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- Comprehension does not improve for students with limited content knowledge unless content area background knowledge is improved.
- When students have limited literacy, core curriculum teachers must compensate for these skills and strategies in the ways that they present the core content.
- Secondary teachers must balance content instruction with literacy instruction if students are going to meet standards.
- Traditional secondary teacher planning and instruction focuses on planning to cover more content quickly and the result is poor content area learning for all students.
- Secondary core curriculum teachers can promote literacy by focusing instructional time on critical content so that mastery is achieved and critical literacy skills and strategies can be embedded naturally during instruction.