People & Orgs CALT Exam Prep and
answer 2023
Rudolph Flesch - answerstarted debate & brought to publics attention how best to teach
reading; plain English proponent; praised phonics; book "Why Johnny Can't Read"
(1955)
NICHD - answerLooking at the issue deemed the inability to read as "national health
issue" and began to fund research in the area of reading; 1997 asked to create Reading
Panel
"Learning to Read: The Great Debate" Jeanne Chall - answerThis book caught the
attention of professionals and the government that our nation is in a reading crisis.
Children are not learning to read since the look and say method came about. (1967)
Basal Reading Programs - answerThese programs begin to drive reading instruction.
70% of American Schools bought one or more of the best selling programs. (1960s to
mid 80s); focus on basic linguistic concepts, reading skills, vocab; 1st were McGuffey
Readers (1830s)
Kenneth Goodman and Frank Smith - answerDeveloped the Top-Down approach to
reading instruction. Believed that reading should be taught through immersion in
children's literature . Teaches reading without breaking it down into parts. Whole
Language based, emphasis is on guessing at words rather than sounding them out
(1967 journal article, G said reading is a "psycholinguistic guessing game."
G. Reid Lyon - answerNICHD former coordinator of reading research; former Chief of
Child Development and Behavior Branch (1991)
National Reading Panel Report - answerProduced scientifically based research that
demonstrated that approximately 40% of the population "have reading problems severe
enough to hinder their enjoyment of reading." (2000)
IMSLEC - answerInternational Multisensory Structured Education Council
NICHD - answerNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Which prominent names are closely associated with research on phonological
awareness (Montessori/Clay/Liberman*** - answerIsabelle Liberman
Research by NICHD indicates that of the students with specific learning disabilities
receiving special education services - answer70 - 80% have deficit in reading
answer 2023
Rudolph Flesch - answerstarted debate & brought to publics attention how best to teach
reading; plain English proponent; praised phonics; book "Why Johnny Can't Read"
(1955)
NICHD - answerLooking at the issue deemed the inability to read as "national health
issue" and began to fund research in the area of reading; 1997 asked to create Reading
Panel
"Learning to Read: The Great Debate" Jeanne Chall - answerThis book caught the
attention of professionals and the government that our nation is in a reading crisis.
Children are not learning to read since the look and say method came about. (1967)
Basal Reading Programs - answerThese programs begin to drive reading instruction.
70% of American Schools bought one or more of the best selling programs. (1960s to
mid 80s); focus on basic linguistic concepts, reading skills, vocab; 1st were McGuffey
Readers (1830s)
Kenneth Goodman and Frank Smith - answerDeveloped the Top-Down approach to
reading instruction. Believed that reading should be taught through immersion in
children's literature . Teaches reading without breaking it down into parts. Whole
Language based, emphasis is on guessing at words rather than sounding them out
(1967 journal article, G said reading is a "psycholinguistic guessing game."
G. Reid Lyon - answerNICHD former coordinator of reading research; former Chief of
Child Development and Behavior Branch (1991)
National Reading Panel Report - answerProduced scientifically based research that
demonstrated that approximately 40% of the population "have reading problems severe
enough to hinder their enjoyment of reading." (2000)
IMSLEC - answerInternational Multisensory Structured Education Council
NICHD - answerNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Which prominent names are closely associated with research on phonological
awareness (Montessori/Clay/Liberman*** - answerIsabelle Liberman
Research by NICHD indicates that of the students with specific learning disabilities
receiving special education services - answer70 - 80% have deficit in reading
