{"id":116,"date":"2008-10-27T08:43:14","date_gmt":"2008-10-27T13:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=116"},"modified":"2017-01-09T16:21:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T20:21:58","slug":"no-offense-but-it-is-alarming-that-many-children-are-not-learning-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/no-offense-but-it-is-alarming-that-many-children-are-not-learning-to-read\/","title":{"rendered":"No Offense: But Isn&#8217;t It Alarming That So Many Children Are Not Learning to Read?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"No%20Offense%3A%20But%20Isn%27t%20It%20Alarming%20That%20So%20Many%20Children%20Are%20Not%20Learning%20to%20Read%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>It appears I&#8217;ve offended some teachers by the post and comments on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=8\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cFifth grader is reading at 2.7 grade level. Should he be tested for Special Ed?\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-20488\" style=\"margin-right: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/boy.frustrated.small_-150x150.jpg\" width=\"306\" height=\"306\" \/>Before describing the purpose of that article, I have a question for you: If your child was in 5th grade and reading on the 2.7 grade level, wouldn\u2019t you be alarmed?<\/p>\n<p>Wouldn\u2019t you want a research based reading program that has a proven record of success before your child falls even further behind?<\/p>\n<p>To clarify, that article is a critique of teacher education programs, not an attack on teachers.<\/p>\n<p>When writing articles, we use research by respected organizations, including the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aft.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">American Federation of Teachers<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nctq.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The National Council on Teacher Quality<\/span><\/a>. We recommend publications from these organizations to those who are interested in reading instruction and teacher preparation. Here are some excellent publications and reports on teacher preparation and reading:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readingrockets.org\/articles\/researchbytopic\/4978\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Teaching Reading IS Rocket Science, What Expert Teachers Should Know and Be Able to Do<\/span><\/a> by Louisa Moats, published by the American Federation of Teachers.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.readingrockets.org\/articles\/researchbytopic\/4978\">http:\/\/www.readingrockets.org\/articles\/researchbytopic\/4978<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nctq.org\/p\/publications\/docs\/Teacher_Education_fwd_20080316034429.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Teacher Education: Coming up Empty<\/span><\/a> &#8211; Describes a study in which leading teacher educators admit that there\u2019s little evidence to prove the effectiveness of teacher ed programs. <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nctq.org\/p\/publications\/docs\/Teacher_Education_fwd_20080316034429.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.nctq.org\/p\/publications\/docs\/Teacher_Education_fwd_20080316034429.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\" http:\/\/www.nctq.org\/p\/publications\/docs\/nctq_reading_study_app_20071202065019.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">What Education Schools Aren&#8217;t Teaching about Reading and What Elementary Teachers Aren&#8217;t Learning http:\/\/www.nctq.org\/p\/publications\/docs\/nctq_reading_study_app_20071202065019.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The National Council on Teacher Quality examined what aspiring teachers learn about reading instruction in college. NCTQ analyzed a representative sample of reading courses to assess the degree to which students are taught <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nclb\/4defs.reading.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">the five essential components of effective reading instruction (https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nclb\/4defs.reading.htm<\/span><\/a>): phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nctq.org\/teacherPrep\/2016\/home.do\">Raising the Bar on Teacher Prep<\/a><\/span>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0National Center on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) aims to strengthen teacher education by rating programs on standards that measure key elements of teacher preparation program design and were developed in consultation with a broad range of experts.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nctq.org\/teacherPrep\/2016\/home.do\">http:\/\/www.nctq.org\/teacherPrep\/2016\/home.do<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nctq.org\/dmsView\/UE_2016_Reading_Findings\">A Closer Look at Early Reading: Key Findings<\/a><\/span>. \u00a0Teaching children how to read is \u201cjob one\u201d for elementary teachers because reading proficiency underpins all later learning. Unfortunately, 30 percent of all children do not become capable readers.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nctq.org\/dmsView\/UE_2016_Reading_Findings\">http:\/\/www.nctq.org\/dmsView\/UE_2016_Reading_Findings<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nctq.org\/dmsStage\/2015_State_Teacher_Policy_Yearbook_National_Summary_NCTQ_Report\">2015 State Teacher Policy Yearbook<\/a><\/span>\u00a0summarizes how the states are doing in developing policies that improve the teaching profession. The Yearbook describes teacher quality and preparation <strong>by state<\/strong>. <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nctq.org\/statePolicy\/2015\/statePolicyNationalSummary.do\">State by State Summar<\/a>y<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nctq.org\/dmsStage\/Teacher_Prep_Review_2014_Report\">Teacher Prep Review for 2014<\/a><\/span> uncovered early evidence that teacher prep programs are beginning to make changes.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nctq.org\/dmsStage\/Teacher_Prep_Review_2014_Report\">http:\/\/www.nctq.org\/dmsStage\/Teacher_Prep_Review_2014_Report<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Among their findings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reading proficiency underpins all later learning. Unfortunately, about 30 percent of all children do not become capable readers.<\/li>\n<li>Two in five (39 percent) of the 820 undergraduate elementary ed programs evaluated provide instruction in all five essential components of early reading instruction.<\/li>\n<li>Most programs\u2019 course designs include comprehension (75 percent), and two-thirds include vocabulary (64 percent) and phonics (62 percent). Only about half include fluency (48 percent) and phonemic awareness (46 percent)<\/li>\n<li>Quality of Most Reading Textbooks is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Poor, Inaccurate and Misleading<\/span><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Conclusion<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Given the strength of the scientific research in reading instruction, there is genuine cause for concern \u2026 we will not be surprised to find that it took several decades for the science of reading to be absorbed into thinking and practice \u2026 [that means ] yet another generation of children have been deprived of the benefits of the science.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears I&#8217;ve offended some teachers by the post and comments on \u201cFifth grader is reading at 2.7 grade level. 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