Frankly Freddy Blog
TextProject president and CEO Elfrieda H. (Freddy) Hiebert blogs about important issues in reading research and practice.Frankly Freddy entries (published from 2005 to 2014) have been sorted into five topics of literacy learning and instruction. Click here to download the ebook!
Summary of P. David Pearson on Will Our Tests Support or Subvert Our Vision of Deeper Learning of English/Language Arts?
July 9, 2013
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
July 2, 2013
Summary of David Coleman’s vision for the new Common Core Assessments and a few points of tension.
An Inside View of the New Assessments
May 8, 2013
Freddy discusses the computer adaptive assessment portion of the new upcoming assessments.
FYI for Kids: Building Students’ Capacity for Complex Text
April 12, 2013
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
March 22, 2013
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, and format. Read-Aloud Favorites are an essential component ofRead 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
February 27, 2013
Seven actions in which literacy leaders can support teachers in ensuring students’ increased capacity with complex text.
It’s Not Just Informational Text That Supports Knowledge Acquisition: The Critical Role of Narrative Text in the Common Core State Standards
September 12, 2012
Literature allows for examination of the influences of culture and history on individuals, not simply on our personal responses to texts. Guiding students in understanding how culture and history influences individual development and agency is part of the bigger picture.
Scaffolding Complex Text: Volume of Text Matters
July 30, 2012
What’s the difference between text for below-level readers and advanced reader? How Lexiles differentiate “difficult” and “easier” books for readers.
Syntax and Text Complexity: A Classic Text Goes from College-Career Level to First Grade
June 26, 2012
Dr. Hiebert shows how the Lexile for a text can change with a few simple edits.
Teaching Complex Text: Why Look at Word Frequency?
June 21, 2012
A webinar version of this content is also available: Teaching Complex Text: Why Look at Word Frequency For the first time in a standards document, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) has a standard—Standard 10—devoted solely to ensuring that studentRead More »Teaching Complex Text: Why Look at Word Frequency?