Education Level: Middle Grades

Powerful Science Instructional Practices

Kirsten Sundell — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 15:12:00 +0000

[image:10980, image right w35]Explore how SREB’s eight Powerful Science Instructional Practices engage students in gathering, analyzing and reasoning with data, designing studies and experiments, learning and using the language of science and engineering, cultivating strong literacy and math skills, and much more.

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A New Mission for the Middle Grades

Beth Day — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 17:53:00 +0000

Preparing Students for a Changing World

Gene Bottoms

Report of the SREB Middle Grades Commission

The report of the SREB Middle Grades Commission issues an urgent call for states to improve achievement in the middle grades so students are ready for success in rigorous high school courses and better prepared to graduate and proceed to college or technical training. A New Mission for the Middle Grades offers a comprehensive roadmap for change,

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Keeping Middle Grades Students on the Path to Success in High School

Steph Bradley — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 15:20:00 +0000

This report, part of the Challenge to Lead education goals series, documents the stall of progress in middle grades reading and math achievement. It analyzes results on state assessments and the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) and indicates steps that will help states regain progress in achievement. It also lays out five specific strategies states can use to keep middle grades students on the path to success — from building a better- aligned sequence of math courses, to increasing professional development for middle grades teachers.

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Smart Class-Size Policies for Lean Times

Jessie Jenkins — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:52:00 +0000

This policy brief summarizes class-size reduction policies across the region, reviews research on the issue, and offers recommendations on how states might make sensible adjustments without jeopardizing student achievement.

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