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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For parents
- What Parents Need to Know About 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
- Flipped Classrooms and Flipped Lessons: What Does It Mean for Parents?
- Key Shifts of the Common Core Standards for 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
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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- Beyond Comprehension: We Have Yet to Adopt a Common Core Curriculum That Builds Knowledge Grade by Grade, But We Need To
- Advancing Our Students' Language and Literacy: The Challenge of Complex Texts
- 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
- What Education Schools Aren't Teaching About Reading and What Elementary Teachers Aren't Learning





