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Curriculum and Instruction
Curricular materials tell us what to teach, and instruction informs us of the best way to teach. This section includes information about both the "what" and "how" of evidence-based teaching.
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- Effective Reading Instruction
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For parents
- Getting to Know the Common Core State Standards
- How Do I Know a Good Early Reading Program When I See One?
- Classwide Peer Tutoring: Information for Families
For teachers
- Key Shifts of the Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts and Literacy
- A Critical Analysis of Eight Informal Reading Inventories
- Using Peer Tutoring to Facilitate Access
- Finding the Right Book Level: PALS Equivalencies
- Knowledge in the Classroom
For principals
- Principal as Instructional Leader: Designing a Coaching Program That Fits
- What Principals Can Do to Help Students Become Good Readers
- Elementary Principals' Group Calls for Focus on Leading Instruction
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Research
- Learning Time in America: Trends to Reform the American School Calendar
- Educator's Guide: Identifying What Works for Struggling Readers
- Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional Decision
- Effective Schools and Accomplished Teachers: Lessons About Primary-Grade Reading Instruction in Low-Income Schools
- Teaching Reading Is Rocket Science: What Expert Teachers of Reading Should Know and Be Able to Do
- What Education Schools Aren't Teaching About Reading and What Elementary Teachers Aren't Learning
