{"id":1483,"date":"2025-11-13T14:42:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T14:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.scholastic.ca\/education\/?page_id=1483"},"modified":"2025-11-13T14:42:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T14:42:37","slug":"elevate-evaluate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.scholastic.ca\/education\/elevate-evaluate\/","title":{"rendered":"Elevate &amp; Evaluate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"container-fluid block_text\">\n\t<div class=\"bg-none mt-5 pb-5 container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col pb-2 text-start\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"d-block mt-0\"><span>About the resource<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Elevate &amp; Evaluate<\/strong> is a professional resource supports teachers with the knowledge and tools they need to elevate literacy instruction and evaluate student achievement. This resource is packed with professional development materials for elevating teacher knowledge, a full suite of easy-to-use assessments for evaluating student knowledge, and\u00a0clear evidence of efficacy\u00a0for Joy Allcock\u2019s speech-to-sounds-to-print approach for teaching the code and structure of written English.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"container-fluid block_textwithimage\">\n\t<div class=\"bg-none mt-5 pb-5 container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"my-5 my-lg-2 d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center flex-wrap flex-lg-nowrap flex-column flex-md-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 text-center order-md-2 ps-lg-5 order-sm-1 ps-sm-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.scholastic.ca\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2025\/11\/Elevating_Teacher_Knowledge.png\" alt=\"Elevating Teacher Knowledge Collage\" class=\"img-fluid\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 align-items-center d-flex order-md-1 order-sm-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"mt-4 mt-md-0\"><span>Elevating Teacher Knowledge<\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The resources in this section provide helpful background information and\u00a0concrete support for teaching the code and structure of written English. Topics covered include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Effective literacy instruction\u00a0\u2014 what science tells us about teaching reading, writing, and spelling.<\/li>\n<li>The systems of English\u00a0\u2014 phonological (sound), orthographic (writing), and morphological (meaning).<\/li>\n<li>What teachers need to teach\u00a0\u2014 essential literacy skills for teachers to teach and students to develop.<\/li>\n<li>Sounds and spellings\u00a0\u2014 the sounds and spelling patterns of English, including blends and digraphs.<\/li>\n<li>Syllable structures\u00a0\u2014 teaching the different types of syllables and how to use them for reading and writing.<\/li>\n<li>Spelling rules and conventions\u00a0\u2014 the most useful spelling rules for students to learn in the first four years of school.<\/li>\n<li>Scope and sequence\u00a0\u2014 an overview of the Code-Ed instructional resources, including the scope and sequence of skills taught each year.<\/li>\n<li>Literacy development\u00a0\u2014 how students learn to write, spell, and read, and ways to support their development with assessment-driven instruction.<\/li>\n<li>Teaching decoding\u00a0\u2014 how to teach essential decoding skills at each stage of reading development.<\/li>\n<li>Literacy delays and difficulties \u2014 common reasons why student struggle with reading and writing, and ways to address them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Teachers can use the professional development resources in this section to work alone or collaboratively with their peers to enhance their knowledge in these key areas and\u00a0elevate their literacy instruction.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"container-fluid block_textwithimage\">\n\t<div class=\"bg-none mt-5 pb-5 container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"my-5 my-lg-2 d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center flex-wrap flex-lg-nowrap flex-column flex-md-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 text-center order-md-1 pe-lg-5 order-sm-1 pe-sm-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.scholastic.ca\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2025\/11\/Evaluating_Student_Knowledge.png\" alt=\"Evaluating Student Knowledge Cover Image\" class=\"img-fluid\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 align-items-center d-flex order-md-2 order-sm-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"mt-4 mt-md-0\"><span>Evaluating Student Knowledge<\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This section includes assessment essentials and timelines, yearly achievement expectations, and a\u00a0full suite of assessment instruments\u00a0for the first four years of school. The 11 assessments include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foundations for literacy<\/li>\n<li>Phonological and phonemic awareness<\/li>\n<li>Grapheme knowledge<\/li>\n<li>Letter formation<\/li>\n<li>Sound-to-letter knowledge<\/li>\n<li>Pseudoword spelling<\/li>\n<li>Blends<\/li>\n<li>Short and long vowel discrimination<\/li>\n<li>Spelling knowledge<\/li>\n<li>Spelling analysis<\/li>\n<li>Decoding analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These assessments can be used to\u00a0drive instruction, track progress, and measure the impact of instruction\u00a0on student achievement.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"container-fluid block_textwithimage\">\n\t<div class=\"bg-none mt-5 pb-5 container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"my-5 my-lg-2 d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center flex-wrap flex-lg-nowrap flex-column flex-md-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 text-center order-md-2 ps-lg-5 order-sm-1 ps-sm-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.scholastic.ca\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2025\/11\/Elevate-Evaluate_Cover.png\" alt=\"Elevate Evaluate Collage Image\" class=\"img-fluid\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 align-items-center d-flex order-md-1 order-sm-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"mt-4 mt-md-0\"><span>Evaluating Evidence<\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This section presents the research foundations behind the speech-to-sounds-to-print approach, including a summary of the\u00a0Shine\u00a0Literacy Project, which validated the efficacy of the approach, and evidence of the reliability and validity of the Code-Ed assessments. Contents include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Research foundations<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0Shine\u00a0Literacy Project<\/li>\n<li>Reliability and validity data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"container-fluid block_text\">\n\t<div class=\"bg-option-5  bg-border-none container my-5\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col pb-2 text-start\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"d-block mt-0\"><span>Quotes<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;The resources and assessments throughout this book are a step above most programs. They are derived from many years of working in schools, developing programs and assessments that have been subjected to rigorous academic evaluation, and collaborating with teachers to ensure that the resources created are easy to use and work in real classrooms. This extensive work has given <em>Joy Allcock<\/em> much clarity about teacher knowledge and about the value of using a linguistic phonics approach, which has significant advantages for teaching the alphabetic code.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <em><strong>Professor John Hattie<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank goodness for authors like <em>Joy Allcock<\/em> who get the messages right \u2014 and for her relentless focus across many books on teaching the skills for learning to read, write, and spell.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <em><strong>Professor John Hattie<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"container-fluid block_threecolumncontent\">\n\t<div class=\"bg-none mt-5 pb-5 container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"fs-2 mt-0\"><span>Book Sample<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row  justify-content-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-6 col-12 px-4 mt-5 block_threecolumncontentcol\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block_threecolumncontentcol-inner   align-items-center d-flex flex-column justify-content-start text-center \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block_threecolumncontentcol-inner-maininfo\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block_threecolumncontentcol-image-container mb-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block_threecolumncontentcol-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.scholastic.ca\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2025\/09\/Elevate-Evaluate_TeacherSample.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"block_threecolumncontentcol-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.scholastic.ca\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2025\/10\/Elevate-Evaluate_TeacherSample.png\" alt=\"View Sample - Download PDF\" style=\"height: 100%; 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