English Language Arts/Reading

Bridging Sectors to Co-Create NC Pathways to Grade-Level Reading

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This report describes state-level, cross-sector efforts in North Carolina to align around a common vision, set of strategies, and measures for the birth-through-age-8 continuum. This document describes the phases of work undertaken by a partnership of hundreds of diverse leaders — working across sectors, geography and the political aisle — with the goal of building […]

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PreK-3rd: Getting Literacy Instruction Right

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This brief focuses on the importance of developing children’s language and reading skills through strong PreK-3rd grade literacy instruction. Lesaux identifies effective literacy instruction as that which spans the early childhood through elementary years; is responsive to the developmental needs of students; combines direct instruction and inquiry-based learning; integrates skills-based and knowledge-based instruction; and is centered

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Turning the Page: Refocusing Massachusetts for Reading Success

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This report exposes the high costs of childhood reading failure and examines external and in-school barriers to reading achievement within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Recommendations featured in this report include the need to conduct early and ongoing assessments of children’s language and reading and of the quality of services and supports; bring language-rich, rigorous and

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