Who Accesses, Attains, and Achieves? The Common Core State Standards and Special Populations

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium brings together seven scholars from six institutions. Our work examines implementation of the English language arts Common Core State Standards for special populations: in this case, young children, struggling readers, and English learners. These papers draw on a shared frame of educational equity. We argue that, as literacy researchers, we are obliged to study and advocate for students who are at risk of marginalization in an era of the Common Core.

Content Area

• Area 3: Literacy Instruction and Literacy Learning

Chair

• P. David Pearson, University of California at Berkeley

Discussant

• Leslie Morrow, State University of New Jersey Rutgers

Individual Presentations

• Reading Gets Bumped Down on the Totem Pole - Shaunte Duggins, University of Florida; Melanie Acosta, University of Alabama

• The Intersection of the Common Core State Standards and Response to Intervention - Elizabeth L Jaeger, University of Arizona

• English Learners: Writing in the Era of the Common Core - Carol Olson, University of California, Irvine; Tina Matuchniak, University of California, Irvine