Chall, Jeanne S. <br/><br/>
The Reading Crisis :  Why Poor Children Fall Behind. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (208 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Literacy and Language among Low-Income Children -- 2 The Children, Their Schools, and Their Families -- 3 Reading Development -- 4 Writting Development -- 5 Language Development -- 6 Interrelations among Reading, Writing, and Language -- 7 Classroom Instruction and Literacy Environments -- 8 Home Influences on Literacy and Language -- 9 Influenec on the Lower and Higher Grades -- 10 Where Do We Go from Here? -- Epilogue: Persistent Questions -- Appendix A Samples of Narrative Writing Representing Average Holistic Ratings and Production: Students' Handwriting -- Appendix B Samples of Expository Writing Representing Average Holistic Ratings and Production: Students' Handwriting -- References -- Index. 
<br/><br/> How severe is the literacy gap in our schools? In The Reading Crisis, the renowned reading specialist Jeanne Chall and her colleagues examine the causes of this disparity and suggest some remedies. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674029354 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Language arts (Elementary)-United States-Evaluation.<br/>Reading (Elementary)-United States-Evaluation.<br/>Underachievers-United States-Evaluation.<br/>Children with social disabilities-Education-United States-Evaluation.<br/>Literacy-United States-Evaluation.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB1576 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>372.6