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The Gold Standard of RtI Implementation
Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 by Anne-Evan Williams
Filed under: Reading, Math, Assessments, Instruction, Response to Intervention, Administrators, Teachers, Experts, Richard Capone, CEO, Let’s Go Learn,
Discovering the best way to implement RtI in your school or district
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Out of Control
Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 by Anne-Evan Williams
Filed under: Reading, Math, Assessments, Administrators, Teachers, Experts, Paolo Martin, Reading Specialist,
It's bad enough that children are increasingly losing control over their personal opinions and insights for the sake of making the right scores on high-stakes tests. It's awful when they become ill over it--when it's not about educating children as much as it is about controlling them.
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Let’s Go Learn Co-Founder Featured in District Administration Article
Posted Friday, March 07, 2008 by Anne-Evan Williams
Filed under: Reading, Math, Assessments, Administrators, Teachers, Home School, Experts, Richard D. McCallum, Ph.D.,
District Administration has released an article highlighting the need for diagnostic assessment in the classroom. Featured in their article is Dr. Richard McCallum, co-founder of Let's Go Learn. (0) Comments • Permalink
Response to Intervention: What You Need to Know
Posted Friday, February 15, 2008 by Anne-Evan Williams
Filed under: Reading, Assessments, Instruction, Response to Intervention, Administrators, Teachers, Special Education, Experts, Richard D. McCallum, Ph.D.,
Whatever your political leanings may be, you can probably see the argument that NCLB has in many ways been good for low-achieving students. Titles 1 & 3, among others, have channeled funds directly toward students who need help, whether during the day or after school. An outgrowth of the focus on low-achieving kids has been a movement to systematize and structure the types of interventions schools offer for such students. This process has been codified in what is termed "Response to Intervention," or RtI. (4) Comments • Permalink
Speaking Out Against Graduation Exams
Posted Tuesday, January 22, 2008 by Anne-Evan Williams
Filed under: Reading, Math, Assessments, Administrators, Teachers, Special Education, Experts, Anne-Evan Williams, Dir. Of Educational Development, Let’s Go Learn,
Educators and school board members alike are speaking out against the proposed graduation exam requirements in Pennsylvania. With the number of benchmark assessments on the rise across the country, there are many who feel that assessments are the only way to hold both teachers and students accountable for their learning. But in Pennsylvania, they disagree. (0) Comments • Permalink
U.S. Flatlines on PISA
Posted Monday, December 10, 2007 by Anne-Evan Williams
Filed under: Assessments, Administrators, Teachers, Home School, Special Education, Experts, Paolo Martin, Reading Specialist,
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development recently released the results of its Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink