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Reading is a complex intellectual process that encompasses immense benefits. In the early stages of a child’s academic years, reading is one of the most important skills to learn. Reading helps a student communicate with others, discover and learn new things, complete day-to-day tasks, comprehend and retain what he or she is learning, master a language, generate new ideas, and form intellectual thoughts.

When you arrive to school each morning, you know that your success lies in the success of your students. The daunting goal of every teacher is to provide students with instruction that targets their unique needs.

Classrooms are busy places filled with students who require varying levels of support. Teachers are constantly striving to provide students with the most effective differentiated instruction, exactly when they need it.

In this webinar, researcher Mark Daniel, Ph.D. and noted literacy expert Freddie Hiebert, Ph.D. discuss why it’s important to measure silent reading rate with comprehension.  They also explain the Silent Reading Fluency approach and its connection to the new aimswebPlus, as well as findings from research validating its use as a screener.

Here's the story of how Old Adobe Union School District in California helped its English Language Learners make progress with the state-administered Californian English Language Development Test.

We are so excited about our ISTE 2016 Tech & Learning "Best of Show" award. This is a huge honor as this generally set for brand new sparkly products. It just goes to show you, that WriteToLearn continues to turn heads as it evolves with all the educational changes of its 10 year history as an educational writing practice tool.

It may seem logical to welcome students to a new school year and screen upon arrival. This will give you all of the data you need to identify at-risk students and plan interventions per student, right?  

Jeff Pence teaches English Language Arts to five classes of seventh-graders at Dean Rusk Middle School in Canton, GA. His concerns and challenges about how he can do the best job for his 129 students are shared by most ELA teachers in America.