ORC Resource Types

Discipline: English Language Arts

Professional Commentary: This rubric, available through the Chief Council of State School Officers, guides educators in making decisions about the qualitative measures of literary texts. It uses guidelines set in Appendix A of the Common Core State Standards to evaluate texts based on layers of meaning, structure, language conventionality and clarity, and knowledge demands....

Discipline: English Language Arts

Professional Commentary: This rubric, available through the Kansas State Department of Education, guides educators in making decisions about the qualitative measures of informational texts. It uses guidelines set in Appendix A of the Common Core State Standards to evaluate texts based on levels of purpose, structure, language conventionality and clarity, and knowledge demands.  To access this resource, you will...

Discipline: English Language Arts

Professional Commentary: Ken Glassmeyer, a middle school language arts teacher in southwestern Ohio, shares his firsthand experience working to change the cultural climate of his school through literacy. Having survived a school shooting and hostage situation, Glassmeyer talks about the fact that the majority of his students "come from a culture where violence is considered an important value and literacy is rarely even a secondary consideration....