Key Shifts
Names to Know
Standards
Writing Instruction
Feedback Studio & Revision Assistant
100
Individualized Learning
What is tailoring instruction to the abilities and interest of each learner?
100
Author of "The Art of Teaching Writing" and "One to One: The Art of Conferring with Young Writers." Also the founder of Teacher's College Reading & Writing Project (Columbia University)
Who is Lucy Calkins?
100
CCR
What is College & Career Readiness?
100
MLA, APA, CMS
What are Modern Language Association, American Psychological Association, and the Chicago Manual of Style? https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/949/01/
100
"6+1 Writing" is listed on the District PD calendar of one of your customers. You might recommend that they customize...
What are QuickMarks & Rubrics?
200
Blended, Flipped, etc.
What are ways to incorporate classroom technology in ways that change traditional teacher/student roles?
200
Author of "Read-i-cide: The systematic killing of the love of reading" and "Deeper Reading: Comprehending Challenging Texts"
Who is Kelly Gallagher?
200
21st Century Skills
What are the essential skills for success in today’s world, such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication and collaboration?
200
The 5 Phases of the Writing Process
What are Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Editing, and Publishing?
200
A teacher wants students to lead their own writing conferences. You might recommend using...
What is PeerMark?
300
NCLB, ESSA
What are No Child Left Behind and Every Student Succeeds Act?
300
Author of "Visible Learning". Education researcher based in Australia/NZ.
Who is John Hattie?
300
Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, Alaska, Nebraska, Indiana, and South Carolina
What are the states that did NOT adopt the Common Core standards?
300
3 examples of writing in a Social Studies classroom
What are Speech/Debate outline, Response to political cartoon, Propaganda, Biographies, Interviews, etc. ?
300
A district recognizes teacher bias when grading & calibrating common writing assessments. You might recommend using...
What is Revision Assistant Spot Check?
400
Progress Monitoring in an RTI model
What is tracking student data through tiered model known as Response to Intervention?
400
This district is the largest RA content partner i.e. contributor of 38+ prompts
Who is Charles County Public Schools, MD? (Mistake on worksheet)
400
NGSS
What are the Next Generation Science Standards?
400
3 examples of writing in a Science classroom
What are Lab report, Research proposal, Observation of phenomena, description of cause/effect, etc.?
400
A teacher can't find any prompts that "fit" his/her upcoming lesson plans. You might recommend checking...
What is Revision Assistant Expansion Pack?
500
DDI through a PLC model
What is Data-Driven Instruction through a Professional Learning Community as a way to foster collaboration?
500
This district had the highest RA usage due to benchmark testing in 2016-17 school year
Who is Newport-Mesa Unified School District, CA?
500
C3
What are the College, Career, and Civic Life Framework for Social Studies?
500
3 examples of writing in a Math classroom
What are Explain your reasoning using as few words as possible, Describe how the math theory applies to your example, Illustrate how numbers communicate ideas through graphs/charts, Biography of mathematicians, etc.
500
A PLC-focused district wants more DDI for writing. You might recommend using...
What is Feedback Studio GradeMark Report and/or Revision Assistant Assignment/Class Report?