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Exhibit 5.6 Emphasis on Reading Curriculum in the Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170<br />

Exhibit 5.7 Emphasis on Purposes for Reading in the Reading Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171<br />

Exhibit 5.8 Emphasis on Processes of Comprehension in the Reading Curriculum . . . . . . . . . 174<br />

Exhibit 5.9 Schools’ Grade-by-Grade Emphases on Reading Comprehension Skills<br />

or Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176<br />

How Much Instructional Time Is Devoted to Reading? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178<br />

Exhibit 5.10 Intended <strong>and</strong> Implemented Weekly Instructional Time for Language <strong>and</strong><br />

Reading (Formal <strong>and</strong> Integrated) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181<br />

Exhibit 5.11 Number of Hours Reading Is Taught Weekly (Formal <strong>and</strong> Integrated) with Trends . . 182<br />

Exhibit 5.12 Teachers Spend Time for Formal Reading Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183<br />

Exhibit 5.13 Frequency of Reading Instruction During the Week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184<br />

Exhibit 5.14 Teachers’ Time Spent on Classroom Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185<br />

How Are Classes Organized for Reading Instruction? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186<br />

Exhibit 5.15 Organization of Students for Reading Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187<br />

Exhibit 5.16 Class Size for Reading <strong>and</strong> Language Instruction with Trends* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188<br />

How Do Schools Help Students with Reading Difficulties? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191<br />

Exhibit 5.17 Students In Class Needing Special Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192<br />

Exhibit 5.18 Availability of Specialists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193<br />

Chapter 6 195<br />

Teachers <strong>and</strong> Reading Instruction<br />

What Education <strong>and</strong> Training Do Teachers Have for Teaching Reading?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195<br />

Exhibit 6.1 Reading Teachers’ Formal Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198<br />

Exhibit 6.2 Areas of Emphasis in Teachers’ Formal Education <strong>and</strong> Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199<br />

What Are the Background Characteristics <strong>and</strong> Responsibilities of Reading Teachers? . . . . . 200<br />

Exhibit 6.3 Teachers’ Gender, Age, <strong>and</strong> Number of Years Teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201<br />

Exhibit 6.4 Teachers’ Teaching Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202<br />

What Instructional Resources Do Teachers Use? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204<br />

Exhibit 6.5 Materials Schools Used for Their Reading Instructional Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . 206<br />

Exhibit 6.6 Materials Used by Teachers for Reading Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208<br />

Exhibit 6.7 Teachers’ Use of Literary Texts for Reading Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211<br />

Exhibit 6.8 Teachers’ Use of Informational Texts for Reading Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212<br />

Exhibit 6.9 Trends in Teachers’ Use of Literary <strong>and</strong> Informational Texts for Reading<br />

Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213<br />

How Often Do Students Read Aloud <strong>and</strong> Independently in Class?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214<br />

Exhibit 6.10 Emphasis on Decoding <strong>and</strong> Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216<br />

Exhibit 6.11 Teachers Ask Students to Do Classroom Activities at Least Weekly to Develop<br />

Reading Comprehension Skills or Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217<br />

Exhibit 6.12 Teachers’ Reports About Reading Aloud or Silently in Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218<br />

Exhibit 6.13 Students’ Reports About Students Reading Aloud in Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220<br />

Exhibit 6.14 Students’ Reports About Independent Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221<br />

What Activities Do Students Do in Response to Class Reading?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222<br />

Exhibit 6.15 Teachers’ Reports About Reading Comprehension Activities After Instruction<br />

with Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

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