-Designed and Research-Based Framework, Online Tools, and Resources for Creating Literacy-Rich Assignments and Courses Across Content Areas

Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) is a program that aims to support teachers in implementing Common Core State Standards (CCSS) by integrating literacy skill development throughout the content areas. LDC is a national community of educators providing a teacher-designed and research-based framework, online tools, and resources for creating both literacy-rich assignments and courses across content areas. Used by individual teachers, schools, and districts in 40 states, LDC also is a statewide-adopted strategy for Common Core implementation in Kentucky, Colorado, Louisiana, and Georgia. UCLA's National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), in collaboration with its partner Research for Action (RFA), engaged in the evaluation of LDC implementation and its impact on student learning and teacher effectiveness starting in June 2011, via two parallel research studies funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.