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This 28-page booklet, available online or as a printable PDF, is produced by The National Academies Press. It is based on the report Improving Adult Literacy Instruction: Options for Practice and Research, created by a committee of experts convened by the National Research Council at the request of…
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This 35-page booklet, available online or as a printable PDF, is produced by The National Academies Press. It is based on the report Improving Adult Literacy Instruction: Options for Practice and Research, created by a committee of experts convened by the National Research Council at the request of…
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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 as word recognition, vocabulary, and spelling, to large-scale measures of literacy" using "real-world items such as advertisements, bus schedules,…
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STudent Achievement in Reading (STAR) began as a six-state pilot project that was designed "to improve classroom instruction through the use of a toolkit that translates reading research into practice, as well as systematic training and technical assistance."This document "highlights key findings…
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"This report is the product of ... a panel of experts ... convened ... to identify and evaluate existing research in adult reading instruction and to provide a summary of scientifically based findings." (excerpt from the Preface, p. 6)
The Executive Summary (pp. 7–9) may prove especially useful, as…
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Use these rubrics to analyze informational or literary texts for their qualitative level of complexity. Combine with quantitative measures of readability to select the appropriate text for students.
These rubrics are adapted from Standards-in-Action work around the College and Career Readiness…
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Though Massachusetts now uses the CCR Standards in place of the Massachusetts ABE Curriculum Frameworks, the "Revised Reading Strand" (2010) of the Frameworks is still a good resource for implementing CCR Standards.Included here are the entire revised Reading Strand (see below), and a few excerpts…
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This video shows how to administer the Diagnostic Assessment of Reading (DAR) to a potential STAR student to determine the appropriate level of instruction for alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Anna Fernandez-Buehrens is the DAR administrator and Rosemarie Cole is the student at…
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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 student is eligible for the STAR class and also to determine the appropriate instructional level for alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary, and…
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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 Learning Program. Joan demonstrates on how to teach comprehension using the summarizing strategy, Topic and Main point.
Joan uses explicit instruction by…
