The purpose of this study, as described in the Executive Summary (p. ix), was to "understand the relationship of the component skills of reading, such...

STudent Achievement in Reading (STAR) began as a six-state pilot project that was designed "to improve classroom instruction through the use of a...

"This report is the product of ... a panel of experts ... convened ... to identify and evaluate existing research in adult reading instruction and to...

Use these rubrics to analyze informational or literary texts for their qualitative level of complexity. Combine with quantitative measures of...

Though Massachusetts now uses the CCR Standards in place of the Massachusetts ABE Curriculum Frameworks, the "Revised Reading Strand" (2010) of the...

This video shows how to administer the Diagnostic Assessment of Reading (DAR) to a potential STAR student to determine the appropriate level of...

This video shows how to administer the Diagnostic Assessment of Reading (DAR) to a non-native English speaking student in order to determine if this...

In this video, Joan Schottenfeld is the teacher and she is joined by her students from the Boston Centers for Youth and Families/Perkins Adult...

The STAR Vocabulary Lesson video demonstrates on how to teach vocabulary to a STAR class using explicit instruction. Joan Schottenfeld is the teacher...

SETTING DIRECTIONS This CCR Standards-aligned unit with three accompanying lessons was created for ABE students at GLE 0 – 3.9. You may use and adapt...