"Houghton Mifflin Reading," was denied a What Works Clearinghouse effectiveness rating due to insufficient evidence of its effect on children's learning, per a report recently released by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences...
It seems the Clearinghouse had trouble giving an effective rating to what is currently available. The article did mention there were a handful of programs that were determined to have a positive effect on student learning. However, they did not mention what they were. I tried to download the report, but it hasn't loaded after 10 minutes. It is on Adobe. It might be rather LARGE, or my computer is not cooperating right now. Once again, I believe we end up with what we have because of giant publishing companies that bully their way, or should I say buy their way onto the approved list. Jan We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit. -Robert Shaffer Excerpts from the article: The HM textbook is the latest of several widely used early reading series that failed to meet the rigorous review standards of the online clearinghouse, which evaluates data on educational programs and practices. Last month, reports by the clearinghouse on Open Court Reading and Reading Mastery, as well as Breakthrough to Literacy-all products of the New York City-based McGraw-Hill Cos.-contended that no studies that met the clearinghouse's rigorous review requirements. The latest review looked at nine studies of Houghton Mifflin Reading between 1985 and 2007. The text is one of just two approved for use in California elementary schools, and is used across the country. The report is part of a series of reviews on beginning reading programs that the clearinghouse began releasing last year. Only a handful of the dozens of programs the clearinghouse studied were determined to have any positive effects on student learning. Those results have led many reading research experts to question the usefulness of the reviews. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kristin Mitchell<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 1:38 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] (Mosaic) H & M Timely... http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/09/17/04report-b1.h28.html?tmp=1153012894<http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/09/17/04report-b1.h28.html?tmp=1153012894> Kristin Mitchell/4th/CO "Be the change you want to see in the world" -Ghandi _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org<http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org>. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive<http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive>. _______________________________________________ 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.
