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Providing Supports That Foster a Data-Driven Culture Within a School
Data for Instruction > Data-Driven Culture > Overview & Tools
Schools and districts need to provide supports, such as school-based facilitators, professional development, and structured collaboration time, to help all stakeholders develop the knowledge and...
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Establishing a Clear Vision for Schoolwide Data Use
Data for Instruction > Vision for Data > Overview & Tools
Establishing a whole-school culture of data use helps all stakeholders make thoughtful, consistent, and appropriate data-based decisions. Schools can develop a data plan and team to guide the use...
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Making Data Part of an Ongoing Cycle of Instructional Improvement
Data for Instruction > Improvement Cycle > Overview & Tools
As part of a coherent approach to using data for instructional improvement, teachers can use a cycle of instructional improvement. This cycle begins with collecting and preparing data using results...
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Teaching Students to Examine Their Own Data
Data for Instruction > Student Data Use > Overview & Tools
Students can learn to examine their own data, monitor their progress, and set learning goals when teachers set clear expectations, provide explicit feedback, and give students tools to understand...
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Turning Around Chronically Low-Performing Schools
School Turnaround > Overview & Tools
Use this multimedia overview to learn how the practices for school turnaround fit together into a research-based and practical solution for quickly turning around chronically low-performing...
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Adolescent Literacy
Adolescent Literacy > Overview & Tools
Data from recent national assessments indicate that many middle and high school students are failing to comprehend text at a proficient level. Even high school students with average reading ability...
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Interventions for Struggling Readers
Adolescent Literacy > Intensive Intervention > Overview & Tools
Watch this multimedia overview to learn about using assessments to select interventions, the role of reading specialists and content teachers, and the types of instruction required to meet student...
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Talking About Text: Discussion-Based Approaches to Reading Instruction
Adolescent Literacy > Text Discussion > Overview & Tools
View this multimedia overview to learn how providing adolescents with opportunities to discuss text can improve comprehension and engagement, both key features of reading achievement. Related...
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Effective Strategies That Boost Reading Comprehension
Adolescent Literacy > Comprehension Strategies > Overview & Tools
This multimedia overview highlights key research findings and specific practice implications for comprehension strategy instruction. Related Files: Transcript
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Providing Explicit Vocabulary Instruction
Adolescent Literacy > Vocabulary Instruction > Overview & Tools
Use this multimedia overview to understand the importance of providing explicit vocabulary instruction focused on words key to understanding content in both reading and subject area classrooms....
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Making Sense of Computational Procedures
Fractions > Fractions Operations > Overview & Tools
Watch this multimedia overview to learn about the importance of focusing on conceptual understanding and procedural fluency with fractions operations and how they connect. The overview describes...
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Recognizing Fractions as Numbers
Fractions > Fractions as Numbers > Overview & Tools
Watch this multimedia overview explaining why number lines are recommended as a central representational tool to teach students about fractions and how teachers can help students understand...
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