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Reading and writing assessments give you the tools you need to learn about your students' strengths and next steps. Here are four ideas to consider for managing and making the most of reading and writing assessments.
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If being observed is giving you anxiety, here are five tips to focus your pre-conference, pre-observed lesson energies
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Accurate and reliable tools to identify the instructional and independent reading levels of all students and document student progress through one-on-one formative and summative assessments.

The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy™ Continuum is an indispensable resource for every educator responsible for nurturing the literate life of students.


We can all agree that in the life of a reader, the right book at the right time makes all the difference. But how do we know which book? What time is the right time?
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Lucy Calkins' groundbreaking performance assessments offer instructional tools to support continuous assessment, timely feedback, and clear goals tied to learning progressions that have been aligned with world-class standards.
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In this video Mary Ehrenworth, Deputy Director of the TCRWP and coauthor of the Units of Study, discusses how teachers and administrators can assess the level of student writing through informal and informal ways.
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Maja Wilson offers teachers a new way of looking at writing assessment that takes a more authentic approach than scales and rubrics.
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