Re: oops

["PRISCILLA GUTIERREZ" <pgutpgut@msn.com>]

I'm not sure where in the op ed you get the sense we are trying to re-start 
the reading wars.
Whichever way you look at DIBELS, it's an invalid indicator of reading 
skills.  And scripted programs cannot provide instruction that promotes 
deep, critical literacy skills.



Priscilla Gutierrez
Outreach Specialist
New Mexico School for the Deaf

....change is inevitable, growth is optional...





> From: ABurke5054@aol.com
> Reply-To: arn-l@interversity.org
> To: arn-l@interversity.org
> Subject: Re: [arn-l] oops
> Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 11:05:16 EDT
>
>
> Restarting the Reading Wars because of DOE mismanagement of RF is an
> exercise in silliness, not to mention a disservice to children and to the
> profession.  Accomplishes nothing.
>
> Art
>
> In a message dated 10/5/2006 6:47:27 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> pgutpgut@msn.com writes:
>
> ,,,the  Reading First program became a sham that reaped huge profits for
> favored  publishing companies and researchers, such as CTB McGraw Hill, and 
> the
> University of Oregon Center for Teaching and Learning. This last group is
> largely responsible for the infamous DIBELS test (a five-minute test that  
> demands
> children say non words such as pag or ret, after which the children  may be
> categorized as 'at risk')....