Excerpts from 

Struggling Adolescent Readers. Children who emerge from third grade still struggling with reading may fall further behind in each successive grade unless they receive an appropriate reading intervention. Other children may also find themselves increasingly marginalized when content mastery requires more sophisticated reading skills than those emphasized in the early grades. Fortunately, research provides a firm foundation to assist teachers as they work with students to improve foundational skills and expand their ability to read more challenging text.

Principles and Programs for Teaching Struggling Adolescent Readers, by Donald D. Deshler, Annemarie Sullivan Palinscar, Gina Biancarosa, and Marnie Nair, represents the next step in addressing the specific need of adolescents who struggle with reading. The book, funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, is to be published by the International Reading Association in May 2007. Principles and Programs for Teaching Struggling Adolescent Readers serves as a reference guide to adolescent literacy/reading programs. Part I highlights central issues in adolescent literacy and outlines a decision-making process to clarify how to match programs to specific needs in schools or districts. The second part describes 48 currently available programs, with a matrix categorizing the according to features

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Keynote:

Don Deshler,Ph.D.

University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning

“Raising the Bar, Closing
the
Achievement Gap”

Training Sessions for Friday and Saturday include: Strategies for Enhancement of Content, Grades 3-12, and Self Advocacy for Students with Disabilities

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