Advancing Our Students' Language and Literacy: The Challenge of Complex Texts

This article from American Educator looks at the trends in decreasing text complexity during recent decades and discusses how in-depth, focused study on a topic can provide students access to more complex text, as well as opportunities presented by the Common Core for increasing opportunities to engage with text complexity.

Citation

Adams, M.J. (2011). Advancing Our Students' Language and Literacy: The Challenge of Complex Texts. American Educator, Winter 2010-2011, American Federation of Teachers.