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Reading for Understanding
Toward an R&D Program in Reading Comprehension
In fall 1999, the Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) asked RAND to examine how OERI might improve the quality and relevance of the education research it funds. The RAND Reading Study Group (RRSG) was charged with developing a research framework to address the most pressing issues in literacy. RRSG focused on reading comprehension wherein the highest priorities for research are: (1)Instruction<How can we best promote the development of proficient reading and prevent reading comprehension difficulties? (2) Teacher preparation and professional development<How can we prepare teachers to deliver effective comprehension instruction? (3) Assessment<How can we develop an assessment system for reading comprehension that includes the design of valid and reliable measures of self-regulated, strategic reading that are sensitive to instructional interventions? RRSG concluded that the research infrastructure must: (a) obtain long-term funding that is sustained across administrations and political constituencies; (b) acquire intellectual leadership that endures over a substantial time frame and is insulated from political forces; (c) synthesize knowledge across the various research initiatives in systematic ways; (d) enlist a cadre of well-trained investigators; and, (e)fund research that is rigorous and of high quality.
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Contents
Preface PDF
Figures PDF
Tables PDF
Executive Summary PDF
Acknowledgments PDF
RAND Reading Study Group and RAND Staff PDF
Chapter 1:
Introduction PDF
Chapter 2:
Defining Comprehension PDF
Chapter 3:
Variability in Reading Comprehension PDF
Chapter 4:
A Research Agenda for Improving Reading Comprehension PDF
Chapter 5:
Strategies for Developing a Research Program on Reading Comprehension PDF
Afterword PDF
Appendix A:
An Expanded Review of the Research on Variability in Reading Comprehension PDF
Appendix B:
Outline of a Sample Request for Application PDF
References PDF
Biographical Sketches PDF
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