http://www.netvouz.com/jgordon/tag/gap?feed=rss jgordon's bookmarks tagged "gap" on Netvouz http://www.scoe.org/aiming_high/docs/AH_kinsella2.pdf This is an article by Kate Kinsella in Aiming High: Aspirando a Lo Mejor a publication in California commited to closing the achievement gap. The article focuses on strategies for teaching vocabulary to ELLs. Literacy > Vocabulary jgordon Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:35:47 GMT http://scienceideas.org/learning-literacy.html This article discusses the negative effects of over-emphasis on preparation for reading tests. "... allocating increased instructional time to prepare students for non-content-oriented reading tests effectively withholds opportunities for meaningful content learning for school-dependent children across grades 3-8. In turn, the resulting lack of curricular preparation of such students for high school content courses is likely a major contributor to the magnification of the “black-white” test gap from elementary to the secondary levels." Literacy > Research jgordon Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:29:37 GMT