Reading Education: How much is enough?
In general, the conclusions regarding research about current student's reading education are that students do not read enough, either in class or on their own. But given this accepted truism, that students are not reading up to standard, the second question is what must teachers do inside the classrooms to ensure that students are reading adequate amounts of literature. Also, does mere volume ensure that students are meeting grade-level reading proficiency standards?
In the second chapter of his text, What Really Matters for Struggling Readers: Designing Research-Based Programs Richard Allington emphasizes the need for more in-school reading, noting evidence indicating that increased reading volume raises the level of reading proficiency (Allington, p.24). There is a strong correlation between later academic excellence and sheer reading volume, he states. "The classic study was conducted by Anderson, Wilson and Fielding (1988). In this study, fifth-grade students kept reading logs documenting their out-of-school reading. Again, the findings illustrated the enormous differences in volume of reading between higher- and lower-achieving students." (Quoted from by Richard L. Allington, p. 26) Even students who were not necessarily quality readers still...
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