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Review by Amy Lauren Botula, Common Sense Education | Updated April 2020
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Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, English-Language Learning, Social Studies
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Differentiation, Instructional Design
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CommonLit
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Students are happy to engage!
CommonLit is an important tool in our Language Arts classroom. I like the supports built into each assignment, the ease of measuring student performance, and the ease of integration with Google Classroom. Honestly, there is nothing that I do not like.
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Data Safety How safe is this product?
- Users can interact with trusted users.
- Personal information can be displayed publicly.
- User-created content is not filtered for personal information before being made publicly visible.
Data Rights What rights do I have to the data?
- Users can create or upload content.
- Processes to access or review user data are available.
- Processes to modify data are available for authorized users.
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- Personal information is not shared for third-party marketing.
- Unclear whether this product displays traditional or contextual advertisements.
- Unclear whether this product displays personalised advertising.
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