Addressing the “Crisis” in Adolescent Literacy



Addressingthe"Crisis"inAdolescentLiteracy

TerrySalinger

AmericanInstitutesforResearch

ThispaperwaspreparedfortheU.S.DepartmentofEducation(ED),Officeof ElementaryandSecondaryEducation,SmallerLearningCommunitiesProgramunder ContractNumberED-07-CO-0106withEDJAssociates,Inc.inHerndon,VA.Theviews expressedinthispublicationdonotnecessarilyrepresentthepositionsorpoliciesofED, nordoreferencestotradenames,commercialproducts,services,ororganizationsimply endorsementbytheU.ernment.

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Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 1 SomeReasonsWhyManyStudentsStruggleasAdolescents............................................................ 1 TheDevelopmentalContinuumFromEarlyReadingOnward ........................................................... 3 InsufficientGuidanceFromStateStandards ....................................................................................... 4 ReadingforMeaningandLearning ...................................................................................................... 5 OutcomesofLowLiteracyforStudentsinSecondarySchools .......................................................... 7 PlanningtoMeettheAdolescentLiteracyCrisis................................................................................. 9 Conclusion............................................................................................................................................ 15 References ........................................................................................................................................... 16

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