Contents contributed and discussions participated by Tracy Watanabe
3 Digital Tools to Encourage Close Reading - 0 views
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Dr. Doug Fischer defines close reading this way: “Close reading is a careful and purposeful re-reading of the text.”
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(PARCC) defines it this way:
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... and explains its importance:
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Arizona's New Statewide Achievement Test - 0 views
SBE-Adopted ELA/ELD Framework Chapters - Curriculum Frameworks (CA Dept of Education) - 0 views
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Introduction to the Framework (PD
wwwatanabe: Core Tech for Math Common Core Standards #ISTE2014 - 0 views
Huppenthal joins the 'barbarians,' flip-flops on Common Core | Arizona Capitol Times - 0 views
wwwatanabe: Core Tech for Learning with ELA Common Core #ISTE2014 - 0 views
Tulare's Common Core Connect -- ELA Templates - 0 views
Fresno's common core standards - 0 views
wwwatanabe: Writing 2.0: Technology-Rich Approach to Common Core Writing - 0 views
How PBL Prepares Students for CCSS Test Performance Tasks: Part 2 - PBL is Already Alig... - 0 views
Creating Cross-Curricular Text Sets for the Middle Grades | MiddleWeb - 0 views
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To design the text set, each person thought about a theme in the anchor text to explore. In this way, different people designed different text sets around a common anchor text. Next, each preservice teacher began to put a text set together. These requirements framed the assignment: The text set needed to include 6-8 texts, including the anchor text. The text set had to include both narrative and informational genres. The text set had to include both print and digital texts. The text set needed to include texts of varying complexity.
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The authors inspired us to include both narrative and informational texts. The goals of this assignment were to help preservice teachers (1) understand what a text set is and (2) experience putting a text set together. Although the task seemed daunting at first, most preservice teachers were satisfied with their outcomes. The challenges we ran into included: Selecting an anchor text; Deciding on a theme in the anchor text to explore through the text set; Making informed choices about other texts to include.
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These standards can seem daunting to preservice teachers. A text set assignment like the one described here is one way teacher educators can help prepare our university students to plan curriculum and instruction that helps students make deeper connections.
At an East San Jose high school, students react to new Common Core test | EdSource Today - 0 views
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“With this test, you had to make your point and explain your answer,” said Desiree Jones. “In the future, you may have to do the same thing – back up your claim –where you work. You can’t just say, ‘That’s good.’ You’ll need to say what you think and why.”
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Citing evidence, defending a position Desiree was referring to the performance assessment part of the test. It represents the biggest change from the state tests.
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They were asked to take a position, using evidence based on what they read. They could use a split screen to cut and paste from the articles – a task that some students found difficult to do, especially for math problems, using their portable Chromebooks – and they could write as much and take as much time as they wanted.
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wwwatanabe: 21st Century Literacy, Communication, and Blogging - 0 views
Principals slam 2014 NY Common Core tests as badly designed - 0 views
Common Core Standards Explorer - 0 views
Testing to, and Beyond, the Common Core | Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Edu... - 0 views
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the push is now to implement next-generation learning goals that encourage higher-order thinking skills.
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A critical piece in this roadmap will be new assessments, which have the potential to give school leaders new and better tools to guide instruction, support teachers, and improve outcomes. Assessment decisions will have a big impact on principals, who know the difference between leading a school constrained by punitively used tests that fail to measure many of the most important learning goals, and a school that uses thoughtful assessments to measure what matters and inform instruction.
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Become part of a new accountability system that replaces the old test-and-punish philosophy with one that aims to assess, support, and improve. Tests should be used not to allocate sanctions, but to provide information, in conjunction with other indicators, to guide educational improvement.
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