Adolescent Literacy

• Adolescent Literacy position statement (full-text PDF)

Summary

Literacy development is an ongoing process, and it requires just as much attention for adolescents as it does for beginning readers. In today’s fast-paced world, literacy demands are expanding, and they include more reading and writing tasks than at any other time in history. Adolescents need high levels of literacy to understand the vast amount of information available to them, and to fuel their imaginations as they help create the world of the future.

The Association believes that adolescent learners require

• A wide variety of reading material that appeals to their interests
• Instruction that builds their skills and desire to read increasingly complex materials
• Assessment that reveals their strengths as well as their needs
• Expert teachers across the curriculum
• Reading specialists to assist those learners who experience difficulty
• Teachers who understand the complexities among individual adolescent readers
• Homes and communities that support their learning

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