Elevate & Evaluate

Extended Edition

What teachers need to teach and what students need to learn about written English for Grades K–8+ and for older students with gaps in learning

Elevate & Evaluate is a professional learning and development resource that gives teachers the knowledge and tools to elevate literacy instruction and evaluate student achievement, making it an invaluable support for structured and systematic literacy instruction.

Sections include:

• Elevating teacher knowledge
  Everything teachers need to know to explicitly teach the code and structure of written English from speech to sounds to print, including a comprehensive learning progression of critical literacy skills for students from Grades K to 8, and strategies for supporting students with diverse needs

• Evaluating student knowledge 
  The essentials of formative and summative assessment, visual assessment timelines, yearly achievement expectations, and a full suite of assessment tools for informing instruction and tracking progress

• Evaluating evidence
  Clear evidence from a five-year study involving more than 5,000 students, showing the efficacy of Joy Allcock’s linguistic phonics approach as well as the reliability and validity of the Code-Ed assessments

This book is a much needed resource for teachers in all classrooms. It is a comprehensive, practical, and accessible text for teachers of all grade levels. Elevate & Evaluate provides educators with the critical knowledge needed to support literacy development in a thorough and practical manner. Teachers will feel empowered to strategically support students to develop successful literacy skills for life.

– Dr. Eugenia Mora-Flores
Professor of Clinical Education, Assistant Dean of Teacher Education at USC Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California

The resources and assessments throughout this book are a step above most programs. . . .So go forth and implement to achieve the goal of 100% literacy success.

– Professor John Hattie

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