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Why Re-Humanize Assessment?

What We Pay Attention to Matters

Meeting the Needs of Every Student No Matter What

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Meeting the Needs of Every Student No Matter What

Small Pivots to Access Complex Text Across the Curriculum

Materials Adaptation

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Find instructions and recommendations on how to adapt your existing materials to better align to college- and career-ready standards.

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Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in Mathematics?

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Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in ELA/Literacy?

Mistakes Tell Us What Students Are Ready to Learn

Standards-Alignment Information

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Learn what it means for instructional materials and assessment to be aligned to college- and career-ready standards.

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What to Consider if You’re Adopting a New ELA/Literacy Curriculum

Not Your Mom’s Professional Development

Reaching New Heights

Research and Reflections

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Delve into new research and perspectives on instructional materials and practice.

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Building a Culture of Advocacy

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Knowledge-Building Model Lessons for Middle and High School

What Principles Must Underlie Successful Personalized Learning?

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Classroom Strategies

About the topic

Explore classroom guidance, techniques, and activities to help you meet the needs of ALL students.

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most recent articles

Why Re-Humanize Assessment?

What We Pay Attention to Matters

Meeting the Needs of Every Student No Matter What

Tools and Resources

About the topic

Discover new tools and materials to integrate into you instruction.

See all posts

most recent articles

Top Posts of 2020

Meeting the Needs of Every Student No Matter What

Small Pivots to Access Complex Text Across the Curriculum

Materials Adaptation

About the topic

Find instructions and recommendations on how to adapt your existing materials to better align to college- and career-ready standards.

See all posts

most recent articles

Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in Mathematics?

Teacher working at a laptop

Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in ELA/Literacy?

Mistakes Tell Us What Students Are Ready to Learn

Standards-Alignment Information

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Learn what it means for instructional materials and assessment to be aligned to college- and career-ready standards.

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most recent articles

What to Consider if You’re Adopting a New ELA/Literacy Curriculum

Not Your Mom’s Professional Development

Reaching New Heights

Research and Reflections

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Delve into new research and perspectives on instructional materials and practice.

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Group of students talking.

Building a Culture of Advocacy

Students reading and taking notes

Knowledge-Building Model Lessons for Middle and High School

What Principles Must Underlie Successful Personalized Learning?

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Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Meeting the Needs of Every Student No Matter What

5 ways to meets students' academic and emotional needs
12/16/20, Tika Epstein
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Small Pivots to Access Complex Text Across the Curriculum

Reading strategies that help secondary students in all content areas
12/15/20, Sarah Brown
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources

Improving Accessibility for All Students

Remote Learning Tips and Tricks
11/06/20, Fishtank Learning
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Enhancing Remote Learning and Student Engagement With Online Tools

Five tools to make virtual learning more social for students
10/30/20, Aaron Grossman
Group of students talking.
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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Building a Culture of Advocacy

Building a culture of advocacy is a continuous effort
10/23/20, Dr. Janice K. Wyatt-Ross
Students reading and taking notes
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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Knowledge-Building Model Lessons for Middle and High School

Rethinking how we define “text” to engage older students and accelerate learning
10/16/20, Jenni Aberli, Lauren Trahan
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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What Principles Must Underlie Successful Personalized Learning?

What educators should consider when selecting or using personalized learning approaches to accelerate literacy outcomes
10/09/20, Meredith Liben, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D., Susan Pimentel
Math teacher explains online lesson to students
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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Two Facts: We Are Better Together, And We Can Do Hard Things

Exploring what it means to be “good at math"
09/18/20, Brian Dean
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Designing Equitable Learning Environments

Intentional instructional practice decisions, with a specific focus on mathematics
09/11/20, Amber Cook
Teacher giving online school lesson via video conference
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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How to Keep Virtual Live Lessons Running Smoothly? It Takes Two

A two-person model can improve the flow and engagement in virtual lessons
09/03/20, Matt Kerrigan
Students participating in digital classroom
Classroom Strategies
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Centering Student Voice & Choice in a Remote Classroom

How student feedback changed classroom dynamics
08/30/20, Whitney Aragaki
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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Why Teaching Justice Through Reading & Writing Cannot Wait

How teachers can enact change and combat racism through purposeful discussions and literary curricula
06/14/20, Yvonne Thompson
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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You Have a List of Culturally Diverse Texts. Now What?

