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Joanne Yatvin

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Joanne Yatvin is an American public school educator. Formerly a president of the National Council of Teachers of English,[1] she was a member of the National Reading Panel (1997-2000), mandated by the US Congress to assess different methods of literacy education.[citation needed] She published a "minority report" separately, saying that panel members lacked integrity.[2] She taught at Portland State University.[1]

Her research has included the study of the relation between speech manipulation and reading comprehension.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Strauss, Valerie, ed. (17 August 2012). "Why charter schools are a big business". The Washington Post. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  2. ^ Smith, Frank (2012). Understanding Reading: A Psycholinguistic Analysis of Reading and Learning to Read (6 ed.). Routledge. p. 352. ISBN 9781136497759.
  3. ^ Shanton, Kyle D. (2004). "Communal Truth and the Literacy Landscape: Echoings of Perspectives, Positions, and Practices". In O'Donnell, James; Pruyn, Marc; Chávez, Rudolfo Chávez (eds.). Social Justice in These Times. IAP. pp. 191–214. ISBN 9781593112189.