Abstract of

Implementing a Schoolwide Literacy Framework: Improving Achievement in an Urban Elementary School

Douglas Fisher

Nancy Frey

Teachers at an urban elementary school developed and implemented a literacy instructional framework based on a gradual release of responsibility model. The framework included

• focus lessons

• guided instruction

• collaborative learning

• independent learning

Over six years, literacy and math achievement at this school increased dramatically. The teachers at the school attribute the changes to the focused professional development they received that was based on a literacy framework they created.

Abstract from Fisher, D., & Frey, N. (2007, September). Implementing a Schoolwide Literacy Framework: Improving Achievement in an Urban Elementary School. The Reading Teacher, 61(1), 32–43. doi: 10.1598/RT.61.1.4