Sybil Fineman posted this link - do read it, excellent info.
http://www.bookmagazine.com/issue24/literacy.shtml
It specifically mentions students not having a depth of reading. One thing
I notice as I WEED out books from the 60's & 70's is that the DEPTH is
there in the older nonfiction books; many of today's books are decidedly
different in format. While I do like the colorful pictures, etc., of the
newer books, the amount of data presented is usually SUBSTANTIALLY less.
Today's elementary students may be reading the same *number* of books, but
they are often not reading (or at least aren't exposed to)the same amount
of words and depth of data that students in the 50's/60's/70's were.
This is one *beef* I have about book series created for (at least, it seems
they may be created for the tests, not the other way around!) some
electronic reading management programs - they seem to be *light* on depth
of information. After all, there are only ten questions asked, right? Just
an observation. . .
Joanne Ladewig, Library Aide (A.K.A. "Library Lady")
Lawrence Elementary, G.G.U.S.D.
Garden Grove, California
shatz1@earthlink.net
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