Exploration of Key Instructional Advances in Literacy
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Exploration of Key Instructional Advances in Literacy
Meredith Liben of StandardsWork, Inc.
U.S. Department of EducationOffice of Career, Technical, and Adult Education
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Literacy Coaches
Meesha Brown Rachel Etienne Lori Forlizzi Jane Roy Cindy Turner
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Day OneLiteracy Work Sessions 10:15 – 11:15 a.m.
Connecting CCR Standards to the Key Advances 11:15 am – noon
Selecting Texts Worth Reading
Noon – 1:15 p.m.Lunch
1:15 – 2:00 p.m.Selecting Texts Worth Reading (continued)
2:00 – 3:45 p.m.Identifying Questions Worth Answering
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Recap of the Three Key Advances Prompted
by the CCR Standards
1. Complexity: Regular Practice With Complex Text (and Its Academic Language)
2. Evidence: Reading, Writing, and Speaking Grounded in Evidence From Text
3. Knowledge: Building Knowledge Through Content-Rich Nonfiction
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Structure of the Literacy Standards
Four Strands: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, Language
Anchor Standards for Each Strand: 10, 9, 6, and 6
Standards Listed by Level: A (K-1), B (2-3), C (4-5), D (6-8), and E (9-12)
Strand
Anchor Standard
Level-Specific Standards
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Connecting CCR Standards to the Key Advances (Part 1)
• Purpose of Activity• Materials• Directions
Begin Activity
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Reflections: Whole Group Sharing
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Connecting CCR Standards to the Key Advances (Part 2)
• Purpose of Activity• Materials• Directions
Begin Activity
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Reflections
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Connections Between the Anchor Standards and the Key Advances
Each key advance depends on standards from the four strands.
Standards from the four strands come together in aligned instruction to realize the key advances.
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ELA/Literacy Advance One: Regular Practice With Complex Text (and Its Academic Language)
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Implications for Instruction Standards have raised the bar for what students should
read and understand at each level.
Passages should be of high quality so that they are worthy of close reading.
Text complexity and text quality share powerful links: • Only by reading a complex text is one able to increase
reading proficiency. • CCR-aligned questions cannot be asked of passages
lacking complexity and fully developed ideas.
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Understanding the Key Terms and Concepts Related to This Advance
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What Is Complex Text, Exactly?
Complex sentences Uncommon vocabulary Lack of words, sentences or paragraphs that review or
pull things together for the student Lengthy paragraphs Text structure that is less narrative and/or mixes
structures
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What Is Complex Text (continued)
Subtle and/or frequent transitions Multiple and/or subtle themes and purposes Dense information Unfamiliar settings, topics or events Lack of repetition, overlap, or similarity in words and
sentences
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Three Part System for Measuring Text:
1. Quantitative Scale
2. Qualitative Measures
3. Professional Judgment (of reader and task)
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What Do These Parts Mean and How Do They Work Together?
1. Quantitative Scale: What a computer can “see” and measure
2. Qualitative Measures: Text features best judged by human evaluation (structure, language and knowledge demands, and purpose)
3. Professional Judgment: What the instructor does with this text to help students read and understand it
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1. Quantitative Scale
CCR Levels of Learning ATOS
Degrees of Reading Power Flesch-Kincaid
The Lexile Framework
Reading Maturity SourceRater
B (2nd – 3rd) 2.75 – 5.14 42 – 54 1.98 – 5.34 420 – 820 3.53 – 6.13 0.05 – 2.48
C (4th – 5th) 4.97 – 7.03 52 – 60 4.51 – 7.73 740 – 1010 5.42 – 7.92 0.84 – 5.75
D (6th – 8th) 7.00 – 9.98 57 – 67 6.51 – 10.34 925 – 1185 7.04 – 9.57 4.11 – 10.66
E (9th – 10th) 9.67 – 12.01 62 – 72 8.32 – 12.12 1050 – 1335 8.41 – 10.81 9.02 – 13.93
E (11th – CCR) 11.20 – 14.10 67 – 74 10.34 – 14.2 1185 – 1385 9.57 – 12.00 12.30 – 14.50
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2. Qualitative Measures
CategoryNotes and comments on text, support for placement in this
band
Where to place within the level?
Beginning of Level
Middle of Level
Top of Level
NOT Suited to Level
Structure
Language Clarity and Conventions
Knowledge Demands
Purpose
Overall Placement
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3. Professional Judgment
“Students who struggle greatly to read texts within (or even below) their text complexity [level] must be given the support needed to enable them to read at an appropriate level of complexity. Even many students on course for college and career readiness are likely to need scaffolding as they master higher levels of text complexity.”
(From Appendix A, p.9, CCSS – ELA)
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Determining Text Complexity
General Rule: Use the quantitative measures to place a text within a band, and qualitative measures to place the text at the top, middle, or bottom of the band.
www.ccsso.org/Navigating_Text_Complexity.html
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Selecting (and Measuring) Texts Worth Reading
Begin Activity
Purpose of Activity Materials Directions
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Reflections
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Why Text Complexity Is So Essential
Academic vocabulary can only be learned from complex texts.