Guidance on facilitating classroom lessons and discussions that push student thinking
06/11/20, Keenan W. Lee, M. Ed
Students engaged in a classroom and raising their hands.
Classroom Strategies
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Refocusing on Your Learners

5 ideas to create a student-centered classroom
05/28/20, Tamera Musiowsky-Borneman
Teacher Hosting Online Class Using Video Conference On Laptop
Classroom Strategies
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Distance Learning with Intention and Purpose

Ideas for engaging and connecting students during distance learning.
05/11/20, Marya Hay
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Top 5 Resources for Learning Online

Free, standards-aligned resources to facilitate remote learning
03/20/20, Tika Epstein
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
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Mistakes Tell Us What Students Are Ready to Learn

Learning from students' mistakes to enhance instruction
03/13/20, Michael Pershan
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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Designing for Equity (Teachers as Designers)

Helping folks who care about equity do equity.
02/27/20, Dr. Christine Ortiz
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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Finding the Courage to Teach Texts Outside Your Comfort Zone (2019 Blog Competition Finalist)

Teaching texts that honor difference and inspire challenging conversations
02/21/20, Rhiannon Hartman Dunn
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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Creating a Culture of Shared Norms and High Expectations in Your Classroom (2019 Blog Competition Finalist)

How to create a culture that facilitates powerful learning for ALL learners
02/21/20, Matthew Shea
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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Say “Author” (2019 Blog Competition Finalist)

Strategies for including all learners in discussions about complex text
02/21/20, Shannon Hahne
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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What Makes a High-Quality Diverse Text and How to Get These Texts Into Your Classroom

Resources and guidance for educators
11/13/19, Jill Eisenberg
Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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A New Way to Consider Cognitive Demand in ELA Assessments

A Framework for Text Complexity in ELA and Reading
11/08/19, Katie Keown
Tools and Resources
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Desmos in the Math Classroom

How a free tool changed my classroom
07/19/19, Nick Corley
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part 1

Addressing Common Challenges with Student Writing

Why aren’t students successful writers and what can teachers do to help?
10/09/18, Zackory Kirk
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information
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Doing Better: Aligned Instructional Practice

An overview of the Instructional Practice Guide suite of tools
09/19/18, Destiny Eldridge, April Pforts
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Building A Culturally Responsive Classroom

Why building a culturally responsive classroom matters for the success of ALL students
09/07/18, Jill Yamasawa Fletcher
Research and Reflections
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Making the Connection Between Materials and Instruction

Why instructional practice should be at the heart of all instructional materials decisions
08/20/18, Sandra Alberti
Research and Reflections
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Seeing College- and Career-Ready Standards through Instruction

Exploring the updates to the Instructional Practice Guide
08/15/18, Lisa Goldschmidt
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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Creating and Sequencing Text-Dependent Questions to Support English Language Learners

Strategic selection and organization of questions can be a scaffold that helps English learners grapple with highly complex questions.
08/01/18, Claire Rivero
Tools and Resources
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Formative Assessments and Feedback in the Digital Age

How implementing Pear Deck changed my classroom.
07/06/18, Jeff Crayton
Research and Reflections
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Illuminating Interims

What makes a good interim assessment program?
06/07/18, Laura Hansen
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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Three APPS to Support Students with Special Needs

Helping All Kids Grapple with Grade-Level Content
12/21/17, Dr. Bryan Drost
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information
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Most-Read Articles of 2017

12/15/17, Student Achievement Partners
Standards-Alignment Information
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The Math Gap Between High School and College

Educators at the high school and college levels aren't talking to each other. Should they be?
12/13/17, Lane Walker
Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part 2

Addressing unfinished learning in the context of grade-level work

Not all unfinished learning should be treated the same way
12/06/17, Christina Allison
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Creating Student Empowerment Through Your Garden-Variety Graphic Organizer

How I use graphic organizers in my classroom to promote student independence
11/30/17, Alison Killy
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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Emerging Effects from CCSS

A high school math teacher shares examples of student progress following CCSS implementation
11/27/17, Lane Walker
Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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A Five-Course Meal Complete with Strategies for Assessment

Concrete strategies to help classroom educators get involved with assessment design
11/21/17, Bryan Drost
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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The Many Positive Uses for Assessment

Three ways to use assessment for good
11/15/17, Rob Woodworth
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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3 Steps to Engage Students in Research Writing

A high school teacher shares concrete suggestions for sparking curiosity and stimulating quality research questions
11/09/17, Hattie Maguire
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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Designing Effective Homework

Best practices for creating homework that raises student achievement
10/13/17, Claire Rivero
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections
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High-impact strategies for teaching writing with evidence at the high school level

An interdisciplinary PLC develops common strategies and rubrics to support student writing.
10/11/17, Mary Burt
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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The Instructional Practice Toolkit: An Introduction

Learn how the Instructional Practice Toolkit can help teachers make connections between planning, instruction, and student outcomes.
09/22/17, Rachel Etienne
Classroom Strategies, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Assessing Grammar and Language Convention Skills

New guidance explains how to assess writing skills through embedded-error passages and multiple-choice items
09/18/17, Laura Hansen, Katie Keown
Classroom Strategies
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Creating a Feedback Culture

Using effective feedback to help students master their learning goals
09/13/17, Andrea Raines
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Blended Learning: The Station Rotation Model

Find out how a blended learning station-focused model can help you differentiate instruction and give ALL students the support they need to tackle grade-level work
09/06/17, Susan Hitt
Classroom Strategies
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There has got to be a better way to do this! How to start an interdisciplinary PLC.

