Who decides what "on grade level" actually means? What is the measurement that determines whether or not a child is "on grade level"?
Renee On May 23, 2007, at 4:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 5/22/2007 8:07:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I've been teaching a pretty long time. It seems curious to me that in >> the early 90s, nobody "practiced fluency" and nobody tested it >> either, >> yet we managed to have children learn to read, talk about what they >> had >> read, write book reports and essays about books they had read, etc. > > > > Just to continue this thread. We need to look at the date. Children > have > not been making strong literacy gains since the 1950s. The research > is there > and clearly shows this. The amount of children in this country that > are > illiterate is staggering. The number of children who do not read on > grade level > by the end of 4th grade is also shocking. We can't say that in the > 90s > children learned to read better with the methods we were using. That > may be true > in one small portion of the population, but not for the entire > country. I > agree that we should not throw out the baby with the bath water which > many > times we do in education. What all the research proves matters MOST > to children > is the TEACHER they have NOT the program or method. What works for > all > children is having a teacher that knows what they need and is able to > deliver the > instruction using whatever method works for that child. > > Laura > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > All great literature, ancient and modern, is a bridge connecting one human being to another, one spirit to another. The quality of our life is determined by how many of those bridges we can cross. - Daisaku Ideda _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
