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Curated OER

How to Celebrate Kwanzaa on Your Campus

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
An article details everything you need to know about celebrating Kwanzaa at your school. An opening-day ceremony starts the seven-day holiday celebration followed a daily routine that includes a greeting, candle lighting, reciting an...
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Other

Measured Progress: Performance Assessment Making a Comeback in Schools [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Understand the importance of performance assessment in your classroom. It might take more time and effort, its advocates say-but when done right, it can lead to a deeper analysis of students' skills.
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Other

E School News: Doing More With Less: How Informed Assessment Practices Can [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An in-depth guide for educators about Informed Assessment Practices. These types of practices can efficiently shed light on student learning; without them, educators cannot determine the most appropriate next steps to strengthen...
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Buck Institute

Pbl Works: Systemwide Implementation of Pbl

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] An eight-page article describing how Philadelphia implemented PBL system-wide in its out-of-school time (OST) programs. The authors begin with a short review of the scholarly literature on PBL and its...
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Buck Institute

Pbl Works: Pbl, Common Core and Next Gen Standards

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This two-page article summarizes the alignment of PBL with Common Core standards for ELA and math, plus the Next Generation Science Standards. It is an excerpt from the BIE book, PBL for 21st Century...
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PBS

Pbs: Quilts

For Students Pre-K - 1st
If you've never thought of quilts as art, then you need to visit this site. These pages show quilts from across American over the last 100 years. Includes interviews with many contemporary quilters. You'll also find reports from teachers...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Academic Intervention Tools Chart

For Teachers K - 1st
The Academic Intervention Tools Chart is designed to assist educators and families in becoming informed consumers who can select interventions that best meet their individual needs. The Center's Technical Review Committee (TRC) on...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: A Cultural, Linguistic, Ecological Approach

For Teachers K - 1st
This 2008 brief discusses how RTI can be adapted for English Language Learners (ELL). It provides an initial framework in the use of RTI that considers students' life experiences, including their language proficiencies in their first and...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: A Family Guide to Response to Intervention

For Teachers K - 1st
This family guide provides an overview of the basic components of RTI and includes questions parents may want to ask their child's school regarding how they can get involved in the RTI process. The guide also addresses the relation of...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Tiered Intervention in High School

For Teachers K - 1st
This 2007 brief describes issues related to the implementation of RTI at the high school level and explains the supports needed to implement an RTI system. The resource provides an overview of RTI and describes specific components,...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Rti: Research for Practice

For Teachers K - 1st
This annotated bibliography, published by the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), is a compilation of research about RTI. The authors Amy-Jane Griffiths, Lorien B. Parson, Matthew K. Burns, Amanda...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Screening Briefs

For Teachers K - 1st
The purpose of this series of briefs is to help school practitioners develop a deeper understanding of screening. These briefs cover various topics related to screening practices within an RTI framework so that practitioners will better...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Secondary Literacy: Life Changing Results

For Teachers K - 1st
This 2007 brief provides an orientation to the Content Literacy Continuum (CLC) model a replicable district-level model of instruction to meet the differentiated needs of struggling adolescents. CLC is a five-level model that is aligned...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Sld Eligibility: New Regulations

For Teachers K - 1st
This 2006 PDF brief describes the 2004 amendments to the IDEA, which provide significant changes in the determination of specific learning disability (SLD) eligibility. It was written by Perry A. Zirkel and released by the National...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Student Progress Monitoring and Your Child

For Teachers K - 1st
This PDF brief, developed for the National Center on Student Progress Monitoring by Kathleen McLane, provides an overview of student progress monitoring. It may be of particular use for parents in helping them gather key information from...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Supporting Teachers With Progress Monitoring

For Teachers K - 1st
This 2006 presentation (PDF PowerPoint and Handouts), conducted by Dr. Erica Lembke and Dr. Laura Saenz.at the Summer Institute on Student Progress Monitoring, discusses issues related to successfully implementing Curriculum Based...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Tiered Interventions in High Schools

For Teachers K - 1st
This collaborative report summarizes what the High School Tiered Interventions Initiative (HSTII) has learned about effective implementation of RTI in high schools. It provides a brief description of the RTI framework and the essential...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Training Module Facilitator's Guide

For Teachers K - 1st
The Training Module Facilitator's Guide is intended to support teachers, professors, and other providers of professional development as they plan and deliver training modules developed by the Center. The guide describes the structure of...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Train the Trainer Materials

For Teachers K - 1st
These materials are intended for use by those wishing to conduct a Training of Trainers (TOT) for the RTI Implementer Series. TOT facilitators should have knowledge of the materials provided here, the Implementer Series training module...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Using Cbm to Determine Rti

For Teachers K - 1st
This training module describes the difference between RTI and traditional assessment for learning disabilities, the basics of RTI using a three-tier model, and instructional interventions within each tier. The module also discusses...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Academic Intervention Tools Chart

For Teachers K - 1st
This tools chart presents information about studies that have been conducted about academic intervention programs. The first tab, Study Quality, includes ratings from our TRC members on the technical rigor of the study design. The second...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Screening Tools Chart

For Teachers K - 1st
This tools chart presents information about screening tools from the fourth annual review of screening tools by the Center's Technical Review Committee (TRC). The columns include ratings from our TRC members on the technical rigor of the...
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Article
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Screening Tools Chart

For Teachers K - 1st
This tools chart presents information about screening tools from the fourth annual review of screening tools by the Center's Technical Review Committee (TRC). The columns include ratings from our TRC members on the technical rigor of the...
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Other

Professional Development for Implementing Electronic Portfolios

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
For school learning communities considering implementing portfolios, this article provides a comprehensive resource. Many links to materials and examples are also provided.