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Direct linkMagaly Lavadenz; Elvira G. Armas – Multilingual Matters, 2024
This book presents a validated observation instrument to support and further develop the pedagogic expertise of teachers of English Learners in US schools. Based on sociocultural and second language teaching and learning theories, the Observation Protocol for Academic Literacies (OPAL) has a variety of uses across teacher preparation programs,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedErickson, Joy Dangora – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
Scholars [e.g., Carlsson-Paige, N., McLaughlin, G., & Almon, J. (2015). Reading instruction in kindergarten: Little to gain and much to lose. Retrieved December 11, 2015, from https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/cdi/media/pdf/ReadinginKindergartenreport.pdf] warn that outcome-oriented, kindergarten, literacy standards may encourage an overreliance…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Kindergarten, Reading Instruction, Literacy Education
Download full textGoatley, Virginia J.; Hinchman, Kathleen A. – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2013
This article argues that literacy educators must take time to advocate for research-informed instructional responses in this age of Common Core State Standards and Race to the Top mandates. To that end, it offers four key ideas regarding: (a) what we know about instruction, (b) the need for long-term, continuously revised planning, (c) literacy in…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Educational Policy, Reading Research, Theory Practice Relationship
Little, Michael H.; Cohen-Vogel, Lora – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
In recent years, a debate over kindergarten has ensued. We refer to the actors in this debate as "developmentalists," on the one hand, and "academic advocates," on the other. Developmentalists argue that kindergarten should be centered on child-initiated play and intentional teaching through play, art activities, and hands on…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Educational Policy, Advocacy, Debate
Irvin, P. Shawn; Saven, Jessica L.; Alonzo, Julie; Park, Bitnara Jasmine; Anderson, Daniel; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2012
The results of formative assessments are regularly used to inform important instructional decisions (e.g., targeted intervention) within a response to intervention (RTI) system of teaching and learning. The validity of such instructional decision-making depends, in part, on the alignment between formative measures and the academic content…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Curriculum Based Assessment, Mathematics Tests, Academic Standards
Alonzo, Julie; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2009
In this technical report, we describe the development and piloting of a series of mathematics progress monitoring measures intended for use with students in kindergarten. These measures, available as part of easyCBM[TM], an online progress monitoring assessment system, were developed in 2008 and administered to approximately 2800 students from…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, General Education, Response to Intervention, Access to Education
