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Allington, Richard L.; Woodside-Jiron, Haley – ERS Spectrum, 1998
Traces research citations noted in advocacy and policy documents to their original sources to determine whether use of"decodable text" in early reading instruction is research-based. Researchers could locate no reliable, replicable research to support policy assertions that using decodable text, as defined in California and Texas policy…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Educational Policy, Elementary Education