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Big brother and the national reading curriculum : how ideology trumped evidence / Richard L. Allington, author/editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reading--United States.
- Reading.
- United States.
- National Reading Panel (U.S.).
- Physical Description:
- viii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2002]
- Summary:
- In this timely and important book, nationally-recognized reading researcher Richard Allington tracks and questions the 30-year campaign that has focused on testing, accountability, and federalization of education.
- Contents:
- Troubling times : a short historical perspective / Richard L. Allington
- The National Reading Panel report : a review / James W. Cunningham
- Why the National Reading Panel's recommendations are not enough / Michael Pressley ... [et al.]
- Beyond the smoke and mirrors / Elaine M. Garan
- More smoke and mirrors / Stephen Krashen
- Babes in the woods / Joanne Yatvin
- Can teachers and policy makers learn to talk to one another? / Cathy A. Toll
- The politics of phonics / Frances R.A. Paterson
- Decodable text in beginning reading / Richard L. Allington ; Haley Woodside-Jiron
- Explicit and systematic teaching of reading : a new slogan? / Brian Cambourne
- The will of the people / Jacqueline Edmondson ; Patrick Shannon
- Accelerating in the wrong direction / Richard L. Allington
- Why we don't need a national reading methodology / Richard L. Allington.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0325005133
- OCLC:
- 50042672
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