Guest blogger Leah Steiner considers how using the Active View of Reading (Duke and Cartwright, 2021) can guide teachers in evaluating the reading assessments they use in the classroom: What’s wasting time, and what’s worth the time?

Today’s guest is Dr. Kelly Cartwright. We’ll talk about her invaluable work around executive skills and reading, and the ways that executive skills undergird reading engagement and comprehension. We’ll also discuss her 2021 paper with Dr. Nell Duke titled “The Science of Reading Progresses” about The Active View of Reading framework, which incorporates current research on executive skills and explains critical “bridging processes” connecting word reading and language comprehension, which are critical for successful reading. Later, I’m joined by my colleagues Darren Victory and Lainie Powell for a conversation about practical takeaways.

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