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Download full textMariann Lemke; Dan Murphy; Aaron Soo Ping Chow; Hayley Spencer; Angela Zhang – WestEd, 2023
Like many states, Massachusetts has intensified efforts in recent years to improve literacy outcomes, particularly in the early grades. Initiatives have focused on providing guidance and resources for implementing changes in curriculum, instruction, and additional screening and support for struggling students. In September 2022, the Board of…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Screening Tests, Elementary Schools, Kindergarten
Hirsch, E. D., Jr. – WestEd, 2008
"Policy Perspectives" presents visiting authors' own views and/or research on issues relevant to schools and communities nationwide. The idea that reading skill is largely a set of general-purpose maneuvers that can be applied to any and all texts is one of the main barriers to our children's overall low achievement in reading, argues…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Federal Legislation, Educational Philosophy, Low Achievement
