Professional+Reading

Research and commentary on why we do what we do...


 * Books**
 * //Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It// - Kelly Gallagher
 * //The Reading Zone: How to Help Kids Become Skilled, Passionate, Habitual, Critical Readers// - Nancie Atwell
 * //In the Middle: New Understandings About Writing, Reading, and Learning// - Nancie Atwell

> > . (great article that gives the historical context for why SSR is under such attack right now--the source of which is pretty alarming--and gives great ideas for enhancing pure SSR into more of a reading workshop approach) > > > > > >
 * Articles**
 * "How to Create Non Readers" - Alfie Kohn, from //English Journal// (2010)
 * "Reversing Readicide" - Kelly Gallagher, from //EdLeadership// (2010)
 * "Reading Comprehension: What Works" - Fielding & Pearson, from //EdLeadership// (1994)
 * "The Benefits of Sustained Silent Reading: Scientific Research and Common Sense Converge" - Garan & DeVoogd, from //The Reading Teacher// (2008)
 * "Meeting Readers Where They Are: Mapping the Intersection of Research and Practice" - Carol Gordon, from //School Library Journal// (2010)
 * "What At-Risk Readers Need" - Richard Allington, from //EdLeadership// (2011) - RTI and recommendations for our struggling middle-school readers
 * "More Smoke and Mirrors: A Critique of the National Reading Panel Report on Fluency" - Stephen Krashen, from //Phi Delta Kappan// (2001) - don't let anyone ever use the NRP Report as an argument against the effectiveness of SSR!
 * "Protecting Students Against the Effects of Poverty: Libraries" - Stephen Krashen, from New England Reading Association Journal (in press) - in defense of our schools, and what our low SES kids need: greater access to books.
 * "Is In-School Free Reading Good for Children? Why the National Reading Panel Report Is (Still) Wrong" - Stephen Krashen, from //Phi Delta Kappan// (2005)
 * "Beyond the Smoke and Mirrors: A Critique of the National Reading Panel Report on Phonics" - Elaine Garan, from //Phi Delta Kappan// (2001)
 * "Murder Your Darlings: A Scientific Response to //The Voice of Evidence in Reading Research//" - Elaine Garan, from //Phi Delta Kappan// (2005)
 * "A Skill for Life" - Steve Gardiner, for //Ed Leadership// (2005) - great perspective from a 30-year veteran teacher
 * "Sustained Silent Reading: What Could It Look Like in Your School?" - Anne Marie Moser, for //Indiana Libraries//


 * National Reports**
 * "To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequence" - Executive Summary of study done by National Endowment for the Arts (2007)
 * "Reading Between the Lines: What the ACT Reveals About College Readiness in Reading" - ACT (2006) - striking data on complex reading tasks and the ineffectiveness of using test data to shore up individual skills
 * "Writing to Read: Evidence for How Writing Can Improve Reading" - Steve Graham and Michael Hebert, for the Alliance for Excellent Education (2010)