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  • 4 Ways Student Data Can Inform Instruction

    Maurya Buchanan

    by Maurya Buchanan

    Classrooms are busy places filled with students who require varying levels of support. Teachers are constantly striving to provide students with the most effective differentiated instruction, exactly when they need it.

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  • Assessing Silent Reading Rate with Comprehension

    by Jane Kim

    In this webinar, researcher Mark Daniel, Ph.D. and noted literacy expert Freddie Hiebert, Ph.D. discuss why it’s important to measure silent reading rate with comprehension.  They also explain the Silent Reading Fluency approach and its connection to the new aimswebPlus, as well as findings from research validating its use as a screener.

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  • WriteToLearn Best of Show, ISTE 2016 Tech & Learning

    by Jana Bennett

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    We are so excited about our ISTE 2016 Tech & Learning "Best of Show" award. This is a huge honor as this generally set for brand new sparkly products. It just goes to show you, that WriteToLearn continues to turn heads as it evolves with all the educational changes of its 10 year history as an educational writing practice tool.

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  • End of Year Screening

    Maurya Buchanan

    by Maurya Buchanan

    It may seem logical to welcome students to a new school year and screen upon arrival. This will give you all of the data you need to identify at-risk students and plan interventions per student, right?  

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  • Georgia 7th graders complete 33 writing assignments a year

    by Jana Bennett

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    Jeff Pence teaches English Language Arts to five classes of seventh-graders at Dean Rusk Middle School in Canton, GA. His concerns and challenges about how he can do the best job for his 129 students are shared by most ELA teachers in America.

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