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CommonLit's Assessment Series Gives Teachers a Clearer Picture of Every Reader

Know where every student stands—and how to think about what comes next The CommonLit Assessment Series is your school's tool for tracking student reading growth across the...

Ceili Canning

May 15, 2026 4 min read

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Pender County’s Success with CommonLit’s Professional Development

In-person professional development sets the stage for success. When Pender County Schools in North Carolina was searching for a new English Language Arts curriculum for their middle schools, they...

Re Marzullo

March 16, 2026 4 min read

CommonLit Integrates with Canvas

Learn about the benefits of this powerful LMS integration and how you can unlock it for your team. At CommonLit, we’re committed to ensuring that our award-winning digital...

Rob Fleisher

February 1, 2025 2 min read

Featured in CommonLit 360

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How CommonLit 360 Integrates Writing Across ELA Instruction

In CommonLit 360, writing instruction is woven into reading and discussion lessons from the very first unit. Teaching students to write while also teaching them to read closely and discuss...

Ceili Canning

May 28, 2026 3 min read

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The Science of Reading: What It Is, What It Demands, and How CommonLit 360 Delivers It

Learn how CommonLit 360 is aligned to the Science of Reading’s best practices for teaching reading comprehension to secondary students. What the Science of Reading Actually Is The “science...

Liisa Moilanen Potts, EdD

April 9, 2026 7 min read

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Capture Actionable Data with CommonLit 360 Unit Skills Assessments

Quickly collect the formative data you need to seamlessly measure student reading comprehension and plan future instruction as you teach our curriculum, CommonLit 360 Is your team planning to implement...

Amanda Riddle

February 9, 2026 2 min read

Featured in Elementary Classrooms

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Why Teachers Love the CommonLit Text Library

With engaging texts, built-in supports, and flexible lesson options, the CommonLit Text Library makes it easier for teachers to plan meaningful reading instruction. Teachers are always looking for texts...

Ceili Canning

March 19, 2026 3 min read

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CommonLit’s Library Supports Elementary Teachers as they Implement Science of Reading Aligned Instruction

The Science of Reading The Science of Reading is a body of research incorporating psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience to explain how students learn to read. The Simple View of...

Re Marzullo

November 8, 2023 5 min read

7 Engaging Reading Passages for Third and Fourth Graders

CommonLit Adds Elementary Content to Free Digital Library The CommonLit Library is full of engaging reading passages for 3rd and 4th graders! When I taught 3rd and 4th grade students,...

Amanda Riddle

August 31, 2023 3 min read

Featured in Secondary Classrooms

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Five Ways to Help (older) Students Build Reading Skills

Simple strategies to improve students’ reading comprehension abilities and build their reading engagement According to the 2022 NAEP Reading Assessment, only 32% of 4th grade students are proficient in reading,...

Re Marzullo

March 20, 2024 5 min read

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How a CommonLit Teacher Ambassador Empowers all Students

Leigh Pafford teaches special education as well as English as a Second Language (ESL) in New York City, and she was also one of CommonLit’s founding Teacher Ambassadors for...

Re Marzullo

October 5, 2023 3 min read

CommonLit Can Assist With ACT/SAT Test Prep

The testing season is here! No, not the end-of-year testing that schools across the country gear up for each spring. Instead, this is the annual “rite of fall”...

Re Marzullo

September 21, 2023 2 min read