Resource Format: Web-based Content
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Lighting the Path to Inclusion: How Beacons Embody Commitment to Students with Disabilities
This publication, the second stage of our research, explores the stories of individual leaders we call “Beacons” for their exceptional commitment to improving education for students with disabilities. In the brief, we examine what drives these leaders and identify strategies for building that commitment in emerging leaders.
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An Example of the 90 Minute Reading Block
Research shows that students need at least 90 minutes of uninterrupted reading instruction each day to become strong readers, and that this instruction must be systematic, explicit, scaffolded, and differentiated across the classroom.
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Supporting Inclusive Schools for the Success of Each Child: A Guide for States on Principal Leadership
CCSSO’s Advancing Inclusive Principal Leadership (AIPL) State Initiative is designed to help state education agencies develop and implement a plan to advance the preparation and practice of effective inclusive principal leadership anchored in this online guide. Through this initiative, four states—Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, and Ohio—are refining their principal preparation and development efforts to ensure an…
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Rubric for evaluating reading/language arts instructional materials for kindergarten to grade 5
This rubric was developed in response to a request by Improving Literacy Research Alliance members at the Florida Department of Education to be used in their instructional materials review process. It is a tool for evaluating reading/language arts instructional and intervention materials in grades K–5 based on rigorous research and standards. It can be used…
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Getting Students on the Road to Self-Advocacy
With some simple supports, students in grades 3 to 8 can take the wheel and assume some responsibility for their learning journey.