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Sabatini, John; O'Reilly, Tenaha; Doorey, Nancy A. – Educational Testing Service, 2018
In May 2016, an invitational symposium on the Reading for Understanding (RfU) initiative was held in Alexandria, Virginia. Co-hosted by ETS and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), the symposium brought together some 160 state and local education leaders to examine the results of the Reading for Understanding Initiative. The goal of…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy Education
Burton, Nancy W.; Welsh, Cynthia; Kostin, Irene; VanEssen, Thomas – Educational Testing Service, 2009
This paper briefly summarizes the literatures of reading and reasoning in the last quarter century, focusing mainly on the disciplines of cognitive science, cognitive developmental psychology, linguistics, and educational psychology. These literatures were synthesized to create a framework for defining verbal reasoning in higher education. Eight…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Critical Reading