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ELA Planning Pathways
Contributors from the School District of Philadelphia: Alison McMonagle, Christine Chang, Hannah Weiss, Kristen Sylvester, Dr. Nyshawan…
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- 06/07/21
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Comparing Reading Research to Program Design: An Examina…
This report, the second in a series about elementary English Language Arts instructional programs widely used in schools, examines a le…
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- 05/18/21
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Shifting Early Literacy Practices
Shifting Early Literacy Practices: The Story of an Early Reading Pilot in San Antonio Independent School District includes reflec…
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- 02/08/21
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Reading as Liberation—An Examination of the Research Bas…
The time of a “one size fits all” approach to literacy instruction has passed. Every individual student -- especially those…
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- 06/22/20
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Integrating Social, Emotional and Academic Development: …
To help principals and school leadership teams see how social and emotional learning can enhance academic performance, and how to weave…
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- 01/16/20
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Comparing Reading Research to Program Design: An Examina…
This report examines a program widely used in schools: Units of Study from the Teachers College Reading & Writing Project. Seven li…
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- 11/07/18
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Placing Text at the Center of the Standards-Aligned ELA …
This paper intends to articulate the vision for what an evidence-based model for text-centered instruction could look like (that includ…
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- 04/11/18
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Selecting and Using Academic Vocabulary in Instruction
This guidance document provides research-based strategies and classroom activities to support academic vocabulary instruction. In this …
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- 03/09/18
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Selected Research on Providing English Language Learners…
This document outlines the research and existing criteria that have influenced Student Achievement Partners’ approach to supporti…
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- 07/26/17
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Aligning Content and Practice: The Design of the Instruc…
Content-specific feedback is a critical part of a teacher’s professional development. The highest-impact feedback and professiona…
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- 04/27/17
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Practice What You Teach: Connecting Curriculum & Profess…
Improving teaching and advancing student learning require weaving together both the curriculum that students engage with every day and …
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- 09/15/16
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A Teachers' Guide to the Common Core: A Resource Guide f…
As stated in this publication, "The purpose of this guide is to assist specialists and mainstream educators to engage in professi…
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- 02/26/16
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Learning to Look: How rigorous arts classrooms provide i…
As stated in this publication, "Let us look to the methodology of our high-functioning arts programs for compelling models for restruct…
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- 02/08/16
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CCSS ELA/Literacy Appendix C: Samples of Student Writing…
This appendix provides writing samples that have been annotated to illustrate the criteria required to meet the Common Core State Stand…
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- 06/04/15
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What Do the Common Core State Standards for ELA/Literacy…
This document debunks myths about the kindergarten ELA/literacy standards. It explains the reasons these myths have taken hold an…
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- 06/04/15
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What Common Core State Standards Say (and DON’T Say) abo…
This document explains exactly what the Common Core expects of kindergarten students in ELA/literacy. It defines key terms and clarifie…
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- 05/20/15
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Framework for Preparing, Implementing, and Assessing Clo…
A veteran educator presents a detailed, step-by-step guide to preparing, implementing, and assessing close reading lessons.
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- 02/10/15
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Research Supporting Shift 2: Using Evidence from Text
This piece, part of a research series on the Shifts, provides a summary of key research and relevant findings related to using eviden…
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- 02/10/15
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Implementation: Issues with a Leveled-Only Text Approach…
As stated in this piece, part of a research series on implementation, "The instructional approach of matching text difficulty levels to…
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- 02/10/15
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Research Supporting Shift 3: Building Knowledge
This piece, part of a research series on the Shifts, provides a summary of research and relevant findings related to building know…
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- 02/10/15
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Research Supporting the Common Core ELA/Literacy Shifts …
As stated in this piece, "The following selected bibliography provides key research in two areas: Research which supports the Instru…
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- 02/10/15
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Research Supporting Shift 1: Complex Text
This piece, part of a research series on the Shifts, provides a summary of key research and relevant findings related to complex t…
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- 02/10/15
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Implementation: The Role of Close Reading in Common Core…
As stated in this piece, part of a research series on implementation, "Close reading is an instructional approach strongly associated w…
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- 07/30/14
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CCSS ELA/Literacy Appendix B: Text Exemplars and Sample …
This appendix provides exemplars of reading text complexity, quality, and range & sample performance tasks related to the Comm…
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- 07/18/14
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Vocabulary and the Common Core
Vocabulary research paper and four practice exercises for teachers, coaches, and school leaders to use in PD or self-teaching on v…
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- 10/31/13
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Advancing Our Students' Language and Literacy: The Chall…
This article about text complexity appeared in American Educator magazine.
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- 09/11/13
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‘Both and’ Literacy Instruction K-5: A Proposed Paradigm…
An "either-or" approach to concepts like close reading and volume of reading leaves important elements out. This paper discusses …
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- 09/09/13
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Three Core Shifts to Deliver on the Promise of the Commo…
As stated in this publication, "Three core shifts in literacy and math, deeply grounded in the Standards themselves, offer a way to foc…
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- 09/05/13
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Realizing Opportunities for English Learners in the Com…
This publication explores strategies for supporting ELL students in mastering Common Core literacy.
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- 09/05/13
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The Role of Fiction in the High School English Language …
This article, written by lead authors of the CCSS and published in the Huffington Post, clarifies the role of fiction and literature in…
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- 09/05/13
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Supplemental Information for Appendix A of the Common Co…
This supplement provides new research on text complexity and offers the official grade band ranges to use for text complexity along wit…
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- 09/05/13
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Reading Between the Lines: What the ACT Reveals about Co…
Based on data gathered from ACT results, this report focuses on steps to improve reading skills among high school students. Specificall…
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- 09/05/13
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CCSS ELA/Literacy Appendix A: Research Supporting Key El…
This appendix provides research demonstrating that while the complexity of reading demands for college and careers have risen over the …
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- 08/23/13
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Revised Publishers' Criteria for ELA/Literacy
These documents support faithful implementation of the Common Core State Standards and other college- and career-ready standards in ELA…
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- 08/23/13
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Close Analytical Reading through a Structured Journal
In this essay, lifelong ELA teacher Meredith Liben offers a strategy drawn from her experience supporting students in close readings of…
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- 08/23/13
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Focusing on High Impact Excerpts When Reading Full Lengt…
In this essay, a high school social studies teacher describes his strategy for choosing texts for close reading lessons. -
- 08/20/13
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Transitioning to the Common Core
In this piece, high school social studies teacher Lyn Cannaday provides an account of why the transition to the Common Core in her urba…
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- 08/20/13
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How to Achieve Deep Understanding of a Complex Text
Middle school ELA and social studies teacher Joanna Hawkins discusses the thoughtful craftsmanship it takes for teachers to create deep…
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- 08/20/13
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Why Complex Text Matters
In this article, David Liben explores the ACT research finding that the ability to read and understand complex text is the best way to …
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- 08/20/13
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Which Words Do I Teach and How?
This article, by lifelong teacher and principal David Liben, provides guidance on vocabulary instruction. It is excerpted from the long…
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- 04/04/13
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The Importance of Vocabulary and Syntax
In this essay, former teacher and principal David Liben explains the crucial role of vocabulary and syntax in teaching complex texts.…
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- 04/03/13
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The Progression of Reading Comprehension
This policy paper is intended for educators and researchers to provide information about the key components of fostering reading compre…
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- 03/26/13
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Measures of Text Difficulty: Testing their Predictive Va…
As stated in this research study of text analysis tools that measure text complexity quantitatively, "The Common Core State Standards d…