Richard L. Allington
US students rank 15th in reading--dead last--of all the English-speaking nations on the list provided by Allington (U. of Tennessee, Knoxville). In this text for potential researchers, he focuses on what the US needs to learn if it is to have half a chance at meeting the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. He describes the characteristic
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What Really Matters for Struggling Readers: Designing Research-Based Programs