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Please download and read before May 25
Nine short readings totaling 50 pages
1) Building Professional Community in Schools; Kruse, Seashore-Louis, and Bryk; Issues in Restructuring Schools; Center on Organization and Restructuring Schools – University of Wisconsin – Madison; Issue Report No. 6; Spring 1994
Click to download: BUILDING PLCS.pdf (4 pages)
2) Leadership That Sparks Learning; Waters, Marzano, and McNulty; Educational Leadership – Leading in Tough Times; Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; April 2004
Click here to download: LEADERSHIP THAT SPARKS LEARNING.doc (5 pages)
3) No Schools Left Behind; Bernhardt; Educational Leadership - Using Data to Improve Student Achievement; Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; February 2003
Click here to download: NO SCHOOLS LEFT BEHIND.doc (7 pages)
4) Improving Chicago’s Schools – School Instructional Program Coherence: Benefits and Challenges; Newman, Smith, Allensworth, and Bryk; Consortium on Chicago School Research; 2001 Chapter II – What Is Instructional Program Coherence? (pp. 13 - 17)
Click here to download: INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM COHERENCE.pdf (5 pages)
5) Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Response to Intervention (RtI) and Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades; National Center for Education, Evaluation and Regional Assistance, NCEE 2009-4045 US Department of Education (focus on pp. 11-16)
Click here to download: RtI READING.pdf (60 pages, our focus is the 6 pages numbered 11-16)
6) Putting Understanding First; Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe; Eductional Leadership - Reshaping High Schools; May 2008, Volume 65, Number 8; pp. 36-41
Click here to download: Putting Understanding First.pdf (7 pages)
7) How Classroom Assessments Improve Learning; Thomas R. Guskey; Educational Leadership - Using Data to Improve Student Achievement; February 2003, Volume 60, Number 5; pp. 6-11
Click here to download: How Classroom Assessments Improve Learning.pdf (6 pages )
8) Finding Balance: Assessment in the Middle School Classroom; Middle Ground - The Magazine of Middle Level Education; October 2008, Volume 12, Number 2; pp. 12-15
Click here to download: Finding Balance- MS.pdf (5 pages)
9) Writing Student Friendly Learning Goals; Bill Ferriter
Click to download - two parts:
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