Reading Comprehension Research and Testing in the U.S.: Undercurrents of Race, Class, and Power in the Struggle for Meaning

by Arlette Ingram Willis

Book Overview

This book challenges traditional, sanctioned, and official histories of reading comprehension by examining how ideological and cultural hegemony work to reproduce dominant ideologies through education in general and reading comprehension research and testing specifically. Willis analyzes the ideological and cultural foundations that underpin concepts, theories, research, tests, and interpretations, and connects these to the broader social and political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080585052X
• ISBN13: 9780805850529
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"