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Cheung, Kwok-cheung; Sit, Pou-seong; Soh, Kay-cheng; Ieong, Man-kai; Mak, Soi-kei – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2014
Reading literacy is the main focus of the international comparative study of PISA 2009 (OECD, "PISA 2009 results: What students know and can do: Student performance in reading, mathematics and science," 2010a) based on the results of which 65 economies were arranged in a league table. PISA also gathers background information which…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Academic Persistence, Predictor Variables, Prediction
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Vasinda, Sheri, Ed.; Szabo, Susan, Ed.; Johnson, Robin D., Ed. – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2015
The theme for the 58th annual conference of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) was Bridging Cultures Through Literacy. In the first section of the Yearbook, Parker Fawson's presidential address captures the unique nature of ALER and its role in his professional development, and then moved beyond to capture the changing…
Descriptors: Literacy, Literacy Education, Reading Comprehension, Common Core State Standards