Mature language skills needed for success can only be gained by working with demanding materials.
Students won’t be prepared reading simplified texts that have restricted, limited, and/or thin meaning.
There is no evidence that struggling readers catch up by gradually increasing the complexity of simpler texts.
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ELA/Literacy Advance Two: Reading, Writing, and Speaking Grounded in Evidence From Text
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Implications for Instruction
Require students to follow the details of what is explicitly stated and make valid claims that square with text evidence.
Ask questions that do not require information or evidence from outside the text.
Include effective sequences of questions that build on one another so students stay focused on the text and learn fully from it.
Check textbooks and substitute text-dependent questions for non-text-dependent questions.
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Understanding the Key Terms and Concepts Related to This Advance
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Defining Text-Dependent and Text-Specific Questions
Text-dependent questions push students to rely solely on the text for insight and analysis; they must be traceable “back to the text.”
Answering these questions requires focused reliance on the language and mechanics of the text itself, rather than personal experience or opinion.
The questions probe the specifics of the text and avoid “canned” questions that could be asked of any text.
Simply put, text-dependent questions identify the text as the “expert” in the room.
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In “Casey at the Bat,” Casey strikes out. Describe a time when you failed at something.
In “Letter From a Birmingham Jail,” Dr. King discusses nonviolent protest. Discuss a time when you wanted to fight against something that you felt was unfair.
From “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” have students identify the different methods of removing warts that Tom and Huck talk about. Ask students to devise their own charm to remove warts. Are there cultural ideas or artifacts from the current time that could be used in the charm?
What makes Casey’s experiences at bat humorous?
What can you infer from King’s letter about the letter that he received?
Why does Tom hesitate to allow Ben to paint the fence? How does Twain construct his sentences to reflect that hesitation? What effect do Tom’s hesitations have on Ben?
Non-Text-Dependent Text-Dependent
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Identifying Questions Worth Answering
• Purpose of Activity• Materials• Directions
Begin Activity
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Reflections
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How to Construct a Strong Question Set
Investigate the qualitative features of the text. Identify the key ideas of the text. Start small to build confidence and check understanding. Target vocabulary and text/sentence structure. Tackle tough sections head-on. Create coherent sequences of text-dependent questions. Identify the standards that are being addressed. Create a culminating assessment by referring back to
the core understanding or key ideas..
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Possible Next Steps
When reading, require that students follow the details of what is explicitly stated and make valid claims that square with text evidence.
Check textbooks and substitute text-dependent questions for non-text-dependent questions.
Include effective sequences of questions that build on one another so students stay focused on the text and learn fully from it.
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What’s New in Assessments?
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Key Advance: Text Complexity
From To
Little emphasis on text complexity Strong emphasis on text complexity
Vocabulary questions often focused on prior knowledge rather than context; little emphasis on academic vocabulary
Vocabulary questions focused on meaning of words in context; strong emphasis on academic vocabulary and words important to central ideas
Figurative language questions focused on literary terms
Figurative language questions focused on meaning, not terms
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Key Advance: Evidence
From To
Focus on simple recall or superficial analysis
Focus on careful reading and analysis of texts
Little or no emphasis on using textual evidence
Strong emphasis on using textual evidence
Decontextualized writing prompts Writing to sources
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Key Advance: Building Knowledge
From To
Equal representation of informational and literary texts; limited focus on quality of informational texts
Emphasis on informational texts across disciplines; greater focus on quality of informational texts
Measuring only through selected response questions
Adding performance tasks, including simulated research tasks
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Exploration of Key Instructional Advances in Literacy
Meredith Liben of StandardsWork, Inc.U.S. Department of Education
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult EducationDay Two
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ELA/Literacy Advance Three: Building Knowledge Through Content-Rich Nonfiction
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Implications for Instruction
Focus on content-rich informational texts—texts worth reading and rereading—in curriculum.
Provide coherent selections of strategically sequenced texts so that students can build knowledge about a topic.
Gear writing toward informational, procedural or argumentative tasks rather than personal narration.
Always demand evidence in student writing. Include conducting short research projects to answer a
question, drawing on several sources.
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Creating CCR Writing Prompts Worth Doing
Purpose of Activity Materials Directions
Begin Activity
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Reflections
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Draft Criteria for High-Quality Writing Prompts
Is the question worth asking? Does it provide students with an opportunity to explore
what they have learned from texts? Does it ask students to include evidence from the text
in their response? Does the prompt use the language of the CCR
standard where appropriate? Is the prompt reasonable for the time and energy
allotted?
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Three Advances in CCR ELA/Literacy Boil Down to. . .
Texts worth reading! Questions worth answering! Work worth doing!
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Questions and Comments
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