Raising reading achievement in middle and high schools
Subtitle: five simple-to-follow strategies
By: Elaine K. McEwan.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Corwin Press, a Sage Pub. Co.; Corwin Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9781412924344; 9781412924351
Subjects: Reading (Secondary); Reading (Middle school); Middle school principals; High school principals
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-195) and index.
Table of contents: title: The goals of this book; title: Who this book is for; title: What this book is not; title: Overview of the contents; title: A new feature; title: The challenge; title: Acknowledgements; title: About the author; title: Reading achievement : where do we stand?; title: Raising achievement expectations; title: The state of reading achievement in the nation; title: The response of educators; title: The state of reading achievement in the States; title: Roadblocks to raising achievement in middle and high schools; title: The responsibility of school leaders; title: Reflection and discussion questions; title: Focus on changing what you can change; title: Change the educational paradigm; title: Change how goals are set; title: Change how teachers teach; title: Change the curriculum and how it is chosen; title: Change the alignment of the curriculum; title: Change the amount of time allocated to reading instruction; title: Change where strategic reading instruction is provided; title: Change how learning is assessed; title: Change expectations for students; title: Change how professional development is provided; title: Reflection and discussion questions; title: Teach the students who can't read how to read; title: How children learn to read : a short lesson; title: Failing to learn; title: Programs to remediate struggling secondary students; title: Find the students in special education who can't read and teach them to read; title: Reflection and discussion questions; title: Teach every student how to read to learn; title: Reading to learn and cognitive strategies; title: The strategic teacher; title: How to teach cognitive strategies; title: Reciprocal teaching; title: Transactional strategies instruction; title: Reading to learn and vocabulary development; title: Reading to learn and knowledge acquisition; title: How we can engage more students in reading to learn; title: Cognitive strategy instruction at alief hastings high school; title: Reflection and discussion questions; title: Motivate every student to read in the zone; title: The value of reading a lot; title: Reading in "the zone"; title: The importance of reading challenging fiction and nonfiction; title: The importance of accountability; title: Portfolios; title: Reading journals; title: Book reviews; title: Essays; title: Personal anthologies; title: Every-pupil response activities; title: Motivating students to read a lot; title: Engaging students in reading; title: The right kind of teachers; title: Skills to read with confidence and success; title: The right kind of books; title: Opportunities for directed and focused silent reading during the school day; title: The promotion of books by every teacher; title: Superior library/media services; title: Reflection and discussion questions; title: Create a reading culture in your school; title: Pay attention to the basic beliefs and core values of stakeholders; title: Determine what needs to be changed; title: Identify the roadblocks to change; title: Hire a strong (assertive) instructional leader; title: What does it take to be an assertive leader?; title: Assess the principal's instructional leadership; title: Hold everyone accountable; title: Make a plan; title: Don't forget the parents and kids; title: Assess for learning; title: Apply academic press and be instructionally tenacious; title: Getting the job done at Griffin middle school; title: Reflection and discussion questions; title: Resource A.: Assessment tools; title: Resource A.1: Pre-reading assessment form; title: Resource A. 2: Pre-reading assessment key; title: Resource A. 3: Post-reading assessment form; title: Resource A. 4: post-reading assessment key; title: Resource B.: Programs for learning to read in secondary school; title: Benchmark program; title: Corrective reading; title: Higher order thinking skills (hots); title: Language!?; title: Lindamood-Bell learning processes; title: Reading is fame; title: Reasoning and writing; title: Rewards (reading excellence: word attack and rate development strategies); title: The Spalding method; title: Spelling through morphographs; title: Resource C.: Creating a strong reading culture : a process exercise.