Thursday, April 28, 2011

Literacy coaches improve student reading scores

An innovative study of 17 schools across the country suggests that putting literacy coaches in schools can help boost students’ reading skills by as much as 32 percent over three years.
The study, headed by researchers at Stanford University, focused on the Literacy Collaborative, a program that trains teachers to become literacy coaches. The teacher-coaches then work one-on-one with their colleagues on a half-time basis to spread a set of teaching routines drawn from principles of cognitive science.( from Debra Viadero at Education Week)

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