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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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"Laying Bare of Questions Which Have Been Hidden by Answers": The English Language Arts Standards of the Common Core, K-5
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Gangi, Jane M.; Reilly, Mary Ann – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2013
The authors question the answer the national Common Core State Standards (CCSS, 2010) claims. The questions center on the validity of the new standardized tests based on the CCSS and teachers' evaluations being tied to student test scores on flawed tests. The proposed tests on the CCSS will position children as deficient, and will not recognize…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests, Test Validity, Comparative Education
Integrating the Digital Literacies into an After-School Program: A Structural Analysis of Teachers' Lessons
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Gormley, Kathleen; McDermott, Peter – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2013
The structure of lessons where teachers integrated the digital literacies is examined here. Twelve graduate teachers participating in an after-school practica were observed over a six-week period. This manuscript identifies the structure of their lessons and describes the kinds of digital literacies children learned when completing them. Teachers…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Computer Literacy, Media Literacy, Electronic Publishing