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ОглавлениеBasal programs support novice teachers by including units, supplemental materials, and lesson plans.
Basals provide lesson plans, so teachers need less planning time.
Basals include assessments for monitoring progress.
Basals include worksheets and many activities teachers can draw upon.
Basals promise to provide administrators and reading directors evidence that important reading skills are being taught in a systematic way.
Over the years, however, basal reading programs have been analyzed and critiqued. Research has suggested that basal programs have several problems (Chambliss & Calfee, 1998; Dewitz, Jones, & Leahy, 2009; Dewitz et al., 2010; D. E. Freeman & Y. Freeman, 1999; Y. Freeman, 1988a, 1988b; Goodman et al., 1988; McKeown, Beck, & Blake, 2009; Walsh, 2003):
