Stephanie Downey Toledo defines the achievement gap: the disparity in educational quality certain students experience compared to others. She goes on to explain why the achievement gap matters, including the impact the achievement gap has on individual students, communities and society.
Find the playlist for the full set of videos in this module series here:
Increasing the Language Skills of Children from Low-Income Backgrounds Playlist
Find each of the modules from this playlist here:
The Achievement Gap (ILS: Module 01)
Importance of Parent Training in Early Literacy (ILS: Module 02)
Strategies to Support Emergent Literacy (ILS: Module 03)
Increasing Literacy in Adolescents (ILS: Module 04)
Optimizing the Learning Environment (ILS: Module 05)
Please find links to research mentioned in this module here:
Cain, K., Oakhill, J. and Bryant, P. (2004). Children’s Reading Comprehension Ability: Concurrent Prediction by Working Memory, Verbal Ability, and Component Skills. Journal of Educational Psychology, 96(1), 31-42.
Francis, D. J., Shaywitz, S. E., Stuebing, K. K., Shaywitz, B. A., and Fletcher, J. M. (1991). Developmental lag versus deficit models of reading disability: A longitudinal, individual growth curves analysis. Journal of Educational Psychology, 88(1), 3-17.
Williams, K. (2012). Effect of Intervention WIth the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction on Access and Goal Attainment. Remedial and Special Education, 33(5), 135-153.
