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Center for Innovation in Assessment (NJ1), 2013
The Grade 5 Informational Text Reading Inventory (ITRI) was developed to address the specific reading challenges that grade 5 students encounter when reading their textbooks and other informational text. In fifth grade, students are expected not only to comprehend difficult passages, but also to extend their comprehension through drawing…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Content Area Reading, Textbooks
Thomas, Ronald S. – Principal Leadership, 2010
Despite all the speeches, articles, and meetings about data-based instructional decision making, the author's observation after more than 20 years of working with middle and high school teams is that teachers and administrators often make important instructional decisions on the basis of historical precedent, anecdotal information, experience, or…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Data Processing, Decision Making Skills, Management Information Systems
Polette, Nancy – Teacher Ideas Press, 2007
Many of the most talented authors and artists of the past and present have shared their thoughts and their gifts with young children through picture books. Many picture books allow young children to explore important ideas and to stretch their minds far beyond rote memorization. Young children absorb knowledge at a very rapid pace. In an age of…
Descriptors: Classification, Vocabulary Development, Associative Learning, Reading Skills