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Exhibit 6.16 Students Answer Questions Aloud About Class Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225<br />

Exhibit 6.17 Students Answer Questions in Workbooks or Worksheets About Class Reading . . . 226<br />

Exhibit 6.18 Students Write Something About Class Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227<br />

Exhibit 6.19 Teachers’ Reports on Giving a Written Quiz or Test After Students Read . . . . . . . . . 228<br />

What Library Resources Are Available <strong>and</strong> How Are They Used? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229<br />

Exhibit 6.20 Access to School <strong>and</strong> Classroom Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230<br />

Exhibit 6.21 Students Visit <strong>and</strong> Borrow Books from School or Local Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231<br />

How Are Computers Used for Reading Instruction? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232<br />

Exhibit 6.22 Computer Availability <strong>and</strong> Instructional Use with Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233<br />

What Is the Role of Reading <strong>Home</strong>work? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234<br />

How Do Teachers Assess Reading Progress? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235<br />

Exhibit 6.23 Index of Reading for <strong>Home</strong>work (RFH) with Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236<br />

Exhibit 6.24 Emphasis on Sources to Monitor Students’ Progress in Reading with Trends. . . . . . 238<br />

Exhibit 6.25 Approaches to Assessing Students’ Performance in Reading with Trends. . . . . . . . 241<br />

Exhibit 6.26 Teachers’ Reports on Uses to Which Classroom Assessment of Reading Is Put . . . . . 242<br />

Chapter 7 245<br />

School Contexts<br />

What Are the Schools’ Demographic Characteristics? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245<br />

Exhibit 7.1 Principals’ Reports on Their Schools’ Locations with Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249<br />

Exhibit 7.2 Principals’ Reports on Their Primary Grade Students Coming from Economically<br />

Disadvantaged <strong>Home</strong>s with Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250<br />

Exhibit 7.3 Principals’ Reports on Primary Grade Students Not Speaking the Language<br />

of the Test as Their First Language with Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252<br />

What Is the Role of the School Principal? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254<br />

What Shortages of School Resources Affect Reading Instruction? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254<br />

Exhibit 7.4 Principals’ Time Spent on Various School–related Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256<br />

Exhibit 7.5 Index of Availability of School Resources (ASR) with Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259<br />

Exhibit 7.6 Workspace for Teachers Provided by Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260<br />

Exhibit 7.7 Schools’ Reports of Availability of Computers for Instructional Purposes<br />

with Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261<br />

What Is the Level of <strong>Home</strong>-School Involvement? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262<br />

Exhibit 7.8 Index of <strong>Home</strong>–School Involvement (HSI) with Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264<br />

Exhibit 7.9 Teachers Communicating with Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265<br />

What Are the School Attendance Levels <strong>and</strong> Climate Characteristics? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266<br />

Exhibit 7.10 Parents Discuss Their Child’s Classroom Reading Work with Him or Her . . . . . . . . . 267<br />

Exhibit 7.11 Seriousness of Absenteeism in Schools with Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268<br />

Exhibit 7.12 Index of Principal’s Perception of School Climate (PPSC) with Trends . . . . . . . . . . 271<br />

Exhibit 7.13 Index of Teacher Career Satisfaction (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273<br />

How Safe Are Schools? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275<br />

Exhibit 7.14 Index of Parents’ Perceptions of School Environment (PPSE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276<br />

Exhibit 7.15 Index of Student Safety in School (SSS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277<br />

Exhibit 7.16 Index of Principals’ Perception of School Safety (PPSS) with Trends . . . . . . . . . . . 279

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