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Common Core Test Results
The results of the Common Core Tests are in and and the instructional gaps and rediscovering why a balanced literacy program, including explicit instruction in grammar,…
Common Core Diagnostic ELA Assessments
It is heart-warming to see the re-kindled interest in assessment-based learning. Specifically, teachers want diagnostic assessments to determine which of the Common Core ELA/Literacy Standards their…
How to Teach the Common Core Vocabulary Standards
In How to Teach the Vocabulary Common Core Standards, author Mark Pennington details the research foundations of teaching the Vocabulary L.4, 5, and 6 Standards.
How to Teach the Common Core Spelling Standards
In How to Teach the Common Core Spelling Standards, author Mark Pennington details what the authors of the Common Core have to say about spelling instruction.
Reading Intervention Whys, Whats, and Hows
All too often, reading intervention assessment is limited to establishing the whys. Teachers also need specific whats to inform their hows of instruction.
Common Core Vocabulary: 12 Program Assessment Questions
The Common Core State Standards affirm much of what elementary and secondary ELA/reading teachers have always been doing. However, the breadth, complexity, and depth of instruction…
Selective Implementation of the Common Core
Many district curriculum specialists are simply not providing training and budget allocations for the other Language Strand and Speaking and Listening Strand precisely because they don’t…
Cherry Picking the Common Core
Teachers can implement the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects as they are designed--each part…