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Common Core State Standards Initiative - College- and Career-Readiness ELA Standards - 2 views

www.corestandards.org/...ELAStandards.htm

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shared by Clifford Baker on 11 Oct 09 - Cached

Outlines for Conceptual Units - 12 views

www.coe.uga.edu/...Unit_Outlines.htm

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shared by The0d0re Shatagin on 14 Jun 10 - Cached

The0d0re Shatagin on 14 Jun 10

Links to a number of Conceptual Units, especially Literature and media - a number are in IRA's Read Write Think site which also has links to state standards. A work in progress.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Links to a number of Conceptual Units, especially Literature and media - a number are in IRA's Read Write Think site which also has links to state standards. A work in progress.</div>

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Awesome Stories - 16 views

www.awesomestories.com

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shared by Wanda Terral on 15 Dec 11 - Cached

Wanda Terral on 15 Dec 11

AwesomeStories is a gathering place of primary-source information. Its purpose - since the site was first launched in 1999 - is to help educators and individuals find original sources, located at national archives, libraries, universities, museums, historical societies and government-created web sites. Sources held in archives, which document so much important first-hand information, are often not searchable by popular search engines. One needs to search within those institutional sites directly, using specific search phrases not readily discernible to non-scholars. The experience can be frustrating, resulting in researchers leaving key sites without finding needed information. AwesomeStories is about primary sources. The stories exist as a way to place original materials in context and to hold those links together in an interesting, cohesive way (thereby encouraging people to look at them). It is a totally different kind of web site in that its purpose is to place primary sources at the forefront - not the opinions of a writer. Its objective is to take the site's users to places where those primary sources are located. The author of each story is listed on the preface page of the story. A link to the author provides more detailed information. This educational teaching/learning tool is also designed to support state and national standards. Each story on the site links to online primary-source materials which are positioned in context to enhance reading comprehension, understanding and enjoyment.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">AwesomeStories is a gathering place of primary-source information. Its purpose - since the site was first launched in 1999 - is to help educators and individuals find original sources, located at national archives, libraries, universities, museums, historical societies and government-created web sites. Sources held in archives, which document so much important first-hand information, are often not searchable by popular search engines. One needs to search within those institutional sites directly, using specific search phrases not readily discernible to non-scholars. The experience can be frustrating, resulting in researchers leaving key sites without finding needed information. AwesomeStories is about primary sources. The stories exist as a way to place original materials in context and to hold those links together in an interesting, cohesive way (thereby encouraging people to look at them). It is a totally different kind of web site in that its purpose is to place primary sources at the forefront - not the opinions of a writer. Its objective is to take the site's users to places where those primary sources are located. The author of each story is listed on the preface page of the story. A link to the author provides more detailed information. This educational teaching/learning tool is also designed to support state and national standards. Each story on the site links to online primary-source materials which are positioned in context to enhance reading comprehension, understanding and enjoyment.</div>

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CMS Test results invite scrutiny - CharlotteObserver.com - 0 views

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shared by Sheri Edwards on 27 Jul 09 - Cached

Staff at both schools will collect 10- to 15-percent pay hikes based on this year's scores, money that goes away next year. The raises, paid for by county commissioners eager to see kids succeed at low-performing schools, illustrate the rewards and penalties that can hang on test scores.
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In 2006, a principal split Garinger into five academies with specialized themes. The New Technology school emerged strong, but the rest of the campus struggled.
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She was convinced the dismal pass rate could change but believed many needed stronger skills to pass exams. “We really had to put the brakes on things,” she said. That meant letting strong students go straight into the EOC classes. But weaker ones took a semester or more of preparatory classes designed to boost their reading, math or science skills.
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The Observer analysis shows an unusually large number of Garinger International students sidestepped EOC courses in 2008-09. (See box.)
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This year the school added juniors, which meant enrollment grew by almost 50 percent. Yet the school gave 46 fewer tests.
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In English I, which all ninth-graders must take, Garinger International's pass rate went from 67 to 81 percent.
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the only thing we have to vary is the time it takes to attain the standards. We do not all learn at the same rate.
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It sounds like the principal is trying to help all her kids be successful. Why must that be cause for suspicion??
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