Adolescent Literacy, Field Tested —
Abstract of

Chapter 16
A Diploma That Matters: Schoolwide Efforts to Improve High School Teaching and Learning

Douglas Fisher

Nancy Frey

Maria Grant

This chapter focuses on schoolwide efforts to improve the achievement of adolescent learners. We start with efforts to build students' competencies and then turn our attention to teaching students with instructional routines and strategies that they can use across their school day and then in college. We conclude the chapter with a discussion of the need to create a college-going culture.

Fisher, D., Frey, N., & Grant, M. (2009). A Diploma That Matters: Schoolwide Efforts to Improve High School Teaching and Learning. In S.R. Parris, D. Fisher, & K. Headley (Eds.), Adolescent Literacy, Field Tested (pp. 191-203). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.