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List of contents
Introduction. Chapter 1: Organizing Teams and Gathering the Data. Chapter 2: Literacy Leadership Team Meeting #1. Chapter 3: Evaluating Foundational Skills. Chapter 4: Evaluating Comprehension Grades K-3. Chapter 5: Evaluating Comprehension Grades 4-12. Chapter 6: Evaluating Vocabulary Grades K-12. Chapter 7: Evaluating Writing Grades K-12. Chapter 8: Evaluating Classroom Libraries and Independent Reading. Chapter 9: Literacy Leadership Meeting #2: Concluding the Evaluation and Making Recommendations. Chapter 10: Literacy Leadership Meeting #3: Evaluating New Literacy Program or Materials. Chapter 11: Pilot-Testing Recommendations. Chapter 12: Implementing a New Literacy Program: Professional Learning and Coaching. Appendix A: Pre-Evaluation Forms. Appendix B: Survey and Tools. Appendix C: Composite Score Sheet. Appendix D: Post Evaluation Forms.
About the author
Colleen Pennell is an assistant professor at Carroll University in Wisconsin. She was previously a K–12 reading specialist and elementary teacher in Wisconsin and the Southwest.
Summary
As your school district undertakes the process of evaluating its K-12 reading program, literacy curriculum, or literacy instructional practices, this step-by-step guide will be your go-to resource.
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"Pennell offers a straightforward process—informed by research—that leads school districts or reading specialists through a literacy curriculum audit and review of instructional practices. This book is invaluable for leaders wanting to improve literacy achievement for all children."
--JoAnne Schudt Caldwell, Professor Emerita, Cardinal Stritch University, USA
