Reading Instruction 1997, 1997

Resource document, "Teacher Tasks, Knowledge, and Abilities (TKAs) Important for the Combined Delivery of a Balanced, Comprehensive Reading Curriculum to All Speakers, Including English Language Learners, Speakers of Non-Mainstream English, and Students with Special Needs, And Important for Newly Credentialed Teachers," based on a job analysis of the teaching of reading in California classrooms (K-8) by Educational Testing Service, adopted by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, July 1997; Public Policy Institute publication, "Separate and Unequal: The Reading Gap in New York's Elementary Schools," March 1998, with critiques, cover letter from Business Council; materials from Texas Reading Initiative; "Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children," Report of the Committee on the Prevention of Reading Difficulties in Young Children, created by the National Academy of Sciences for the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, 1998; March 25, 1998; related articles and materials