Although it may be true that the learning
of new words is facilitated by some con-
texts, it is not true that every context is an
appropriate or effective instructional
means for vocabulary development.
Advancing Our Students’ Language and Literacy by Marilyn Jager Adams
If I were writing the headline for the next newspaper story on the SATs, here’s what you’d see: “Seniors and Their SAT Scores Sabotaged by Low-Level Textbooks.” The literacy level of our secondary students is languishing because the kids are not reading what they need to be reading.
