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Durán, Leah; Hikida, Michiko – Phi Delta Kappan, 2022
Recent stories raising the alarm about students' poor reading skills and calling for greater attention to the "science of reading" represent the latest round in the ongoing "reading wars." Going back at least as far as the 1950s, scholars, pundits and policy makers have debated which teaching strategies are most successful at…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction, Equal Education
Robins, Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The study investigated the divergence in beginning reading methods between the United States (US) and England from 1998 to 2010. Researchers, policy makers, and publishers were interviewed to explore their knowledge and perceptions concerning how literacy policy was determined. The first three of twelve findings showed that despite the…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Phonics, Beginning Reading, Foreign Countries
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Buly, Marsha Riddle – Journal of American Indian Education, 2005
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students are often labeled as struggling readers based on the results of large-scale standardized tests yet little empirical data about specific strengths and needs exists. In the present study we looked beyond high-stakes assessment to highlight reading strengths and needs for a group of fourth grade American…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Grade 4, Reading Difficulties