Children Learning To Read: International Concerns

Introduction: International Concerns and Controversies, P. Pumfrey, P. Owen; Part 1 Curriculum Concerns; Chapter 1 Expanding the Dimensions of World Literacy, C. Foley; Chapter 2 Children's Learning and the New English Curriculum, B. Raban-Bisby; Chapter 3 The Ecology of Sense-making: The Literacy-learner's Dilemma, M. Bogle; Chapter 4 The Avon Collaborative Reading Study, T. Gorman; Chapter 5 Writing Systems in Different Languages: A Factor Affecting Literacy Standards?, C. Upward; Chapter 6 'Equal-Plus': A New Initial-teaching Orthography, N. Atkinson; Part 2 Assessment; Chapter 7 Defining the Reading Domain: Is a Curriculum Definition Sufficient to Establish a Standard?, T. Christie; Chapter 8 A Framework for Literacy Assessment, P. Smith; Chapter 9 Reading Standards at Key Stage 1 in Schools in England and Wales: Aspiration and Evidence, P. Pumfrey; Chapter 10 Teachers as Part Icipants in the National Reading Examinations, E. Meiselles; Chapter 11 A Comparison of Teacher Strategies, Aims and Activities in Two Countries Part Icipating in the IEA Reading-literacy Study, V. Froese; Chapter 12 The IEA Study of Reading Literacy, P. Allerup;