Their right........
our responsibility
Students who are performing below grade level will only close the gap with their classmates if they learn FASTER than other students.
More Instruction
Efficient Instruction
More Practice
Carolyn A. Denton, 2007
Word knowledge is the BEST predictor of reading comprehension. First grade vocabulary predicts 11th grade reading comprehension.
Cunningham & Stanovich, 1997
Teaching reading IS rocket science--and experts aren’t made overnight.
Louisa Moats, 2008
Student do NOT outgrow reading difficulties
There is an 88% probability of being a good reader in 4th grade if a student has letter/sound knowledge at the end of 1st grade.
There is an 87% probability of being a poor reader in 4th grade if a student does not have letter/sound knowledge at the end of 1st grade.
R. Malatesha Joshi
Texas A&M
If we are to increase children’s ability to profit from education, we will have to enrich their oral language development during the early years of schooling.
Biemiller, American Educator, Spring 2003
Nearly half of incoming freshman cannot read their textbooks fluently.
Carnegie Corporation 2002
