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Christie, Kathy; Rose, Stephanie – Education Commission of the States (NJ3), 2012
Reading words and developing larger vocabularies are critical parts of reading proficiency, but these checkpoints do not have significance until young students grasp the meaning behind words. While teachers and the school culture can improve early reading proficiency, legislatures and state education agencies can support such efforts by…
Descriptors: Early Reading, State Policy, Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension
Christie, Kathy – Phi Delta Kappan, 2004
Plenty of state policies have been noteworthy in 2004, but one that had major impact went into effect in Illinois, where the governance of education was significantly restructured. S.B. 3000 (the Education Reform and Accountability Act of 2004) gives the governor greater influence over education through his or her control of the state board of…
Descriptors: Governance, Accountability, Educational Policy, State Government