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School Leadership in the Common Core Era

A Principal's Reflections

Pupils with special learning needs due to physical and/or mental impairments who require special assistance to meet with academic success. Common Core for the not-so-common learner: English language arts strategies grades K-5. Beyond core expectations: A schoolwide framework for serving the not-so-common learner.

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Savvas Announces its enVision® Mathematics Common Core Grades 6-8 © 2021 Earns Highest Rating from EdReports

eSchool News

Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation learning solutions leader for K-12 education, is proud to announce that its enVision® Mathematics Common Core Grades 6-8 © 2021 received the highest rating from EdReports.org. Teaching with high-quality instructional materials has a direct impact on student learning outcomes.

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Common Core: Sound Education Practice or Bad Gamble?

The 21st Century Principal

Now that 45 states (and 3 territories) have adopted the Common Core Standards, edu-preneurs and opportunists have gone into overdrive, churning out tons of materials, programs, and trainings to help schools and school districts implement these standards. The outcomes are precisely the opposite of the talents we need for the new era.

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Measuring Up–the Key to Meeting State/National Standards

Ask a Tech Teacher

Measuring Up is a suite of tools that supplements any classroom curriculum by offering standards-based instruction, practice, assessment, and reporting customized to many state or national standards–with the singular goal of assisting students in meeting English Language Arts, Mathematics, and/or Science standards. Data on Measuring Up.

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The Limits of Curriculum Choice

Digital Promise

But in the first multi-state effort to measure textbook efficacy since the implementation of the Common Core, researchers at the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University saw no difference in the average fourth- and fifth-grade math achievement gains of schools using different elementary math textbooks.

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How shifting to a UDL mindset enhances Common Core

eSchool News

The implementation of the Common Core State Standards has been met with anxiety from administrators and educators at every level, because, like any major change, it can seem scary and overwhelming. Cultivating the right mindset is of the utmost importance before any change can result in positive outcomes. A shift in mindset.

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How Science of Reading Research Affirms the Impact of Waterford’s Evidence-Based Reading Intervention Program

Waterford

After evaluating a 2016 ETI study of Waterford Upstart , an early literacy program for PreK studies, the WWC designated it as meeting ESSA Tier 1 standards. ESSA Tier 1 is the highest possible ranking that an early learning program can meet according to WWC standards.