The 90% Reading Goal - Softcover

Fielding, Lynn; Kerr, Nancy; Rosier, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0966687507 ISBN 13: 9780966687507

Publisher: The New Foundation Press, 1998

Synopsis

This book explains to those who govern schools how to establish the policies, tests, staff training, and resource allocation to assure that 90% of third graders read at or above grade level. It shares what one school district has done and continues to do to have students reading early and well.

About this title

About the Author:

Lynn Fielding, LL.M/CPA, is in his 14th year on the Kennewick, WA. school board, and has held numerous state-level leadership positions. Nancy Kerr, a former teacher, is founder and president of the National Children's Reading Foundation. Paul Rosier, Ed.D, is superintendent of Kennewick School District. His doctoral dissertation focused on initial reading strategies with Navajo students.

Review:

If all books are treasures, one just published [90% Reading Goal] may very well be the master key. -- "Must Reading", Tri-City Herald, WA., April 4, 1999

Rosier and co-authors Fielding and Kerr identify and describe the seven attributes an effective reading program. -- The School Administrator Magazine, January 2002, page 22

The Kennewick Experiement is proving that amazing progress is possible, even in poorer communities. -- "The great urgency of early literacy", The Tampa Tribune, FL, July 24, 2000

About this edition

• Publisher: The New Foundation Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0966687507
• ISBN 13: 9780966687507
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 198