Bridging the literacy achievement gap, grades 4-12 / edited by Dorothy S. Strickland and Donna Alvermann ; foreword by Ronald F. Ferguson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Strickland, Dorothy S.

Alvermann, Donna E.

Series:

Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.)

Language and literacy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts (Secondary)--United States.

Language arts (Secondary).

United States.

English language--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.

English language.

English language--Study and teaching (Secondary).

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Physical Description:

ix, 294 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2004]

Summary:

Despite efforts by educators and policymakers during the past several decades, certain groups of students -- primarily African American students, English language learners, and students from low-income homes -- continue to underperform on commonly used measures of academic achievement. Addressing critical issues related to pre-adolescent and adolescent literacy learners with a focus on closing the achievement gap, this valuable resource is essential reading for those involved in teaching and setting policy for literacy education in grades 4 through 12.

Contents:

pt. 1. Understanding the literacy achievement gap : learners and context

Reconceptualizing the literacy learning of Latino students / Robert T. Jiménez

Coming of age in working-poor America: lessons from ethnography and teaching / Deborah Hicks

Improving reading achievement in secondary schools: structures and reforms / Timothy Shanahan

Motivation for reading during the early adolescent and adolescent years / Allan Wigfield

African American students and literacy / Carol D. Lee

Improving literacy skills of at-risk adolescents: a schoolwide response / Donald D. Deshler, Jean B. Schumaker, and Susan K. Woodruff

pt. 2. Addressing the literacy achievement gap : promising practices

Strategies to accelerate reading success (STARS) in the middle grades / Christy J. Falba and Ralph E. Reynolds

Literacy as the key to academic success and educational reform / Fred Carrigg and Margaret Honey

Five years later: the outcomes of a schoolwide approach to increasing achievement in an urban high school / Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Douglas Williams

Improving literacy through professional development: success and sustainability in a middle school / Tamara L. Jetton and Janice A. Dole

Project CRISS: reading, writing, and learning in the content subjects / Carol M. Santa

Apprenticing urban youth to science literacy / Cynthia Greenleaf, Willard Brown, and Cindy Litman

Explaining explanations: developing scientific literacy in middle school project-based science reforms / Elizabeth Birr Moje ...[et al.]

The talent development literacy program for poorly prepared high school students / James McPartland, Robert Balfanz, and Alta Shaw

Sample activities for teachers: in classrooms, schools, and communities / Nora E. Hyland.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0807744875

0807744867

OCLC:

54103886