[NLA] Why so much interest in adult reading?

[Belzera@aol.com]

The reading orthodoxy of phonemic awareness and other such concepts parallels 
exactly the language being used in K-12 reading policy, where all this began, 
and has been actively propagated by Reid Lyon of the National Institute for 
Child Health and Development (NICHD--the title might be slightly wrong, but 
the initials are correct) which is part of the National Institute for Health. 
 I'm not sure how he got to be such an important voice for reading research, 
but I'm sure there's information on that from progressive reading researchers 
in K-12.  It does seem that the position of the NICHD and the National 
Reading Panel are very similar--two of the most important platforms for 
propagating information on reading research in K-12.  For a different 
perspective on all this, try "Big Brother and the National Reading 
Curriculum:  How Ideology Trumped Evidence" by Richard Allington.  I haven't 
read it, but it looks like it would help educate us about where all this 
coming from.

Alisa



Alisa Belzer, PhD
Assistant Professor
Rutgers University
Graduate School of Education
10 Seminary Place
New Brunswick, NJ  08901
(732) 932-7496, extension 8234
(215) 885-5645
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