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Literacy as Access: Reviewing the Data, Investigating the Skills, Knowledge and Dispositions and Providing Evidence-Based Professional Development to Serve African American Learners More Effectively
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Houck, Bonnie; Lafon, Norann; McQuillan, Billie; Shefveland, Diane; Watson, Dwight C. – AILACTE Journal, 2009
A study group from the Quality Teacher Network in Reading (QTN/R) reviewed the achievement gap data between Black and White fourth-grade readers in Minnesota. From the results of the review, the study group developed a professional development series. The investigation helped the study group determine from a professional development standpoint how…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Literacy, Professional Development, Grade 4