New to Teaching Resources Blogs - National Council of Teachers of English

Why Mentors Need New Teachers

Crowdsourced list of advice, sharing one thing NCTE community members wished they had known during their first year of teaching.

Beyond Standardized Truth: Improving Teaching and Learning through Inquiry-Based Reading Assessment

Scott Filkins brings us into his and colleagues’ classrooms to demonstrate how high school teachers across the disciplines can engage in inquiry-based reading assessment to support student learning. (Secondary)

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Going Public with Assessment: A Community Practice Approach

The authors share classroom vignettes, strategies, and resources for “going public” with literacy assessment through teacher collaboration with colleagues, with families, and with the community. (Elementary, Middle, Secondary)

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Ungrading to Build Equity and Trust in Our Classrooms

With ungrading, students who have been hurt the most by traditional grading practices are able to come into our classrooms knowing that they can trust our feedback, trust our words, to help them improve as writers.