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CO M M O N CO R E 50 The Need for Change The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) shows that U.S. reading scores have been slow to improve over the past 29 years. In order to close the achievement gap for high school graduates and enable U.S. students to compete in a global market, a change in teaching and learning is viewed as critical. Navigating Instructional Shifts One of the more significant changes concerns students' ability to independently read complex texts. The latest English Language Arts standards represent a shift away from reading, writing, and speaking based on experience and opinion, to using evidence from texts to present careful analysis and well-defended claims. Balancing the reading requirements more equally between informational and literary reading is key to helping students develop the reading rigor, research skills, and digital literacy that students needed to be ready for advancement into college and careers. New Standards Create New Opportunities According to "Trends in Digital Learning: Empowering Innovative Classroom Models for Learning," a June 2015 study published by Project Tomorrow, 93% of school administrators say the effective use of technology is CALL 1-800-877-GALE FOR INFORMATION The demand for high-quality digital content delivered through easy-to-use technology has never been greater. As classrooms transform to deliver a personalized, inquiry-based, and tech-fueled learning experience, administrators, teachers, and librarians are working hard to determine which digital content, device or service will best help develop the skills today's students need to be future-ready. Do you have the right tools to develop tasks that integrate critical thinking, technology, and information literacy skills with quality subject-area content? Keeping Current with Evolving Curriculum Standards