The International Reading Association released its annual list of "hot" topics in literacy education. Conducted by Jack Cassidy and Stephanie Grote-Garcia, the 2013 survey polled 25 leading literacy scholars and researchers to find what's hot and what's not.
2013 LITERACY SURVEY
2013 LITERACY SURVEY
HOT:
- Common Core State Standards
- Comprehension
- Adolescent Literacy
- College and Career Readiness
- Informational/Nonfiction Texts
SHOULD BE HOT:
- English Learners/ESL
- Motivation/Engagement
- Struggling/Striving Readers (4th grade +)
- Vocabulary/Word Meaning
- Writing
SOMEWHAT HOT
- New Literacies/Digital Literacies
- Content Area Literacy
- Early Intervention (K-3)
- Political/Policy Influences on Literacy
- Response to Intervention
- Text Complexity
HOT BUT SHOULD NOT BE HOT:
- High-stakes Assessment
The experts agree; these two topics are
NOT HOT AND SHOULD NOT BE HOT:
- Phonics
- Phonemic Awareness
(Cassidy & Grote-Garcia, 2012) http://www.reading.org/general/Publications/blog/BlogSinglePost.aspx/reading-today-online/2012/09/14/2013-what-s-hot-what-s-not-literacy-survey-how-it-was-done
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