Early release of Moats and Foorman book chapter on literacy achievement in primary grades in high poverty schools Brookings Institution presents a policy brief on third grade retention for reading failure
IDA releases an excellent reading resource list for reading professionals MAP test results for Madison show percentage of students reaching benchmark declining over the year Reading
proficiency in Wisconsin plummets from 82% to 35.8% now that WKCE
results are benchmarked against acceptable national standards. Read commentary in JSOnline and Wis. State Journal articles and DPI press release. Interesting difference in the spin on this news.
Study Shows Teach for America Produces Top Reading Teachers in Tennessee
New AIR study rates teacher effectiveness over effects of poverty
Visit the Center on Instruction for a suggested progression of sub-skills to achieve the Common Core Reading Standards: Foundational Skills.
Wisconsin's overall score on the 2011 State Teacher Policy Yearbook is D, the same as in 2009. The Yearbook is put
together after comprehensive evaluation by the National Council on
Teacher Quality. The NCTQ points out that Wisconsin does not require its
teacher preparation programs to teach the science of reading, nor does
it require candidates to take a test that demonstrates their knowledge
of this content. Click here to access the complete report.
NCTQ study examines reading textbooks used in colleges of education; See page 121 for a list The Annie E. Casey Foundation Issues a Kids Count Special Report on Reading