Reading Instruction That Works, Second Edition: The Case for Balanced Teaching

This is a book about effective elementary literacy insturction, intended for the many constituencies who have a need to know about what works to develop readers in elementary school. It is intended especially for those who want to form research-based opinions about effective elementary literacy instruction, including reading educators and specialists, staff developers and in-service professionals who focus on reading, teacher educators, graduate students, policymakers concerned with reading and elementary education, and parents who feel a need to know more about the reading instruction that is occurring and could occur in schools.