“In our digital world, are young people losing their ability to read emotions?” by Stuart Wolpert and “Study: Kids can learn as much from ‘Sesame Street’ as from preschool” by Jim Tankersley Mini-assessment ©

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Includes two nonfiction texts, a link to a video, and 17 text-dependent questions (including one optional constructed-response prompt for students). Also includes explanatory information for teachers regarding alignment to the CCSS. Learn more about creating your own text-dependent questions.

  • Mini-assessment for “In our digital world, are young people losing their ability to read emotions?” by Stuart Wolpert and “Study: Kids can learn as much from ‘Sesame Street’ as from preschool” by Jim Tankersley ©

  • Scoring Rubric for Text-Based Writing Prompts

    This 2-page scoring rubric can be used to rate student responses to any of the writing prompts in the ELA/Literacy mini-assessments developed by Student Achievement Partners.

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