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Maximized minutes: Growth factors and high-quality reading practice

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Maximized minutes: Growth factors and high-quality reading practice

January 30, 2018
Categories: Reading

This is the third entry in the Education Leader’s Guide to Reading Growth, a 7-part series about the critical importance of high-quality reading practice when it comes to reading achievement, written specially for today’s education leaders. Your students need more [...]

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What are kids reading? It’s all about choice

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What are kids reading? It’s all about choice

January 25, 2018
Categories: Reading | Products: Accelerated Reader

I am NOT a fan of book clubs. Don’t get me wrong, I am a voracious reader and I like to discuss books as much as the next gal, but I simply cannot have someone else choose which book I [...]

Daily reading practice and the magic of 15 minutes

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Daily reading practice and the magic of 15 minutes

January 23, 2018
Categories: Reading

This is the second entry in the Education Leader’s Guide to Reading Growth, a 7-part series about the relationship between daily reading practice, reading growth, and overall student achievement. Multiple studies show the connection between time and frequency of [...]

Problem identification: The first important step in problem solving

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Problem identification: The first important step in problem solving

January 18, 2018
Categories: Uncategorized

As educators, we understand that we must clearly identify a problem in order to solve it. And we need to pass this skill along to our students as well. Whether the issue is a lack of academic progress, challenging classroom [...]

6 more minutes: Struggling readers, reading practice, and growth

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6 more minutes: Struggling readers, reading practice, and growth

January 17, 2018
Categories: Reading

This post is the first entry in the Education Leader’s Guide to Reading Growth, a 7-part series about how education leaders can use research-driven strategies to support reading growth and achievement—and improve student outcomes. What are the differences between a [...]

The teacher as reading coach: Relationship-building that motivates students to read and achieve their personalized goals

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The teacher as reading coach: Relationship-building that motivates students to read and achieve their personalized goals

January 11, 2018
Categories: Reading

I think we all can agree that text is silent, given voice only by the generosity of the reader. Yet, even when we accept that reading is a conversation between the reader and author, we can build better teacher-student relationships [...]

Two content developers share their favorite books (and more) from 2017

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Two content developers share their favorite books (and more) from 2017

December 21, 2017
Categories: Reading

Alexa, read me Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. (Did you know Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was the most requested book for Amazon’s Alexa to read aloud in 2017?) This past week, Amazon published its annual This Year [...]

6 models for measuring student growth

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6 models for measuring student growth

December 14, 2017

Back in the days of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), schools were given credit for the percentage of students achieving the state’s “proficient” level. The amount of ground that students needed to cover in order to [...]

New book on student talent and expertise

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New book on student talent and expertise

December 14, 2017
Categories: Professional Development

I’m thrilled to announce the release of my new book, Unlocking Student Talent: The New Science of Developing Expertise. As the chief academic officer at Renaissance, one of my top priorities is helping educators understand how advances [...]

Why academic fluency matters in K–12 education

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Why academic fluency matters in K–12 education

December 8, 2017

Educators sometimes ask me why so many FastBridge assessments are timed. The answer is that timing is necessary in order to document a student’s fluency with tasks. So, what exactly is academic fluency—and why is it so important? In [...]

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