Teaching and Learning for College Readiness: The Role of Standards, Feedback, and Support — Summary

What Randall Carswell likes most about an online instructional tool called Quill is that it forces his 8th grade English students to slow down.

When many of us think of “tutoring”, we picture the “homework help” model, where a student brings assignments for a tutor to coach them through. However, this type of model is not what every student needs to deeply learn new concepts. In fact, an effective tutoring program often looks very different.

What happens when teachers trade isolation for collaboration? Teachers in Colorado and Kentucky wanted to find out so they created the Common Assignment Study (CAS) to show the positive impact of teachers working across district and state lines to better serve students.