Writing can improve reading skills - Carnegie reports

We often hear how being a good reader influences writing ability, but here is a blog post about a new report which describes how specific writing skills can improve reading comprehension .

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2010/04/writing_can_improve_reading_sk.html

Here are the introductions and download links for the key reports mentioned (the focus is on adolescent literacy) :

Writing to Read (2010) is a Carnegie Corporation report published by the Alliance for Excellent Education which finds that while reading and writing are closely connected, writing is an often-overlooked tool for improving reading skills and content learning. Writing to Read: Evidence for How Writing Can Improve Reading identifies three core instructional practices that have been shown to be effective in improving student reading. download >

Reading Next (2004) is a cutting-edge report that combines the best research currently available with well-crafted strategies for turning that research into practice. Informed by five of the nation's leading researchers, Reading Next charts an immediate route to improving adolescent literacy. The authors outline 15 key elements of an effective literacy intervention, and call on public and private stakeholders to invest in the literacy of middle and high school students today, while simultaneously building the knowledge base. download >

Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High Schools (2007), commissioned by Carnegie Corporation of New York and published by the Alliance for Excellent Education, discusses eleven specific teaching techniques that research suggests will help improve the writing abilities of the country’s 4th- to 12th-grade students. Along with reading comprehension, writing skill is a predictor of academic success and a basic requirement for participation in civic life and in the global economy. download >