TRT Podcast #121: Rethinking reading comprehension with Brent Conway
I had quite a few misunderstandings about reading comprehension when I was a balanced literacy teacher. Today I talk with Brent Conway, a former principal and current assistant superintendent, about how to rethink reading comprehension.
Full episode transcript
Resources mentioned in this episode
- The Reading Comprehension Blueprint, by Nancy Hennessy
- The Knowledge Gap, by Natalie Wexler
- The baseball experiment
- The Three Shifts (Achieve the Core)
- Reading as Liberation: An Examination of the Research Base, by lead writers Sue Pimentel & Meredith Liben
- Tim Shanahan on Literacy
- SMARTER Intervention
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kelley schrott
Thank you for this . I completely agree about the Fountas and Pinnell assessment. However, I missed what assessment he uses instead? I would love to know! Thanks
Anna Geiger
I’m not sure what his state assessment is, but you can reach out to him here! 🙂
https://curriculummatters.org/profile/brent-conway/
Allison
This episode was great. Is there anyway to find out the specific research that talked about how the BAS was wrong predicting reading success /comprehension on four out of five students tested?
Anna Geiger
Great question, Allison! I would reach out directly to Brent to ask if this has been published. Here is his information: https://curriculummatters.org/profile/brent-conway/