The goal of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Practice Guide, "Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices," is to formulate specific and coherent evidence-based recommendations that educators can use to improve literacy levels among adolescents in upper elementary, middle, and high schools. It includes five specific recommendations for educators and the quality of evidence that supports these recommendations. This brief summary report focuses on the second of the five recommendations: Provide direct and explicit comprehension strategy instruction. Direct and explicit instruction focused on comprehension strategies results in improved reading comprehension for students. Comprehension strategies are specific actions or tools readers use to increase their understanding of texts. Classroom comprehension activities might include students using graphic organizers, summarizing, paraphrasing, or identifying main ideas. Direct and explicit instruction involves teachers modeling strategies, explaining why strategies help comprehension, and telling students when to use specific strategies. Teachers then provide students with support and feedback as they begin to apply strategies. This summary provides steps to carry out the recommendation and identifies potential roadblocks and suggests ways to address them. [For "Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices. IES Practice Guide. NCEE 2008-4027," see ED502398.]