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Leu, Donald J.; Forzani, Elena; Kennedy, Clint – Reading Teacher, 2015
A recent study in "Reading Research Quarterly" provided evidence that an online reading achievement gap, based on income inequality, exists that is separate and independent from the well-known achievement gap in offline reading. This column briefly reviews the evidence and provides an initial set of instructional suggestions that may be…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Achievement Gap, Electronic Learning, Reading Research
Neuman, Susan B.; Celano, Donna C. – American Educator, 2012
This article is excerpted from "Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance: Poverty, Literacy, and the Development of Information Capital" by Susan B. Neuman and Donna C. Celano. Based on 21 studies conducted over 10 years in two neighborhoods, it offers a new lens on the achievement gap--and the need for both school and community solutions. The…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Neighborhoods, Reading Research, Poverty