Sustained Silent Reading: Implications for Policy

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A Modified Sustained Silent Reading Program in Beginning Adult ESOL Classes
Sandra Banke and Dominique Brillanceau, Practitioners/Research Associates
Portland State University and Portland Community College

Implication for Policy

• Could become a part of a reading program
• Behavioral measurement are more important a measure
• Learning to read different from learning to speak
• Provide funding to purchase SSR reading libraries
• Funding for assessments that tap student attitudes and reading behaviors. Outcomes that aren’t easily or typically assessed.
• Funding for SSR “library” and storage space for it, other equipment
• Possibility of partnerships with libraries should be explored- teaching SSR in a library could be advantageous
• Open entry