Here is a portion of the letter Bancroft-Rosalie School received this week. It is a pleasure to have the opportunity for national recognition of our school reading program.
Dear Principal Sjuts,
Congratulations! Bancroft-Rosalie Community School has been nominated as
a potential site to be featured on a US Department of Education online
resource, “Doing What Works” (dww.ed.gov). We are currently developing
web content for the topic of improving K-3 reading comprehension, and
would like to talk with you because you have been nominated as an
exemplary site in this area.
This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your practices on a
nationally disseminated website so that other educators can learn from
what you do.
You were nominated for being successful with at least two of the
following practices related to helping students navigate the path to
college:
1. Teach students how to use reading comprehension strategies
2. Teach students to identify and use the text’s organizational
structure to comprehend, learn, and remember content
3. Guide students through focused, high-quality discussion on the
meaning of text
4. Select texts purposefully to support comprehension development
5. Establish an engaging and motivating context in which to teach
reading comprehension.
Doing What Works -- Background Information
The U.S. Department of Education has contracted with WestEd, AIR, and
RMC to create a Web site-Doing What Works-that supports implementation
of research-based practices identified by the What Works Clearinghouse
to help educators meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act.
This site helps equip technical assistance providers, education
decision-makers, and practitioners with the tools, resources and support
they need to take action. The Web site (dww.ed.gov) includes:
* Recommended practices vetted by experts in the field
* Descriptions of how others have implemented practices successfully
* Access to a variety of online implementation tools
* Links to more information and resources for additional assistance.
