Reading Programs Bear Similarities Across the States
Researchers and policymakers may be continuing to debate solutions to the nation's reading woes, but many struggling schools appear to have reached a consensus on the subject, even if not by choice.
As President Bush's flagship reading initiative hits full stride, it is yielding a more uniform approach to teaching the essential skill to children deemed at risk of failing the subject. Those schools receiving their share of the $900 million Reading First measure have turned to many of the same core reading programs, assessments, professional-development materials, and consultants—a situation some prominent scholars lament.
"There are similarities from coast to coast," said Richard A. Allington, the author of Big Brother and the National Reading Curriculum: How Ideology Trumped Evidence . "This is...
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