This report from the nonprofit Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) urges states to develop comprehensive adolescent literacy policies that establish improvement in middle grades and high school reading and writing as the most immediate critical priority for public schools.
The SREB calls for states to:
- Identify the specific reading skills students need to improve their achievement in key academic subjects.
- Change the curricula to include the reading skills identified as crucial for students in each subject.
- Help teachers share subject-specific reading strategies with students.
- Assist struggling readers so that those who are behind can catch up before they become likely high school dropouts.
- Call for state education agencies to work with local school systems to make sure these changes begin to take place and that every educator knows higher reading skills are the top priority in public education.
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