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Getting There From here

Getting There From HereBuilding the Bridge to

College and Career Readiness

Elizabeth BassfordDirector of Literacy

Pearson

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Why do we need them? Why now?

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…End of the year, grade-by-grade descriptions of what students should know and be able to do (performances) in reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language competency.

What are they?

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What is the real goal?

That comprehension be a verb.

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What is the big game-changer?

A significant instructional shift that is task-based, requiring rigorous attention to text through close reading of deliberately increasing complexity.

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What’s the big deal?

Equity.

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What is coming??

The Publisher’s Criteria

-Materials to advance literacy focus on text-based activities rather than activities where text plays an ancillary role.

-Shorter, difficult texts that elicit close reading and re-reading are provided at each grade.

-A significant percentage of high-quality questions/tasks are text dependent.

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AssessmentAssessment Professional Development

Professional Development

Implementation Support

Implementation Support

Instructional Materials

Instructional Materials

Partners in the PromiseThe Three P’s of Pearson:

People, Pedagogy, Proof.

Getting There From here

Love what you teach.