ERIC Number: EJ618730
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Publication Date: 2001
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Balanced Literacy: Implementation and Evaluation.
French, Colleen; Morgan, John; Vanayan, Marina; White, Nicholas
Education Canada, v40 n4 suppl Win 2001
Toronto Catholic District School Board implemented an early literacy program designed to ensure that all students can read and write to their full potential by the end of Grade 3. Instruction and assessment are integrated in four daily 30-minute blocks: word study, writing, guided reading, and self-selected reading. Students improved on seven of eight measures of literacy. (TD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Catholic Schools, Educational Change, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries, Phonics, Primary Education, Reading Instruction, School Districts, Small Group Instruction, Writing Instruction
Full text at Web site: http://www.acea.ca/english/edcan dec2000 01.phtml.
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada (Toronto)
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