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    A Framework for Foundational Literacy Skills Instruction for English Learners: Instructional Practice and Materials Considerations
     
    English learners (ELs) need a comprehensive and connected approach to foundational literacy skills development that involves grade-level instruction by teachers who build on the linguistic repertoire of ELs, teaching how the English language system works to convey meaning. This document rethinks English foundational skills instruction—explicating the research, explaining what teachers should know, and providing considerations for designing and selecting instructional materials.
    80 pages
    May 2023
     
     
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    Academic Key Performance Indicators, 2022 Report
     
    The 2022 report presents an updated set of data through school year 2020-21. This report presents a number of different ways that member districts can analyze the data themselves by disaggregating results, showing trends, and combining variables. The companion online dashboard adds the ability to conduct several comparisons and analysis beyond what is presented in this report. To access this system, go to www.edwires.org.
    204 pages
    October 2022
     
     
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    Annual Report, 2021-2022
     
    The Annual Report features the activities and achievements of the Council of the Great City Schools during the 2021-22 program year.
    28 pages
    July 2022
     
     
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    District Considerations for Universal Dyslexia Screening: Ensuring Appropriate Implementation and Instruction for English Learners
     
    In light of the growing development in policy and practice that recognizes the importance of early identification of students at risk for reading difficulties and dyslexia through universal screening, districts will need to carefully consider how this may impact English learners.
    6 pages
    October 2022
     
     
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    Managing for Results in America's Great City Schools, 2022, Results from Fiscal Year 2020-2021
     
    In 2002 the Council of the Great City Schools and its members set out to develop performance measures that could be used to improve business operations in urban public school districts.
    190 pages
    October 2022
     
     
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    Supporting America's Great City Schools: A Summary of Member Benefits, Services, and Products
     
    A summary of membership benefits of the Council of the Great City Schools.
    28 pages
    September 2022
     
     
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    Academic Key Performance Indicators, 2021 Report
     
    The 2021 report presents an updated set of data through school year 2019-20. This report presents a number of different ways that member districts can analyze the data themselves by disaggregating results, showing trends, and combining variables. This year, a companion online dashboard was released that added the ability to conduct several comparisons and analysis beyond what is presented in this report. To access this system, go to www.edwires.org.
    204 pages
    October 2021
     
     
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    Advancing Instruction and Leadership in the Nation’s Great City Schools: A Framework for Developing, Implementing, and Sustaining High-Quality Professional Development
     
    This guide aims to present district instructional leaders and staff with a core set of criteria for what high-quality professional development entails. It focuses on practical issues of district-level implementation in multiple teaching and learning environments and provides clear, concrete guidance for district leaders in selecting, designing, implementing, and sustaining high quality professional development.
    34 pages
    April 2021