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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

From Text Complexity to Considerate Text

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The Common Core State Standards call for kids to read lots of complex nonfiction text so they can be "college and career ready....
Sunday, February 22, 2015

Readability of Sample SBAC Passages

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In three earlier posts, I took at look at the readability of sample passages for the PARCC assessments which are being used to measure stu...
Sunday, February 15, 2015

PARCC Readability, Part 3: Considering the Reader

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In Part 1 of this series on readability and the Common Core aligned PARCC assessments, I looked at the readability of the PARCC reading ...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

PARRC Test Readability, Part 2: Looking at the Questions

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This is the second in a series on issues related to the readability of the PARCC sample tests; tests that many students in the country wil...
Sunday, February 8, 2015

PARCC Tests and Readability: A Close Look

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I approach the subject of readability on the new PARCC tests with caution. Readability is the third rail for literacy specialists. While  ...
Monday, February 2, 2015

Text Complexity: Towards a More Nuanced Understanding

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This blog has addressed the issue of text complexity on a number of occasions. Some initial concerns were laid out here and here . While...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Developing Word Consciousness in Children

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Kids need to learn about 40,000-50,000 words by the time they graduate high school. Traditional approaches to vocabulary instruction (lis...
Thursday, January 22, 2015

Assessing Reading Comprehension: Probing Instead of Questioning

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When working in my role as a reading consultant, I often hear teachers lament their students lack of reading comprehension. The conversati...