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    Justin Madrid English 1301 Scott 1/23/2015 Justin 1 The Importance of Literacy Throughout My Lifetime Have you ever thought about a time that you didn’t need literacy? The answer to that question would obviously have to be no. Literature is basically what defines our existence, without it there would be no writing, no language, and importantly no history. Can you imagine if there was no means of communication, our world as we know would cease to exist and everything would be in complete chaos. 1 Literature has been a very important factor in my lifetime, especially in school, because it has taught me the basics, expanded my knowledge, and helped me use all that I needed to finish my grade school and move onto college. We have been taught the very…

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    instruction under these guidelines is impossible. The STAAR’s predecessor TAKS had the same results lending credibility to Stroups theory that the test Every year since 1980 the State of Texas has implemented some form of standardized testing. The theory behind these tests is to monitor the efficacy of teachers and performance of student as well as prepare them for life after graduation. These standardized tests are used for creating marketable young adults. The first of these Standardized…

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    The Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System is an assessment developed for students of grade levels 1-12 which will demonstrate students’ English proficiency. It is federally mandatory for English Language learnings to take this assessment to find out the annual progress that the English Language Learner students make in the English Language. The Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment began after the Reading Proficiency Tests in English also known as (RPTE) needed federal…

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    Teachers are responsible for creating and designing effective assessments to see what students learned. Assessments can come in a variety of tasks, and it is important that teachers demonstrate this by using different methods of assessment. As an educator, it is important that I address the six aspects of the assessment process that are goals, role, audience, situation, product or performance, and standards. There are three types of assessments that teachers implement when designing…

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    Mary Beth Stevens suggests writing supports reading by asking students to draw upon common knowledge and thinking processes (2014). In the Texas Treasures Literature curriculum students continually respond to text through writing activities. At the end of each section they record their responses by writing a personal response. These responses require critical and higher order thinking skills because students answer open-ended questions and utilize summarization, inference and interpreting…

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    However, it also has some behaviorist influences as well because it is TEKS oriented. With each TEK there is an expectation attached. Posner (2004) supports this by restating what Robert Mager’s said, “an objective is an intent communicated by a statement describing a proposed change in a learner….It is a description of a pattern of behavior (performance) we want the learner to be able to demonstrate (p. 106). Therefore, although this curriculum strives for student knowledge to grow and it…

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    The rules for safe practice the Registered Nurse are accountable for assuring that their actions and behaviors meet all applicable standards for safe competent ethical decision making. According to the Board of Registered Nursing in California and Texas, licensed (Texas Board of Nursing Practice, Registered Nurse Scope, 2013) nurses are held responsible for the decision made when delegating tasks to the LVN or the UAP. The scope of practice for the LVN in California, a LVN can practice under…

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    Community Leadership major that focuses on civic engagement and ethical leadership. They incorporate theory and practical experience that focuses on developing ethical leaders for tomorrow! The essential ingredient in Alverno’s approach to education is that they concentrate on both engaged learning and an active approach to the assessment of learning outcomes. The primary focus in student development is to support students in developing their strengths in each of the learning outcomes Faculty is…

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    I live in Harris County, Houston Texas the US, the estimated population is 4,092,459 making it the most populous county in Texas and the third most populated in the United States. Harris County was founded in 1836 and organized in 1937 by John Richard Harris. The County was a total of 1,777 square miles; 1,703 square miles on land and 74 square miles in water (About Houston, 2017). Harris County is made up of diverse ethnic groups. This is possible because of its mild, year-round temperatures.…

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    attributions Achieve Texas contributes to advisors and counselors is that it breaks down potential class schedules in order to help a student be success in the career path they have chosen; it also goes on to help a student realize what expectations of the career field are, what kind of impact it has on the world, if the field is growing/shrinking, and ultimately, if it is the right fit. Achieve Texas does this through breaking career fields into clusters, or bunches of related careers. By…

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