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In this Webinar

The rigor is in the answer, not in the question. This webinar, which highlights Nancy Boyles' new ASCD book Reading, Writing, and Rigor, will help you develop a deeper understanding of rigor in literacy—what it is and what it looks like in today's standards-based instruction and assessment.

About the presenter

Nancy Boyles is a former classroom teacher and professor emerita at Southern Connecticut State University, where she was professor of Reading and Graduate Reading Program Coordinator. She is now a literacy consultant, providing workshops, modeling best practices in classrooms, and assisting with curriculum development.

Her workshop topics include Close Reading, Small Group Differentiated Instruction, Rigorous Assessment, and Depth of Knowledge. Boyles is the author of Closer Reading, Grades 3–6; Lessons and Units for Closer Reading, Grades 3–6; and Lessons and Units for Closer Reading, K–2. She has also written many articles and six additional books on reading comprehension.