What are the cons of CommonLit?

Is CommonLit a reliable source?

3. Reliable for best practices. CommonLit was born out of the belief that all teachers should have access to a tool that promotes educational best practices in literacy. Our team of expert educators painstakingly design every tool, feature, and lesson you see on the site, so you can trust it to be the best.

What are the pros of CommonLit?

Pros: Leveled texts, new target lessons, and formative data make it easy to tailor the experience.

Does the CommonLit assessment matter?

Previous research has shown that CommonLit's assessment scores developed by the team were highly associated with standardized state test scores, like the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA).

What can teachers see on CommonLit?

On an assessment's Analyze Data page, you will see your students' scaled scores, percent correct, and multiple-choice percentages as well as a percentile ranking for how they did compared to other students in their grade who took the same grade-level assessment. You will see them grouped by percentile and scaled score.

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Can teachers see your annotations on CommonLit?

As students are annotating their assignments, teachers can also monitor their work in real time — and even provide feedback. To view student annotations, teachers should go to their Assignment Dashboard and select “Student Annotations” in the left-hand navigation bar.

Does CommonLit save your answers?

CommonLit strongly suggests students complete their assessments within one 45-60 minute session for test validity purposes. However, if students need to resume their assessments at a later point, CommonLit does save their answers and they can return to complete their assessment at any time.

Does CommonLit have answer keys?

To view the answers for these questions, click “Answer Key” in the top right corner of the lesson preview. Please note, answers are only visible to users with confirmed educator accounts.

What is the purpose of the CommonLit?

The CommonLit Assessment Series is a great digital tool for school and district administrators who are looking to use data-driven instruction and closely monitor students' progress and identify gaps in student learning.

What grade is CommonLit for?

All About CommonLit 360

Standards-aligned units for grades 6-12 that include reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar lessons.

Does CommonLit save your progress?

CommonLit will save your progress as you go, so you can come back later, but be sure to click "Save and Next" when you finish each assessment question. When you are done with your assessment, click SUBMIT YOUR ASSIGNMENT.

How much does CommonLit cost?

CommonLit Digital, including CommonLit 360 Curriculum, is 100% free for teachers and students, forever. As a nonprofit, our goal is to pay so teachers don't have to. Read more about why and how we're free here.

Does CommonLit have lesson plans?

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CommonLit's novel units come complete with all the lesson plans and materials needed to effectively teach the lessons. The books themselves are the only items schools will need to provide, with many books available online through Project Gutenberg.

Is CommonLit researched based?

CommonLit is designed to help teachers use research-based instructional routines in literacy. In addition, CommonLit conducts ongoing third-party research to measure the effectiveness of its tools and services in terms of raising student achievement.

Who funds CommonLit?

CommonLit is funded by 2 investors. Google and U.S. Department of Education are the most recent investors.

What is the research behind CommonLit?

CommonLit was shown to significantly increase student engagement and cultural awareness by 2x. The Mathematica study also found that students in CommonLit classrooms were more likely to report that class was engaging, interesting, and kept their attention.

How to do better on CommonLit?

Every CommonLit reading passage comes with the “Read Aloud” feature. This can be a helpful way to support students who struggle with fluency or decoding. The best part is that students can pause and restart the audio whenever they need — or repeat a section as needed.

Is CommonLit a non profit?

CommonLit is a nonprofit organization based in DC. Our mission is to raise student achievement in reading and writing.

Is CommonLit TEKS aligned?

CommonLit currently aligns to Common Core State Standards (CCSS) as well as the state standards for several U.S. states: AK, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IN, IA, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, NE, NC, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, UT, and WV.

Why it matters that teens are reading less CommonLit answers?

Reading books and longer articles is one of the best ways to learn how to think critically, understand complex issues and separate fact from fiction. It's crucial for being an informed voter, an involved citizen, a successful college student and a productive employee.

Is CommonLit free for students?

CommonLit 360 is 100% free for teachers and students, forever. As a nonprofit, CommonLit's goal is to pay so teachers don't have to. Read more about why and how CommonLit is free here. To access the free curriculum, all you need is your free CommonLit Digital account.

How do you grade assignments on CommonLit?

Once you find the correct lesson, click the Go to Grading button. This will bring you to the Grading Page where you can view the questions with student responses that require grading. To grade a student, select the score from the rubric and add any feedback. Then click Save & Next to move on to the next student.

Can students redo assignments on CommonLit?

Yes! Students do not have to finish an assignment on the CommonLit digital platform in one sitting. As long as the student clicks the Save and Next button at the bottom of the question after selecting or writing each of their answers, their progress will be saved.

Can you lock assignments in CommonLit?

To lock a class's assessment once the start date has arrived, find the test on your Assignments page and click on the test name. Then, from the test's Student Status page, click Lock All over on the far right > then click the teal LOCK ASSESSMENT button at the bottom of the window that pops up.

Who can use CommonLit?

The CommonLit Assessment Series is available for grades 3–12 and can be unlocked when schools purchase CommonLit School Essential PRO ($3,850 per school/per year).