Readings for Course #2

(These can be located via a Google Search)

The following are some statistics on poverty that are worth noting (Child Trends Databank):

1. Moats, L. (1999). Teaching reading IS rocket science: What expert teachers of reading should know and be able to do. Washington, DC: American Federation of Teachers.
2. Moats, L. (2007). Whole language high jinks: How to tell when “scientifically-based reading instruction” isn’t. Baltimore, MD: Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.
3. National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities. (2005, June). Responsiveness to intervention  and learning disabilities.
4. Torgesen, J. K. (1998, Spring/Summer). Catch them before they fall: Identification and assessment to prevent reading failure in young children. American Educator, 32-39.
5. Wren, S. (2002). Ten myths of reading instruction. Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory.