At the end of compulsory schooling a quarter of European adolescents do not meet the minimal
standards in reading literacy required for life-long learning and a satisfactory private and
professional life (cf. the PISA-surveys). Funded by the European Commission (2006-2009) the
ADORE Project Teaching Struggling Adolescent Readers - A Comparative Study of Good Practice in
European Countries involved researchers and practitioners from the following 11 European
countries: Austria Belgium Estonia Finland Germany Hungary Italy Norway Poland Romania
Switzerland. During a 2-year-investigation period transnational teams observed extraordinary
examples of classroom instruction in all respective countries and identified key elements of
good practice concerning reading instruction on different levels: classroom practice schools
communities and national educational systems. The ADORE-book intends to be a guide for
decision-makers and practitioners who want to improve the reading instruction for struggling
adolescent readers.
