The ARCS Study also has some suggestions for reading instruction based on common ‘adult reading profiles.’  A reading profile is a picture of a reader's abilities on the component skills – word recognition, spelling, word meaning, silent reading comprehension, and oral reading rate. Profiles illustrate a learner's pattern of scores on skills that underlie reading ability. Profiles provide a guide for instruction. Once a teacher has assessed a learner's reading skills, he or she can then direct instruction to those skills that need strengthening.

You can take the ARCS mini-course in adult reading profiles and get some suggestions for instruction for each ‘profile.’