According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), what percentage of 4th graders are reading at or above a proficient reading level? 

According to the NAEP, what percentage of students with disabilities in grade 4 are performing in the  below basic category in reading?  

Ability groupings widen reading achievements gaps in the long run.

Which is the best strategy for teaching students a new high-frequency word?

Which of these strategies helps students when they do not know a word?  

Explicit Instruction (teacher modeling, lots of guided practice with immediate feedback, independent practice when ready) is only effective for phonics instruction during the ELA block.

Please rate the following by the level of importance to you: 

Learning how the brain learns to read.

1 = Low Importance

5 = Extremely Important

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Walk to Learning is flexible in my building and teachers are equipped with what they need to help all learners.  

1 = Very untrue of what I believe

5 = Very true of what I believe

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I understand the reading data trends in my school and how to address them.

1 = Strongly Disagree

5 = Strongly Agree

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I understand the components of strong phonics lesson and what to look for when I observe in a classroom.

1 = Strongly Disagree

5 = Strongly Agree

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I can easily identify teachers using literacy routines and common academic vocabulary across classrooms.

1 = Strongly Disagree

5 = Strongly Agree

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Teachers are utilizing assessments to inform their classroom instruction frequently by progress monitoring skills (not just intervention students).  Student groups are fluid and students continued to be engaged and challenged.  

1 = Strongly Disagree

5 = Strongly Agree

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Teachers have enough time allocated (or are engaging with students often) throughout the day to interact with various text genres in order to build rich vocabulary, background knowledge, and language structures.  

1 = Very untrue of what I believe

5 = Very true of what I believe

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Oral language is modeled and highly utilized as an interactive brainstorming, learning, and reflective tool throughout the school day in most classrooms.

1 = Very untrue of what I believe

5 = Very true of what I believe

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Vocabulary lessons in all content areas (ELA, math, science, social studies, etc.) include targeted vocabulary that is clearly identified, introduced with student friendly definitions, developed with multisensory learning, used in context frequently by the students throughout the lesson, and reviewed often for long-term memory storage and retrieval.

1 = Strongly Disagree

2 = Strongly Agree

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Teachers regularly use questioning techniques to ensure all students answer most questions and participate fully and equitably in class discussions (students are not raising hands to be called on to answer questions one at a time).

1 = Strongly Disagree

5 = Strongly Agree