Tag Archives: North Carolina

Assessment and Instruction in the Era of CCSS

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

University of North Carolina Greensboro professor Dr. Karen Wixson shares a webinar on the CCSS and the instructional shifts. There are several key pieces of information that are worth reviewing including: a)     the “claims” are driving the assessment and not … Continue reading →

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North Carolina’s Live Binder

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Aaron Grossman

With some frequency, this blog links to resources developed by North Carolina. For example the Progression View (here), the ELA Text Exemplars document (here) and a letter from David Burleson (here) are all items that support the move to the … Continue reading →

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ELA Text Exemplars

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Aaron Grossman

North Carolina has put together the following document that links ELA text exemplars, listed in Appendix B, to their full text on the Internet (here).  Note, however, that the suggested texts are not a reading list. Instead they serve as … Continue reading →

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