Introduction / Brett Miller, Peggy McCardle, and Richard Long -- The basis: how do we approach reading and writing today? separate or two sides of a coin? The reading side / Carol McDonald Connor, Sarah Ingebrand, and Jennifer Dombek -- The writing side / Lara-Jeane Costa, Unber Ahmad, Crystal Edwards, Sarah Vanselous, Donna Carlson Yerby, and Stephen R. Hooper -- Integrating reading and writing instruction / Karen R. Harris and Steve Graham -- What is an evidence base, and when can it be implemented? / Peggy McCardle and Brett Miller -- Teacher education for the reading-writing connection / Devon Brenner -- The role of linguistic differences in reading and writing instruction / Julie A. Washington, Megan C. Brown, and Katherine T. Rhodes -- Discussion as a means of learning to reason, read, and write analytically / Joanne F. Carlisle, Julie Dwyer, and Julie E. Learned -- Reading and writing in the service of developing rich disciplinary knowledge: prospects in the age of the common core state standards / Jacquelyn M. Urbani, P. David Pearson, Sara Ballute, and Timothy A. Lent -- Do no harm: applications and misapplications of research to practice / Dorothy S. Strickland -- Measurement: facilitating the goal of literacy / Joanna S. Gorin, Tenaha O'Reilly, John Sabatini, Yi Song, and Paul Deane -- The many possible roles for technology in the reading-writing connection / Kim Atwill and Jay Blanchard -- Why we should care about literacy models: models of reading and writing and how they can elucidate the connection between reading and writing / Yusra Ahmed, Young-Suk Kim, and Richard K. Wagner -- In summary: what can we agree on? / Peggy McCardle, Richard Long, and Brett Miller

What is the connection between reading and writing, and how should they be taught, both together and separately? Discover the answers in this text, ideal for use as a graduate-level text or a trusted professional reference. Featuring contributions from top-level researchers, this volume gives educators the foundational knowledge they'll need to plan and deliver high-quality, evidence-based reading and writing instruction aligned with Common Core State Standards. Educators will fully explore the link between reading and writing, learn how they complement and enhance each other, and discover promising instructional approaches that can strengthen all students' literacy skills and reduce achievement gaps