An Investigation and Selective Assessment of Secondary School Reading Programs in Illinois

In recent years, the well-publicized decline in standardized test scores and cases such as Peter Doe vs. the San Francisco Unified School District (Harper and Killarr, 1977) have spawned an outburst of public criticism directed at the public schools. Reading instruction and students' reading abilities are at the center of the controversy. But a question crucial to understanding the situation and correcting it if necessary has been ignored: What is the nature of the reading programs currently operating in the secondary schools, and how widely available is organized instruction at the secondary level? Hill (1971) noted "we know very little more about secondary school reading instruction and program operations in 1970 than we did one or two decades ago..." (p.28). Hill goes on to stress the need for detailed surveys and carefully reported results.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Dixon, Karen Marcavage

• Education, Reading

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8108490

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oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/65985