What's Gone Wrong in America's Classrooms

Foreword vii(2) John Raisian Introduction ix Williamson M. Evers From Progressive Education to Discovery Learning 1(22) Williamson M. Evers What Is Wrong with American Education? 23(26) Bonnie Grossen Reading: A Research-Based Approach 49(42) Jack M. Fletcher G. Reid Lyon Preventing Failure in Early Reading Programs: A Summary of Research and Instructional Best Practice 91(26) Bill Honig Spelling and Language Structure: An Essential Foundation for Literacy 117(20) Louisa Cook Moats Mathematics Achievement: First in the World by the Year 2000? 137(18) Harold W. Stevenson Measurement and Reform 155(10) Maureen DiMarco Research-Based Education Policy 165(14) E.D. Hirsch Jr. Appendix: Conference Agenda 179(2) Contributors 181(4) Index 185