Bridging Divides: Stakeholder Perceptions of Virginia’s Literacy Legislation

• In Event: Roundtable Session II
  In Roundtable Session: Empowering Voices in Literacy Policy: Parents, Teachers, and the Politics of Practice

Abstract

Statewide legislation and curricular mandates have required changes to literacy instruction in public elementary schools across the United States. This roundtable session presents pilot data from three survey instruments designed to examine the statewide implementation of the Virginia Literacy Act by elementary teachers, literacy specialists and school administrators. Following review of modifications made based on pilot results, participants will be invited to provide feedback to improve survey content and administration plans.

Authors

• Candace Bechtold, Virginia Commonwealth University

• Joan Rhodes, Virginia Commonwealth University

• Lisa Cipolletti, Virginia Commonwealth University

• Valerie J. Robnolt, Virginia Commonwealth University

• Allison Ray Yandle, Virginia Commonwealth University