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Haley, Carolyn E. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007
Billions of dollars are spent searching for programs and strategic plans that will prove to be the panacea for improving literacy achievement. With all of the experimental and researched programs implemented in school districts, the overall results are still at a minimum and many improvement gains have been short term. This book focuses on…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Literacy, Continuous Progress Plan, Literacy Education
Samuels, S. Jay, Ed.; Pearson, P. David, Ed. – 1988
Intended as a response to the call for reform of education in the United States, this volume presents theories and practical examples school personnel can use in order to bring about change in reading programs. The articles and their authors are as follows: (1) "Characteristics of Exemplary Reading Programs" (S. Jay Samuels); (2)…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Content Area Reading, Corrective Reading, Curriculum Development
Francis, David J.; Rivera, Mabel; Lesaux, Nonie; Kieffer, Michael; Rivera, Hector – Center on Instruction, 2006
The fundamental principles underlying the "No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001" focus on high standards of learning and instruction with the goal of increasing academic achievement--reading and math in particular--within all identified subgroups in the K-12 population. One of these subgroups is the growing population of English…
Descriptors: Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement