Improving Reading And Literacy In Grades 15 A Resource Guide To Researchbased Programs Edward P St John by Edward P. St. John, Siri Ann Loescher, Jeffrey S. Bardzell 9781483360881, 9781483363073, 1483360881, 1483363074 instant download after payment.

"The analysis of programs presented is extremely thorough and complete. The comparisons are easy to follow due to the use of the same logical framework for each program."
Karen L. Tichy, Associate Superintendent for Instruction
Archdiocese of St. Louis
Improve reading outcomes by using research and evidence-based instructional methods!
Early reading and literacy have become the focus of policymakers, with a renewed emphasis on the early grades. In this essential new resource, authors and educational specialists Edward P. St. John, Siri Ann Loescher, and Jeffrey S. Bardzell provide a unique guide to today's most important and most effective research-based reading programs. The book's in-depth coverage analyzes and compares features, frameworks, tools, methods, outcomes, and reform components for 17 major reading programs:
    Early Intervention in Reading
    Early Steps
    Reading Recovery
    First Steps
    Four Blocks
    Literacy Collaborative
    Waterford Early Reading Program
    Readers' and Writers' Workshops
    Teacher Inquiry
    Accelerated Schools Project
    ATLAS Communities
    Modern Red Schoolhouse
    Yale School Development Program
    America's Choice
    Different Ways of Knowing
    Lightspan Achieve Now
    Success for All
Improving Reading and Literacy in Grades 1-5 offers a balanced approach by the authors and can be used by elementary school principals, district curriculum directors, and all reading specialists charged with aligning their reading and literacy instruction with new federal requirements and best instructional practices.