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Abstract
It is not surprising that the NRP report has generated spirited and even angry debate among educators and researchers, ranging from criticism of its methodology to contradictions in the panel's summary of its findings to charges of conflicts of interest among NRP and Reading First panel members (Coles, 2003; Cunningham, 2001; Garan, 2001; Krashen, 2005; U.S. Department of Education Office of the Inspector General, 2006). Rather, we will now focus on how the narrow, questionable selection criteria for studies on SSR led to a misinterpretation of the role research plays in reading.\n As literate and literature-loving adults, teachers can scaffold children by providing an important middle step between total dependence on the teacher and true independent reading.
