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Non-Negotiable Skills All Subjects

  • The Non-Negotiable Skills™ PrepCast curriculum provides middle school students with a rigorous, comprehensive review of the skills needed to succeed in high school and beyond. 
  • The Non-Negotiable Skills™ PrepCast curriculum provides middle school students with a rigorous, comprehensive review of the skills needed to succeed in high school and beyond. 
  • The Non-Negotiable Skills™ PrepCast curriculum provides middle school students with a rigorous, comprehensive review of the skills needed to succeed in high school and beyond. 

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Non-Negotiable Skills All Subjects

  • The Non-Negotiable Skills curriculum provides a rigorous, comprehensive review of the skills needed to succeed in high school and beyond.
  • The Non-Negotiable Skills curriculum provides a rigorous, comprehensive review of the skills needed to succeed in high school and beyond.
  • Allow students to put their new knowledge to practice
  • The Non-Negotiable Skills curriculum provides a rigorous, comprehensive review of the skills needed to succeed in high school and beyond.

Non-Negotiable Skills Subject Books

  • The Non-Negotiable Skills curriculum provides a rigorous, comprehensive review of the math skills needed to succeed in high school and beyond. 
  • The Non-Negotiable Skills curriculum provides a rigorous, comprehensive review of the english skills needed to succeed in high school and beyond. 
  • The Non-Negotiable Skills curriculum provides a rigorous, comprehensive review of the science skills needed to succeed in high school and beyond. 
  • The Non-Negotiable Skills curriculum provides a rigorous, comprehensive review of the reading skills needed to succeed in high school and beyond. 
  • The Non-Negotiable Skills curriculum provides a rigorous, comprehensive review of the math skills needed to succeed in high school and beyond. 
  • The Non-Negotiable Skills curriculum provides a rigorous, comprehensive review of the science skills needed to succeed in high school and beyond. 
  • The Non-Negotiable Skills curriculum provides a rigorous, comprehensive review of the reading skills needed to succeed in high school and beyond. 
  • The Non-Negotiable Skills curriculum provides a rigorous, comprehensive review of the english skills needed to succeed in high school and beyond. 

Non-Negotiable Skills Teacher Guides

  • Cambridge’s Math Workbook teacher guide provides additional examples, teaching tips, and real-world applications so that teachers can effectively guide students to skill mastery. 
  • Cambridge’s Science Workbook teacher guide provides additional examples, teaching tips, and real-world applications so that teachers can effectively guide students to skill mastery. 
  • Cambridge’s English Workbook teacher guide provides additional examples, teaching tips, and real-world applications so that teachers can effectively guide students to skill mastery. 
  • Cambridge’s Reading Workbook teacher guide provides additional examples, teaching tips, and real-world applications so that teachers can effectively guide students to skill mastery. 
  • Cambridge’s Math Workbook teacher guide provides additional examples, teaching tips, and real-world applications so that teachers can effectively guide students to skill mastery. 
  • Cambridge’s Science Workbook teacher guide provides additional examples, teaching tips, and real-world applications so that teachers can effectively guide students to skill mastery. 
  • Cambridge’s Reading Workbook teacher guide provides additional examples, teaching tips, and real-world applications so that teachers can effectively guide students to skill mastery. 
  • Cambridge’s English Workbook teacher guide provides additional examples, teaching tips, and real-world applications so that teachers can effectively guide students to skill mastery. 
  • Cambridge’s Non-Negotiable Skills Level 3 teacher guide provides additional examples, teaching tips, and real-world applications so that teachers can effectively guide students to skill mastery.
  • Cambridge’s Non-Negotiable Skills Level 2 teacher guide provides additional examples, teaching tips, and real-world applications so that teachers can effectively guide students to skill mastery.
  • Cambridge’s Non-Negotiable Skills Level 2 teacher guide provides additional examples, teaching tips, and real-world applications so that teachers can effectively guide students to skill mastery.

Professional Development & Data

This three-hour workshop for each content of the test includes:

  • Thorough overview of test mechanics
  • A systematic analysis of each section of the test (Reading, Writing & Language/English, Math, Science)
  • Secrets of the test writers
  • Test structure and format
  • Timing and pacing of each applicable subject test – Reading, Writing and Language/English, Math and Science
  • Scoring and how every problem matters. Just a few more correct questions can dramatically increase scores
  • Common distractors
  • High-value test-taking strategies for items most frequently encountered on the test
  • How different forms of “data” are integrated throughout the test
  • Frequency with which each item type appears
  • How to address multiple choice and/or student-produced response questions
  • Analysis of the Essay, including the passage, prompt, and expectations
  • Cambridge’s Test DeMystifier Professional Development gives teachers a thorough understanding of the ACT® test. 
  • Teachers learn about test mechanics including the test structure and format;

Timing of each subject test – English, Math, Reading, and Science; tested content and skills within each subject and in what proportion; and analysis of the Essay, including the passage, prompt, and expectations.  With practice problems in English, Math, Reading, and Science, teachers learn high-value test-taking strategies for items most frequently encountered on the test and about evidence-based questions.  Teachers also gain insight into the scoring of the tests and the aligned scale scores for any suite of exams.

  • Cambridge’s Implementation Professional Development provides teachers with a thorough understanding of how to effectively prepare students using any one of Cambridge’s test preparation materials

Timing of each subject test – English, Math, Reading, and Science; tested content and skills within each subject and in what proportion; and analysis of the Essay, including the passage, prompt, and expectations.  With practice problems in English, Math, Reading, and Science, teachers learn high-value test-taking strategies for items most frequently encountered on the test and about evidence-based questions.  Teachers also gain insight into the scoring of the tests and the aligned scale scores for any suite of exams.

  • Teachers will take a dive into their own students’ data to understand how to effectively use the Cambridge data reports (reports may include Student Summary and Item Analysis, Instructor Summary, Error Analysis, Content Distribution, Formative Connection, Lesson Plans, and others)

to more effectively address skill gaps and target instruction.  Topics include the pre-assessment process and the importance of timely and accurate feedback, linking assessment items to instructional objectives and differentiating among learners to drive score increases across the spectrum of achievement.  Teachers will also learn powerful test-taking strategies to incorporate in the classroom.