Adolescent Literacy

BRIEFING February 26: Building on the Common Core State Standards to Improve Learning for English Language Learners
Feb 26, 2013

The Alliance for Excellent Education held a briefing focused on how the transition to Common Core State Standards and Next-Generation Science Standards presents both opportunities and challenges...

WEBINAR February 26: Building on the Common Core State Standards to Improve Learning for English Language Learners
Tuesday, February 26, 2013

The Alliance for Excellent Education held a webinar on the transition to Common Core State Standards and Next-Generation Science Standards presents both opportunities and challenges for the...

WEBINAR January 16: Implementing the Federal Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Program
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

The Alliance for Excellent Education held a webinar featuring state directors of comprehensive systems for birth-through-grade-twelve literacy development and education—Julie Morrill from...

WEBINAR October 30: Building on the Common Core State Standards to Improve Learning for English Language Learners
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

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BRIEFING October 30: Building on the Common Core State Standards to Improve Learning for English Language Learners
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

The "Building on the Common Core State Standards to Improve Learning for English Language Learners"
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WEBINAR January 5: Going to Scale
Thursday, January 5, 2012

On January 5 the Alliance for Excellent Education hosted a webinar featuring state directors of comprehensive systems for birth-through-grade-twelve literacy development and education—...

WEBINAR November 30: The Nation’s Report Card
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
BRIEFING September 15: Informing Writing: The Benefits of Formative Assessment
Thursday, September 15, 2011

Although some progress has been made in improving the literacy achievement of students in American high schools during the last twenty years, the majority of students still do not read or write...

WEBINAR May 26: Engineering Solutions to the National Literacy Crisis
Thursday, May 26, 2011

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, almost 70 percent of eighth-grade students and 60 percent of twelfth-graders fail to read at a proficient level.

WEBINAR March 28: Teacher and Leader Effectiveness: Lessons Learned from High-Performing Education Systems
Monday, March 28, 2011

With teacher and leader effectiveness a top priority of the U.S. education policy agenda, the federal government and states are seeking better ways to recruit, prepare, develop, and retain...