Summary of Peter Afflerbach on “Formative Assessments and the Common Core: Text Complexity to Task Complexity”
Summary of Peter Afflerbach’s take on formative versus summative assessments and the role both play in students’ learning.
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Zip Zoom Critical-Word Readers
In collaboration with Scholastic, the Zip Zoom Critical-Word Readers aims to close the achievement gap between English-Language Learners and their English-speaking peers.
Summary of P. David Pearson on Will Our Tests Support or Subvert Our Vision of Deeper Learning of English/Language Arts?
Summary of P. David Pearson’s review on the history of assessments and unique features of the next generation of assessments.
Summary of David Coleman on Assessments That Support the Goals of the Common Core State Standards
Summary of David Coleman’s vision for the new Common Core Assessments and a few points of tension.
QuickReads Family of Products
The QuickReads program is a creative and innovative application of recent research on the nature of texts used to teach reading fluency and comprehension. QuickReads texts support automatic, meaningful grade-level reading.
An Inside View of the New Assessments
Freddy discusses the computer adaptive assessment portion of the new upcoming assessments.
FYI for Kids: Building Students’ Capacity for Complex Text
How does the magazine format help students read more complex texts?
Read-Aloud Favorites: A Source for Enriching Students’ Knowledge of the World and of Language
TextProject has relaunched Read-Aloud Favorites. Educators and parents can now search our outstanding collection of trade book recommendations for read-alouds by grade level, genre, topics,… Read More »Read-Aloud Favorites: A Source for Enriching Students’ Knowledge of the World and of Language
7 Actions That Literacy Leaders Can Take Right Now: Text Complexity
Seven actions in which literacy leaders can support teachers in ensuring students’ increased capacity with complex text.
Ban on Junk Food in Schools
This issue of TP4K examines the use of school bans in order to teach students about health and nutrition.