Response to "No Effect on Comprehension Seen From 'Reading First'"

So, here I was reading the required article, nodding to myself in the way I do when I'm reading something that is saying something that I agree with but am not surprised by, and one of the quotes leaps out at me.

"The schools were not doing the same thing," he said. "There were differences in their use of reading coaches, ... and there were significant differences in classroom practices"

One of the questions that lurked in the back of my mind is "why are we reading this". I mean, this article could fit in just about anywhere in our program, up to and including those emails that Loren sends us every now and then with links to articles on education.

So why is this here in differentiation? I think this quote goes straight to the heart of the question. It's not what you do, it's how you do it. Both groups are having the same basic curriculum, but the one with the gains is taught differently.