Research in the Teaching of English, Vol. 30, No. 3, October 1996

Table of Contents

• From the Editor

• An Assessment of Literacy Trends, Past and Present

  Lawrence C. Stedman

• American Reading Achievement: Should We Worry?

  Jeanne S. Chall

• Schooling and Literacy Over Time: The Rising Cost of Stagnation and Decline

  Andrew J. Coulson

• U.S. Schools Teach Reading Least Productively

  Herbert J. Walberg

• Nowadays, Even the Illiterates Read and Write

  David C. Berliner

• Turning Fords into Lincolns: Reminiscences on Teaching and Assessing Writing

  Paul B. Diederich

• The Informed Citizen in Historical Context

  Michael Schudson

• RTE Forum: Letters from Readers on "The Educational Effectiveness of Bilingual Education" and a Response

• RTE Author Questionnaire

  A.L. Saks

• Guest Reviewers

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