Insights on the value of interdisciplinary PLCs and how to create one in your school
09/01/17, Mary Burt
Classroom Strategies
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Digital Book Baskets for High School Classrooms

Students create their own high-interest text sets to build knowledge
07/11/17, Mena Dedmon
Classroom Strategies, Standards-Alignment Information
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Lessons Learned from a High School Mathematical Modeling Lesson

A high school algebra teacher creates a lesson to engage her struggling students through real-world application
06/21/17, Lane Walker
Research and Reflections
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8 Questions About High School Math and STEM

A high school algebra teacher shares her thoughts on high school math myths and misconceptions
05/16/17, Lane Walker
Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information
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STEM Integration in Algebra: A Bridge to Opportunity

Relating mathematical thought processes to those in 21st Century careers
04/04/17, Lane Walker
Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Forming a United Whole – The Coherence Map

A K-12 STEM District Supervisor Explains How He Used the Coherence Map to Improve His District's Math Curriculum
03/13/17, Joshua Zagorski
Classroom Strategies
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Top 5 Questions About ELA Scaffolding in High School

What do we do when they “don’t get it”?
03/07/17, Rob Woodworth
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections
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Lessons Learned after Teaching without a Textbook

A high school teacher explores the lessons learned after moving away from a textbook-based curriculum.
02/14/17, Bob Janes
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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What Do They Actually Know?

Using mini-assessments to break free of the norm
01/23/17, Rob Woodworth
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Most-Read Articles of 2016

12/21/16, Student Achievement Partners
Standards-Alignment Information
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Taking Ownership over Assessments – A Case Study in Kentucky

Assessments should align to good standards-based instruction. Instruction shouldn’t align to a bad assessment.
12/06/16, Jenni Aberli
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Training Materials for the ELA/Literacy IMET

New training modules on the IMET’s Non-Negotiables and Alignment Criteria
10/12/16, Student Achievement Partners
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Four APPS to Redefine Your Language Arts Curriculum

Focusing on building a student-centered classroom through digital applications
10/05/16, Bryan Drost
Standards-Alignment Information
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Assessment Item Alignment Modules

Learn how examining assessment items can be a source of professional development and deepen your understanding of the Shifts
09/19/16, Shelbi Cole, Katie Keown
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part 3

Reason Abstractly and Quantitatively

A math teacher explains how well-designed materials can help students learn to deal with challenging math problems
05/13/16, Sarah Galasso
Classroom Strategies
Part 10

Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching

How building specific mathematical knowledge in teachers can strengthen classroom instruction
03/07/16, Illustrative Mathematics
Research and Reflections
Part 9

Creating a Conducive Environment for Teachers to Adapt Materials

An administrator’s guide to promoting teacher innovation
02/26/16, Andrew Davis
Research and Reflections
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Why We’re Choosing Instructional Materials Blindly

A Brookings Institution report explains how much we DON’T know about instructional materials in use in today’s classrooms.
02/05/16, Student Achievement Partners
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections
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Using Complex Texts with All Readers

A reading interventionist explains the strategies she uses to help struggling readers benefit from complex texts.
01/27/16, Katherine Linnehan
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
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Decision-Making that Matters: 10 Ways Teachers Can Impact Curricular Decisions

A high school English teacher shares 10 ways classroom teachers can influence curriculum
01/20/16, Lauren Trahan
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation
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Top Five Ways to Improve Your Basal Reading Program

If you’re not satisfied with your current basal reading program, here are five things you can do to improve it.
01/11/16, Student Achievement Partners
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation
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Top Five Ways to Make the Most of Your Math Materials

If you’re not satisfied with the quality and CCSS-alignment of your existing math materials, here are five tips to improve them.
01/05/16, Student Achievement Partners
Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information
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Choosing Wisely: A Strategic Approach to Curriculum in Duval County

An interview with Dr. Nikolai P. Vitti, Superintendent of Duval County Public Schools
12/21/15
Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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The EQuIP Review Process and Rubric

Achieve created a rubric and review process to facilitate peer reviews
10/08/15, Student Achievement Partners
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