Taking Seriously the Idea of Reform: One High School's Efforts to Make Reading More Responsive to All Students

Describes how subject area teachers at one high school used grant money to change their teaching styles, significantly improving students' reading abilities. Details how reading achievement testing was conducted and the results were translated into effective literacy reforms designed to go beyo...

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Published in:Journal of adolescent & adult literacy 2003-09, Vol.47 (1), p.14-23
Main Authors: Brozo, William G., Hargis, Charles H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Achievement tests
Adolescents
Adult literacy
Case Studies
Company organization
Company restructuring/company reorganization
Educational administration
Educational aspects
Educational Change
Educational evaluation
English teachers
Grade 11
High school students
High Schools
Instructional Improvement
Learning Processes
Literacy
Management
Reading
Reading Ability
Reading Achievement
Reading Instruction
Reading Skills
Reading Tests
Secondary school students
Study and teaching
Teachers
Translation
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Summary:Describes how subject area teachers at one high school used grant money to change their teaching styles, significantly improving students' reading abilities. Details how reading achievement testing was conducted and the results were translated into effective literacy reforms designed to go beyond "teaching to the middle." Tracks the experiences of two students at either end of the reading ability continuum and the effects the initiatives had on them. (SG)
ISSN:1081-3004
1936-2706
DOI:10.1598/JAAL.47.1.3