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Dick Allington emphasizes five critical strategies for improving student learning. First, reduce student assessments to their essentials, encouraging teachers to leverage data for differentiated instruction. Second, increase opportunities for reading and writing significantly. Third, amplify the urgency for learning while minimizing teacher-directed activities. Fourth, foster high-level collaboration and discussion among students concerning their learning. Lastly, attract students to literature through engaging displays and book talks, enriched by supportive visuals in the classroom.
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Dick Allington’s Five Key Points • Reduce student assessments to the essentials, then expect teachers to use the data to differentiate instruction. • Dramatically increase actual reading and writing opportunities for students • Increase the urgency for learning and decrease teacher-directed activities • Students should be collaborating and talking about their learning at high levels of Bloom’s. • Draw students to books through displays and book talks in classrooms and media; support learning in the room with visuals.