<br />
INFORMED CONTENT FOR LITERACY PROFESSIONALS<br />
Shift the<br />
Focus<br />
How to cut through<br />
the noise about<br />
Common Core<br />
Volume 32, Number 3<br />
November/December 2014<br />
Inside:<br />
What standardized tests don't tell you<br />
Common Core's global influences<br />
Tips for easing test anxiety<br />
Teaching students the importance<br />
of self-assessment<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
Editor's Note<br />
Changing the Conversation ............................................... 2<br />
Lit Bits<br />
Literacy News From IRA and Beyond .................................. 4<br />
President's Message<br />
Make Your Voice Heard ...................................................... 6<br />
From the Executive Director<br />
Taking a Stance ................................................................... 8<br />
Two Takes<br />
DoesCommonCo<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=1"> INFORMED CONTENT FOR LITERACY PROFESSIONALS </a>
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<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=3"> CONTENTS Editor's Note Changing the Conversation </a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=4"> E DITOR'S NOTE I 'm going to be hones</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=5"> ideas & inspiration FROM EXCEPTIONAL Readers Wr</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=6"> L IT BITS Happy Be ated W r d Teachers Day In C</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=7"> Lifting Off in South Carolina Joanna-Woodson Ele</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=8"> P resident's Message Make Your Voice Heard Ho</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=9"> education reforms were enacted shortly af- terwar</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=10"> F ROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Taking a Stance </a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=11"> We can tell our members what makes </a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=12"> T WO TAKES Does </a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=13"> dichotomous conversation. A set of standards grou</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=14"> L ITERACY LEADERSHIP </a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=15"> </a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=16"> Questions and Prompts to Assess Comprehension Fi</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=17"> </a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=18"> L ITERACY LEADERSHIP Common Cor</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=19"> Educators know they're tasked with the overwhelmi</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=20"> L ITERACY LEADERSHIP As with any f</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=21"> initiatives. But debate continues even among the </a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=22"> “We found that teachers need- ed time to real</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=23"> the National Parent Teacher Association provides </a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=24"> T HE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Interrupting the Cycle </a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=25"> vocabulary standards are in Language Standard</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=26"> T HE ENGAGING CLASSROOM The Reading and Math Co</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=27"> A report by the National Research Council (NR</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=28"> T HE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Efferent vs. Aesthetic</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=29"> for students to gain the full benefits of reading</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=30"> T HE ENGAGING CLASSROOM How Project-Base</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=31"> article in Theory & Research in Social Educa- tio</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=32"> T HE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Self-Assessment and Rea</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=33"> regular self-assessment may also contribute to st</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=34"> T HE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Are All Readers Created </a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=35"> Reaching the struggling reader Good teachers have</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=36"> </a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=37"> </a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=38"> C OUNCILS & SIGs The Main Event CCIRA holds o</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=39"> others, they are all very important to the </a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=40"> I NTERNATIONAL Enhancing the Landscape IRA's </a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=41"> Teachers at the Pan-African Reading for All Confe</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=42"> E VENTS OF NOTE November 2014 1 Massachusetts </a>
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<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=44"> M EMBER SPOTLIGHT News & Notes Career accomplis</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=45"> M EMBER SPOTLIGHT In Your Words Conquering</a>
<a title="Reading Today Nov/Dec 2014 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f960b139?page=46"> M EMBER SPOTLIGHT IRA Reflections A Message of</a>
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