This session shows the structural changes your district must make to move the reading levels of large numbers of students from where they are to where they need to be. This job is most difficult for administrators and teachers responsible for special education students. The levers of change: governa…
Tennessee State Department of Education
Part 3 - More Reading; Instructional time proportionally increased for those who are behind; Increased time; Harvard's Observation; Assessment; Free math and science gains; Curriculum; Direct instruction.
Part 2 - Clear goals; Stating the obvious; Elements; Percentage of Kennewick Third Graders Reading; Parents role; Tactics; Ready for Kindergarten; "We don't know how to do this."; Telling the truth.
Part 5 - Principals and Teachers - Change; Most predictive; Math Gains; Summer gain and loss.
Part 1 - Why focus on reading?; Predicting academic success and failure; Movement between bands.
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