1. Implementing Common Core 2.0
Fully Aligned ELA Curricula, Instruction, and Assessment

2. Agenda Part 1 Shift #1 – Complex Text Part 2 Shift #2 – Evidence
Shift #3 – Nonfiction Text

3. The ELA Shifts
Regular practice with complex text and its academic language
Reading, writing and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational
Building knowledge through content rich nonfiction

4. Why Complex Text?
Significant gap between text at the college level and high school
Less than 50% of graduates can read at the college level upon graduation of high school
Ability to read complex text is the greatest predictor of success in college

5. Identifying Text Complexity
Quantitative
Readability and other scores of text complexity often best measured by computer software.
Qualitative
Levels of meaning, structure, language conventionality and clarity, and knowledge demands often best measured by an attentive human reader.
Reader and Task
Background knowledge of reader, motivation, interests, and complexity generated by tasks assigned often best made by educators employing their professional judgment.
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