A three-pronged framework can help students not only learn meaning of texts, but also gain motivation and purpose from them.
Research into reading has revealed key truths about how children learn to read. Can we apply these findings in classrooms without reigniting the “Reading Wars”?
There’s no need for funding or special training to bring these approaches and strategies into your classroom right away.
There’s too much testing in schools, most teachers agree, but well-designed classroom tests and quizzes can improve student recall and retention.
Wilson County Schools in Tennessee has seen improved achievement in reading since adopting a data-driven decision-making approach and prioritizing literacy, writes Donna Wright, director of
To address disappointing reading scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the Educational Testing Service has released assessment-based solutions to the nation’s “reading crisis.”
Re-centering and refocusing measurement systems and assessments on inputs will allow us to develop practices that more closely align with student needs. Equitable assessments are
Assessment should serve as a multifaceted analytical instrument for ongoing reflection. When used as an evaluative tool that combines qualitative and quantitative factors as one
Teacher-created performance assessments can lead to deeper learning and powerful changes in instructional climate.
American students have never had more access to digital devices for reading in and out of school. Now emerging research and troubling results on the
