Language Magazine – Laura Axtell
“Secondary teachers are at a disadvantage when it comes to reading instruction. So much of the focus beyond fourth grade is on meeting English language arts (ELA) standards, particularly comprehension, that preservice middle and high school teachers often receive very little information about identifying and remediating reading difficulties. Even after decades of low reading scores in fourth and eighth grades, teachers often assume that students will come to their classrooms with the reading skills to independently access grade-level content in textbooks, novels, and online articles.” (more)