RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS
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READING LIST
BOOK LOVE FOUNDATION
UNH BOOK LIST
KENNETT HIGH SCHOOL BOOK LIST
TOOLS FOR TEACHERS & PARENTS
INDEPENDENT READING BY PENNY KITTLE
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Answers to Questions about Independent Reading
READING CONFERENCE BY PENNY KITTLE
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First Reading Conference with a Non-reader
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What If I haven't Read the Book?
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Boys and Reading
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Cooper - NCTE 2012
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Ben - NCTE 2012
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Sam - NCTE 2013
FOR PARENTS
RESEARCH AND REPORTS
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The Critical Story of the "Science of Reading" and Why Its Narrow Plotline Is Putting Our Children and Schools at Risk (2020) - Dorothy C. Suskind
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Learning to Choose: The Hidden Art of the Enthusiastic Reader (2014) - Margaret Mackey
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Adolescent Readers in Middle School (2013) - Sheena Hervey Generation Ready
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Adolescent Literacy: A Position Statement in International Reading Association (2012) - Adolescent Literacy Committees, Adolescent Literacy Task Force of the International Reading Association
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Federal Mandates on Local Education: Costs and Consequences - Yes, it's a Race, but is it in the Right Direction? (2012) - Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach, State University of New York at New Paltz
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Six Literacy Experiences Children Should Have Every Day (2012) - Educational Leadership: Richard Allington, Rachael Gabriel
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What Kids are Reading: The Book Reading Habits of Students in American Schools (2012) - Renaissance Learning, Inc.
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Do Students Today Read for Pleasure? (2011) - PISA in Focus
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The Fragile Success of School Reform in the Bronx (2011) - New York Times: Jonathan Mahler
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Publishers' Criteria for the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts and Literacy, Grades 3-12 (2011) - David Coleman and Susan Pimentel
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Writing to Read: Evidence for How Writing Can Improve Reading (2010) - Carnegie Corporation of New York Report: Steve Graham, Michael Hebert
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81 Generalizations About Free Voluntary Reading (2009) - Stephen Krashen
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The Bracey Report on the Condition of Public Education (2009) - EPIC University of Colorado at Boulder, EPRU Arizona State University
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How the Accelerated Reader Program Can Become Counterproductive for High School Students (2008) - Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy: Gail Thompson, Marga Madhuri, Deborah Taylor
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A Farewell to Arms: Deemphasizing the Whole-Class Novel (2007) - Douglas Fisher and Gay Ivey
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To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequences (2007) - National Endowment for the Arts
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Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High Schools (2007) - Carnegie Corporation of New York Report: Steve Graham, Dolores Perin
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Reading for Pleasure: A Research Overview (2006) - National Literacy Trust: Christina Clark, Kate Rumbold
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What I've Learned About Effective Reading Instruction (2002) - Richard Allington
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Growth in Reading and How Children Spend Their Time Outside of School (1988) - Reading Research Quarterly: Richard C. Anderson, Paul T. Wilson, Linda G. Fielding
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Why Can't I Skip 20 Minutes of Reading Tonight? (1987) - Nagy & Herman
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Addressing Detroit's Basic Skills Crisis - The Detroit Regional Workforce Fund Report
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Adolescents' Engagement in Academic Literacy - University of Maryland: John T. Guthrie, Allan Wigfield, Susan Lutz Klauda
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Collegiate Learning Assessment
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Teachers are the Center of Education: Writing, Learning and Leading in the Digital Age - The College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, Phi Delta Kappa International and The National Writing Project