You’ll define reading motivation for yourself before discovering how researchers break it down.

You’ll explore why distinguishing different types of motivation matters—and how it impacts student success.

Consider this: Marco is primarily interested in reading for pleasure on his own, while Sabrina is highly motivated to read in school but not outside of it. Who is more likely to become a skilled reader? The research may surprise you.

You’ll learn a fast and simple way to gather this data—whether you already have a sense of your students’ motivation or not.

More importantly, you’ll learn how to easily track your students’ year-over-year progress.

Is your school helping students become more motivated readers or not? How do your students compare to national reading motivation data and trends?

You might assume that reading motivation is important, but should schools actively spend valuable time trying to increase it?

Or would it be wiser to focus on building students’ reading-related subskills such as phonics, fluency, and vocabulary?

This is obviously not an either-or debate. But the scientific research yields important insights into how schools should prioritize motivation vs. skill-building for maximum impact.

Some school practices increase students’ reading motivation, while others unintentionally weaken it—we’ll unpack both.

You’ll have an opportunity to examine your school’s current practices and determine which to double-down on and which to eliminate.

You’ll also learn new, evidence-based practices—some intuitive, others surprising—that can significantly increase students' motivation to read.