Automatically Populated when I entered URL...Former senior producer at Edutopia Beaverton School District secondary literacy specialist Credit: Grace Rubenstein Janet Fortier had her educational epiphany two years ago, when she started bumping into teachers with their arms full of easy reading assignments. "I'm running off articles because my kids can't read the textbook," they told her. Article is relevant to closing the instructional gap to help improve reading levels.

Strategies that can be used when taking a reading test. Although the information presented is for students, they can be taught by a teacher gradual to build a tool box for students.

Test-taking can be taught earlier in academic settings. When students start learning these strategies young, testing can be more reflective of what they know because the testing barrier has been minimized.