I am beginning to learn so much about Fountas & Pinnell. It seems like book access is not just a problem here, but a problem in any district using F&P.
Yes. The research basis for F&P is...shall we say, inadequate?
Yes - this is what I have found in looking at the research. So many of the studies are all done on struggling readers, in struggling school districts - and how to get those readers up to speed. It is hard to find research on the best approaches to reading with gifted/above grade level readers.
This is all beginning to make sense though in my other life as a college professor. No wonder my students struggle with reading high level scientific texts! They have been reading just right/ at level texts for so long that when they are forced to dive in to text which is way over their comfort zone - they have no strategies to cope.
