The One About…
Program Review Protocols with Dr. Timothy Shanahan
Timothy Shanahan’s latest blog on problems with textbook reviews got us talking!
Shanahan took some time out of his busy schedule to join us on The Literacy View to
discuss problems and his suggested solutions.
Shanahan on Literacy Article:
What About Textbook Reviews?
https://www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/what-about-the-textbook-reviews
Quote:
Despite the rhetoric of these groups, the term “evidence aligned” is meaningless. Often
there is no direct evidence that what is being required has ever benefited children’s
learning in a research study.
TIMOTHY SHANAHAN bio:
Timothy Shanahan is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at
Chicago where he was Founding Director of the UIC Center for Literacy. Previously, he
was director of reading for the Chicago Public Schools. He is author/editor of more than
200 publications on literacy education. His research emphasizes the connections
between reading and writing, literacy in the disciplines, and improvement of reading
achievement.
Tim is past president of the International Literacy Association. He served as a member
of the Advisory Board of the National Institute for Literacy under Presidents George W.
Bush and Barack Obama, and he helped lead the National Reading Panel, convened at
the request of Congress to evaluate research on the teaching reading, a major influence
on reading education. He chaired two other federal research review panels: the National
Literacy Panel for Language Minority Children and Youth, and the National Early
Literacy Panel, and helped write the Common Core State Standards.
He was inducted to the Reading Hall of Fame in 2007 and is a former first-grade
teacher.
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