Abstract of

Setting the “Opportunity to Read” Standard: Resuscitating the SSR Program in an Urban High School

Douglas Fisher

Providing students with time to read during school has been questioned by researchers and practitioners. This article reports on the efforts of one school to resuscitate a schoolwide initiative to provide students the opportunity to read. A single comment made by a student led to committee work and significant policy changes. A chronicle of events over two years and an analysis of the factors that ensure successful Silent Sustained Reading programs show teachers how to apply the lessons learned at one high school to ensure that students are provided time to read regularly.

Abstract from Fisher, D. (2004, October). Setting the “Opportunity to Read” Standard: Resuscitating the SSR Program in an Urban High School. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 48(2), 138–150. doi: 10.1598/JAAL.48.2.5