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Educational Policy and Literacy Instruction: Worlds Apart?
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Shanahan, Timothy – Reading Teacher, 2014
This article explores the relationship between federal and state educational policymaking and classroom reading instruction. The past 50 years of federal literacy education policy is summarized, particularly emphasizing the connections of these policies to reading curriculum and classroom assessment. The paper concludes with a discussion of the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, State Policy, Public Policy, Reading Instruction
Literacy Achievement through Sustained Professional Development
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Fisher, Douglas; Frey, Nancy; Nelson, John – Reading Teacher, 2012
Development efforts, the 44 schools in this study increased students' reading proficiency. Over the years, teams of teachers from each school were provided professional development and opportunities to lead their colleagues in implementation of the instructional framework. The teachers used their instructional materials as resources to plan…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Instructional Materials, Inservice Teacher Education, Formative Evaluation
Engaging Children in Close Reading: Multimodal Commentaries and Illustration Remix
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Dalton, Bridget – Reading Teacher, 2013
Understanding relies on the reader's ability to "read between the lines" and connect textual evidence with their own experience, knowledge and beliefs. The Common Core State Standards highlight the importance of using text-based evidence to develop arguments and support interpretations, including analysis and appreciation of author's craft. In…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, State Standards, Hypermedia, Reading Instruction
Beyond March Madness: Fruitful Practices to Prepare for High-Stakes ELA Tests
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Dougherty Stahl, Katherine A.; Schweid, Jason – Reading Teacher, 2013
Successful implementation of the Common Core State Standards (2010) will require an alignment between learning standards, effective instruction, and the new assessments designed by the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) and Smarter Balanced (SB) consortia. Both the CCSS and the new generation of assessments…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, High Stakes Tests, State Standards, Integrated Curriculum
Relations between the CCSS and RTI in Literacy and Language
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Wixson, Karen K.; Lipson, Marjorie Y. – Reading Teacher, 2012
Initiatives such as Response to Intervention (RTI) and the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts (CCSS-ELA) have the potential to positively impact progress toward the goal of literacy for all. Because the CCSS-ELA will guide the content of the curriculum, instruction and assessment in the large number of adopting states, they will…
Descriptors: Intervention, State Standards, Teaching Methods, Response to Intervention
Less Is More: Preparing Students for State Writing Assessments.
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Kern, Diane; Andre, Wendy; Schilke, Rebecca; Barton, James; McGuire, Margaret Conn – Reading Teacher, 2003
Shares instructional practices based on narrative and expository texts that will build students' literacy skills and meet many writing assessment demands in the United States. Presents guiding principles for best writing practice, pertinent standards in the English language arts, strategy-based lesson plans, and practical implications for teachers…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Improvement, State Standards, Writing Evaluation
Selecting Basal Reading Series: The Need for a Validated Process.
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Clary, Linda Mixon; Smith, Susan Jeter – Reading Teacher, 1986
Describes one statewide process of basal series selection and outlines the concerns of eight groups involved in the process. (FL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Board of Education Role, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria