Journal+Entry

June 4, 2012 Entry #1

What is the relationship between the College and Career Readiness Standards and the Common Core Standards? How can I use Lexile to support student learning?

Common Core Standards should produce education that enables students to be confident readers and writers as college and carreer readers and writers. The standards direct educators to attend to texts and writing of nonfiction that is more commonly read in college study and in day to day careers.

The complexity of text should be brought to the attention of the reader through an instructor and eventually independently.