Fwd: [LiteracyForAll] the book that can change the world

[Susan Harman <susanharman@igc.org>]

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> From: Susan Ohanian <susano@gmavt.net>
> Date: Sat Apr 15, 2006  9:52:33 AM US/Pacific
> To: LiteracyForAll@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [LiteracyForAll] the book that can change the world
> Reply-To: LiteracyForAll@yahoogroups.com
>
> If you haven't yet ordered your copy (ies) of /Examining Dibels: What 
> It
> is and What It Does/, do so while the supply lasts. Over 500 copies 
> have
> been shipped out.
>
>  The Vermont Society for the Study of Education, a group small in 
> number
> but very large in spirit,  has launched a full frontal assault on
> DIBELS, the first part of an offensive against Reading First.
>
> Join us in this fight: to get this book into the hands of as many 
> people
> as possible.. As indicated by the preface by an Oregon mom, this book 
> is
> for parents, educators, and anybody else who cares about the federal
> assault on children.
>
> A slim 57 page book edited by Ken Goodman, this document challenges the
> federally-imposed regimen that demeans teacher professionalism and 
> harms
> children.
>
> */Examining Dibels: What It is and What It Does/
> Table of Contents:*
>
>     * Preface DIBELS: One Family's Journey,  Lisa Laser
>
>     * A Critical Review of DIBELS, Ken Goodman
>
>     * Is DIBELS Leading Us Down the Wrong Path?, Robert J. Tierney and
>       Elizabeth Thome
>
>     * How DIBELS failed Alabama, A Research Report, Susan Seay
>
>     * DIBELS: Not Justifiable, Maryann Manning, Constance Kamii, &
>       Tsuguhiko Kato
>
>     * Appendix: A brief summary of each Sub-Test in DIBELS
>
> Companion to the book is the DIBELS Clearinghouse:
> http://www.vsse.net/dibels
>
> In the spirit of grassroots activism and  the regeneration of teacher
> professionalism (and with  the generosity of Ken Goodman),    The
> Vermont Society for the Study of Education (VSSE) is selling the book
> for the price of shipping and handling. Send $5.95 to
>
> VSSE
> P. O. Box 186
> Brandon, VT 05733
>
> Susan Ohanian
>
>
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