High Schools That Work

High Schools That Work

Improving Reading and Writing Skills in Language Arts Courses and Across the Curriculum

By Gene Bottoms and Amy Bearman

The 1998 High Schools That Work Assessment contains good and bad news about the reading performance of the 23,900 career-bound students who participated in the assessment at experienced HSTW sites. Based on the findings, this research brief answers the following three questions.

What progress are HSTW sites making in advancing students' reading achievement?
What conditions are associated with higher reading achievement?
How can schools get at least 85 percent of career-bound students to meet the HSTW reading goal?

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