Educator Portal
Below is a list of what we consider to be very helpful resources for assisting educators in teaching students to learn to read. AOCR is not affiliated with, not sponsored by, and receives no financial remuneration from any of the organizations or individuals who we cover here. We simply believe that these are great sources of information regarding learning-to-read best practices.
Articles
- Schmitt/Jiang/Grabe: The Percentage Of Words Known In A Text And Reading Comprehension
- Daniel T. Willingham: The Usefulness Of BRIEF Instruction In Reading Comprehension Strategies
- Daniel T. Willingham: How To Teach Critical Thinking
- Daniel T. Willingham: What Is Developmentally Appropriate Practice?
- Daniel T. Willingham: How Knowledge Helps
- The Effects Of Dyad Reading And Text Difficulty On Third-Graders’ Reading Achievement
- Student Achievement Partners: An Examination Of Teachers College Units Of Study (Lucy Calkins' Program)
- Why Curriculum Materials Matter by EdReports
- Curriculum Research: What We Know And Where We Need To Go
- Curriculum Literacy In Schools Of Education? The Hole At The Center Of American Teacher Preparation
- Heckman & Masterov: The Productivity Argument For Investing In Young Children
- Accelerating Student Learning With High Dosage Tutoring
- Student Achievement Partners: An Examination Of McGraw Hill Education's Wonders, An Elementary School Literacy Curriculum
- Hattie & Hamilton: Education Cargo Cults Must Die
- Daniel T. Willingham: Knowledge Matters - Restoring Wonder And Excitement To The Classroom
- On The Wrong Track: How Tracking Is Associated With Dropping Out Of High School
- The Evidence Behind Effective Reading Instruction Is Clear
Websites
- The Reading League
- Square Panda Multisensory Phonics Learning
- Core Knowledge (R)
- TextProject TM
- "LexTutor" by Paul Nation & Colleagues
- Learning Stewards
- Children Of The Code
- ReadWorks (R)
- SchoolDigger TM: State Test Scores
- What Works Clearinghouse
- EdReports
- Achieve The Core / Student Achievement Partners
- Instruction Partners
- Project Gutenberg
- The Nation's Report Card (NAEP)
- Reading Rockets
- Shanahan On Literacy
- Louisa C. Moats Homepage (blog, etc.)
- The Marshall Memo
- Unite For Literacy
- National After School Association
Links For Purchasing Great Literacy Books
- Daniel T. Willingham: The Reading Mind
- Daniel T. Willingham: Raising Kids Who Read
- Mark Seidenberg: Language At The Speed Of Sight
- Natalie Wexler: The Knowledge Gap
- E.D. Hirsch, Jr.: Why Knowledge Matters
- Hochman & Wexler: The Writing Revolution
- David A. Kilpatrick: Essentials Of Assessing, Preventing, & Overcoming Reading Difficulties
- Meredith & David Liben: Know Better, Do Better
- Kathy Ganske: Word Journeys
- Diane McGuinness: Why Our Children Can't Read
- Beck, McKeown, Kucan: Bringing Words To Life
- Oakhill, Cain, Elbro: Understanding And Teaching Reading Comprehension
- Marilyn Jager Adams: Beginning To Read
- Annette Lareau: Unequal Childhoods
- Dana Suskind: Thirty Million Words: Building A Child's Brain
- Paul Tough: Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest To Change Harlem
Podcasts / Webinars
- Amplify Education's Reading Science Podcasts
- The Reading League Podcasts
- Emily Hanford: Hard Words - Why Aren't Kids Being Taught To Read? (2018)
- Emily Hanford: At A Loss For Words (2019)
- Emily Hanford: What The Words Say (2020)
- David A. Kilpatrick: Why Phonemic Proficiency Is Necessary For All Readers
- The Companion Pdf Presentation To Kilpatrick's Above Webinar
AOCR's Assessment Passages
AOCR PDFs
- AOCR TABLE-OF-CONTENTS FULL "PLAYBOOK" REV-11/8/22
- AOCR PHONICS-ONLY PLAYBOOK REV-11/8/22
- QUICK LIST SPECIFIC PHONICS TAUGHT REV-11/8/22
- PHONICS ACTIVITY #2 "TEACHING WORDS" REV-11-8-22
- PHONICS ACTIVITY #3 "TEACHING WORDS"
- NEW VOCABULARY INTRODUCED, BY-LESSON, COMPLETE THROUGH END OF 4TH-GRADE REV-2/10/22
- AOCR TRAINING MANUAL REV-2/25/22
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