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.
Paved for Success: Building Vocabulary and Language Development in Young Learners, Chapter 1 [PDF] by Claire E. Hamilton and Paula J. Schwanenflugel
This book is a guide for building a strong foundation for reading during the early childhood years. We have collaborated with classroom teachers to design clear, realistic, practical, and successful strategies that work in real classrooms with real teachers and real students.
The Development of Sight Vocabulary by Kimberly Anderson and Donna Scanlon
A critical question in early literacy instruction is how individuals transition from having little or no ability to read words to having the vast sight vocabulary that characterizes proficient readers.