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Download full textSulzer, Mark – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2014
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were published by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association in 2010 as part of a widespread standards-based reform movement in the United States. The education marketplace has responded with CCSS-aligned products, including standardised tests, professional development…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Alignment (Education), Core Curriculum
Cheek, Earl H., Jr.; Cheek, Martha C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1979
An evaluation of the content of three basal reading series show that they are changing with the times. Current readers are less likely than older readers to show sex and racial stereotyping and no longer show life as always happy. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Content Analysis, Elementary Education
Sloan, Barbara – 1980
The Fry Readability Graph was used to determine the validity of the publisher's recommended grade usage for four reading series at the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade levels. Three samples were analyzed from each text, and these results were compared with the publisher's stated grade levels. The majority of the basals investigated had an average…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Content Analysis, Intermediate Grades, Readability
Risner, Gregory P.; Nicholson, Janice I. – 1996
A study determined the levels of comprehension generated by questions accompanying the stories in new basal readers. A sample of 200 questions, 100 randomly selected from each of the 2 most widely used third-grade series (the Scott Foresman series "Celebrate Reading" and the McGraw-Hill series "A New View"), were analyzed for…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Content Analysis, Grade 3, Primary Education
Peer reviewedCabello, Beverly – NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1983
Although the vocabulary, content, and format of the English and Spanish versions of the California Test of Basic Skills were largely equivalent, content analysis revealed three possible sources of test bias: (1) problems inherent in translation; (2) the match between tests and instructional materials; and (3) intervening cultural variables. (SB)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedMcCutcheon, Gail; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1979
Publishers have responded to calls for more minority characters and females in basal readers, but many of the changes appear superficial. (MKM)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Characterization, Content Analysis
Peer reviewedGoodman, Kenneth; And Others – New Advocate, 1994
Suggests picture books are made more difficult for kids to predict, to make sense of, and to learn from by fitting them into the didactic framework of basals. Discusses the picture book genre. Compares the original version of "Ira Sleeps Over" to the basal version. Examines in detail how picture books are made to fit into a basal…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials
Levy, Kay E.; And Others – 1980
The final report documents goals and achievements of Project CUE, a 3 year project to assist teachers of language impaired children to adapt regular reading readiness curricula to the students' needs. Objectives are listed, including conducting a needs assessment, selecting a basal reading series, and disseminating information on the project, and…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Content Analysis, Curriculum Development
Weiss, Maria J. – 1986
Six eclectic basal readers were evaluated to determine what basal readiness programs are teaching kindergarten and early first grade children. Each lesson was analyzed to discover the main purpose of instruction as stated in an objective or skill and the actual requirements placed upon the child during instruction. Using the recommendations from…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Content Analysis, Educational Objectives
