The Common Core State Standards required English language arts teachers to reexamine their approaches to ensure they were incorporating complex texts, including both creative and content-rich informational texts, and helping students build text-dependent arguments. A Thomas B. Fordham Institute report, based on teacher surveys from 2012 and 2017, shows how their instructional practices have changed.
Here are a few of their findings:
Source: Griffith, D. & Duffett, A.M. (2018, July). Reading and writing instruction in America’s schools. Washington, DC: Thomas B. Fordham Institute.
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