http://www.slj.com/2013/08/opinion/consider-the-source/trouble-learning-from-the-new-york-state-common-core-assessments-consider-the-source/ The world's largest reviewer of books, multimedia, and technology for children and teens Wed, 18 Sep 2013 01:33:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.slj.com/2013/08/opinion/consider-the-source/trouble-learning-from-the-new-york-state-common-core-assessments-consider-the-source/#comment-97358 marc aronson Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:37:50 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=57154#comment-97358 what were some of the resources you used, would be great to build up a resource guide that we could share. what were some of the resources you used, would be great to build up a resource guide that we could share.

]]> http://www.slj.com/2013/08/opinion/consider-the-source/trouble-learning-from-the-new-york-state-common-core-assessments-consider-the-source/#comment-96671 T. M. Michelena Tue, 27 Aug 2013 16:02:09 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=57154#comment-96671 My mother and I work at a K-8 school in a lower-middle class neighborhood of New York City, and a limited collection and budget certainly affected how much we were able to help our teachers and students. I was able to compensate somewhat by building up an collection of reliable web-based resources, though those can only go so far and are not always a viable solution - particularly when many of our older teachers are still uncomfortable with technology. My mother and I work at a K-8 school in a lower-middle class neighborhood of New York City, and a limited collection and budget certainly affected how much we were able to help our teachers and students. I was able to compensate somewhat by building up an collection of reliable web-based resources, though those can only go so far and are not always a viable solution – particularly when many of our older teachers are still uncomfortable with technology.

]]> http://www.slj.com/2013/08/opinion/consider-the-source/trouble-learning-from-the-new-york-state-common-core-assessments-consider-the-source/#comment-92013 marc aronson Fri, 23 Aug 2013 18:52:51 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=57154#comment-92013 Perfect -- we need to gather data on performance in schools with and without librarians -- and make sure admins see it. Perfect — we need to gather data on performance in schools with and without librarians — and make sure admins see it.

]]> http://www.slj.com/2013/08/opinion/consider-the-source/trouble-learning-from-the-new-york-state-common-core-assessments-consider-the-source/#comment-91762 Anni West LaPrise Fri, 23 Aug 2013 17:46:19 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=57154#comment-91762 From what I have learned from working with the standards of Common Core, schools that don't have school libraries will not be able to meet the new standards. I can help my teachers and students because I am a trained librarian that build a collection that is rich in material especially non fiction. I have had a budge to do that. But the districts that surround mine in Michigan have cut out the library and one charter school never had any. If you dig into the test scores, the question need to be asked is "Does the students have the resources to become good readers? If the answer is no, how can they do well on the test. From what I have learned from working with the standards of Common Core, schools that don’t have school libraries will not be able to meet the new standards. I can help my teachers and students because I am a trained librarian that build a collection that is rich in material especially non fiction. I have had a budge to do that. But the districts that surround mine in Michigan have cut out the library and one charter school never had any. If you dig into the test scores, the question need to be asked is “Does the students have the resources to become good readers? If the answer is no, how can they do well on the test.

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