Here are some links to other websites that you might find useful:
- This book on vocabulary assessment is incredibly useful, with chapters dedicated to surveying the state of vocabulary assessment, discussion about which words to teach and assess and classroom practices for vocabulary instruction: McKeown, M., Deane, P., Scott, J., Krovetz, R., & Lawless, R. (2017). Vocabulary assessment to support instruction: Building rich word-learning experiences. New York: Guilford
- Dr. Elfrieda Hiebert is an Affiliated Researcher with the VASE project. Her non-profit organization, Textproject, is rich with teacher resources for vocabulary learning, text complexity, the Common Core State Standards, and free books developed to support readers, as well as research papers and professional development materials
- Understanding Language is another valuable website that addresses language and literacy for English Language Learners as they relate to the Common Core State Standards.
- The US Department of Education/Institute of Education Sciences and the National Center for Educational Research provided funding for the VASE project. To reach our official IES site, please go to our IES funded research page.
- Additional books on word consciousness and vocabulary instruction:
- Scott, J., Skobel, B. & Wells, J. (2008). The Word Conscious Classroom: Building the Vocabulary Readers and Writers Need. NY: Scholastic- Theory into Practice series.
- Lubliner, S. & Scott, J. (2008). Nourishing Vocabulary. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
The VINE Consortium is a collective of researchers from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the University of California, Merced, who are interested in innovative vocabulary research.
We are dedicated to developing theoretically driven and classroom-tested techniques that enhance the word learning of all children.