Full Description
"The analysis of programs presented is extremely thorough and complete. The comparisons are easy to follow due to the use of the same logical framework for each program."
Karen L. Tichy, Associate Superintendent for Instruction
Archdiocese of St. Louis
Improve reading outcomes by using research and evidence-based instructional methods!
Early reading and literacy have become the focus of policymakers, with a renewed emphasis on the early grades. In this essential new resource, authors and educational specialists Edward P. St. John, Siri Ann Loescher, and Jeffrey S. Bardzell provide a unique guide to today's most important and most effective research-based reading programs. The book's in-depth coverage analyzes and compares features, frameworks, tools, methods, outcomes, and reform components for 17 major reading programs:
Early Intervention in Reading
Early Steps
Reading Recovery
First Steps
Four Blocks
Literacy Collaborative
Waterford Early Reading Program
Readers' and Writers' Workshops
Teacher Inquiry
Accelerated Schools Project
ATLAS Communities
Modern Red Schoolhouse
Yale School Development Program
America's Choice
Different Ways of Knowing
Lightspan Achieve Now
Success for All
Improving Reading and Literacy in Grades 1-5 offers a balanced approach by the authors and can be used by elementary school principals, district curriculum directors, and all reading specialists charged with aligning their reading and literacy instruction with new federal requirements and best instructional practices.
Contents
Introduction / Planning for Reading and Literacy Reform / Comparing Reading and Literacy Reforms / Targeted Interventions / Classroom-Based Interventions / Inquiry-Oriented Reforms / Process-Oriented Comprehensive Reforms / Curriculum-Based Comprehensive Reforms / Research-Based Reform