The ReadWorks Round Up: July 2022

7/28/2022

NGSS Alignment Helps Teachers Meet Classroom Goals

In just a few clicks, teachers can add engaging, high-quality reading to science curricula! The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are K–12 science content standards. Standards set the expectations for what students should know and be able to do. ReadWorks passages deepen students' understanding of the Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI) under each NGSS standard.

ReadWorks Case Study: Students Enjoy a Culture of Learning with Article-A-Day

An elementary school in Trinidad and Tobago implemented Article-A-Day school-wide for 10 months, from September 2021 to June 2022. In light of the impact of COVID-19 on student learning and the school’s shift to remote learning, the administrators’ goals for using Article-A-Day as a digital supplement were to increase students’ motivation to read, cultivate a school-wide environment for learning, and increase students’ reading fluency. Students built their background knowledge and vocabulary while being motivated by and engaged in the reading. Read about their success in our recent blog post.

Meet our Newest Team Member!

Dr. Anh Hua
Quantitative Researcher

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Hua to our team! Anh received her Cognitive Psychology Ph.D. with a specialization in reading comprehension from the University of Denver and has a long-standing passion to conduct rigorous research to improve children’s learning outcomes. Prior to joining ReadWorks, she worked as an Assistant Research Professor at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers.

Anh has experience in assessing teachers’ instructional practices and the association between teachers’ practices and students’ academic achievement as well as experience in evaluating impact on students’ reading achievement. Anh’s expertise will be critical as we continue to double down on our two guiding pillars of deepening impact and supporting educational equity.