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Download full textSimmons, Kate D.; Darch, Craig B.; Hinton, Vanessa; Padgett, Amelia – International Journal of Special Education, 2017
The importance of writing is recognized in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). CCSS places emphasis on both foundational skills (e.g., spelling) and writing applications such as planning, editing, and revising a variety of texts (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers, 2010).…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Spelling Instruction, Urban Schools, Disabilities
An Analysis of the Text Complexity of Leveled Passages in Four Popular Classroom Reading Assessments
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This study investigated the complexity of leveled passages used in four classroom reading assessments. A total of 167 passages leveled for Grades 1-6 from these assessments were analyzed using four analytical tools of text complexity. More traditional, two-factor measures of text complexity found a general trend of fairly consistent across-grade…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Reading Skills, Student Evaluation, Difficulty Level
Mesmer, Heidi Anne; Hiebert, Elfrieda H. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2015
The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts (CCSS/ELA) focus on building student capacity to read complex texts. The Standards provide an explicit text complexity staircase that maps text levels to grade levels. Furthermore, the Standards articulate a rationale to accelerate text levels across grades to ensure students are able to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Reading Skills, Language Proficiency
