k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

In fact, one such study demonstrated that students who were taught in classroom environments which employed strategies aligned to research such as productive struggle, discourse, movement and problem solving scored significantly higher on post-tests recalling and applying previous learning than the control group.

Science 247

Science Education Motivation Lecturing 247

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Additionally, I emphasize context-sensitive pedagogy, particularly for rural and underserved areas where access and background vary significantly. I also ensure that each lesson cycle includes opportunities for self-reflection, peer feedback, and goal-setting, using simple digital tools like Padlet, ClassPoint, or collaborative slides.

Interdisciplinary 247

Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 247

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

These rankings don’t just provide feedback—they confer identity. It can also help students design their learning journeys, generate creative ideas, or receive iterative feedback on their work. But that’s precisely what makes its feedback meaningless regarding recognition and belonging. In band, you’re ranked by chair.

Motivation 279

Motivation Learning Students Achievement 279

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2025

AI tutors are transforming education by offering personalized, accessible, and efficient learning support. Encryption, limited access, and regular audits help maintain data security across platforms. Incorrect answers or misleading feedback may create confusion or lower academic performance.

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Disabilities Ethics Schools Plagiarism 145

k12 Digest

JULY 1, 2025

In a case study, we saw students collaborating with multinational companies and startups, with access to authentic design challenges and meaningful engagement with real-world professionals. Traditional tests don’t always capture things like creativity, grit, or collaboration. That’s why we focus on competency-based assessment.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

Monitor and Adapt : Use feedback from experiments to refine policies and practices. Actionable Tip : Develop a stakeholder engagement plan with regular feedback sessions. Actionable Tip : Draft an ethical AI charter and solicit campus-wide feedback. Actionable Tip : Evaluate outcomes against predefined KPIs. Chris holds a B.A.

Ethics 121

Ethics Education Evaluation Fairness 121

k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

In fact, one such study demonstrated that students who were taught in classroom environments which employed strategies aligned to research such as productive struggle, discourse, movement and problem solving scored significantly higher on post-tests recalling and applying previous learning than the control group.

Science 130

Science Education Motivation Lecturing 130

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Additionally, I emphasize context-sensitive pedagogy, particularly for rural and underserved areas where access and background vary significantly. I also ensure that each lesson cycle includes opportunities for self-reflection, peer feedback, and goal-setting, using simple digital tools like Padlet, ClassPoint, or collaborative slides.

Interdisciplinary 144

Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

Monitor and Adapt : Use feedback from experiments to refine policies and practices. Actionable Tip : Develop a stakeholder engagement plan with regular feedback sessions. Actionable Tip : Draft an ethical AI charter and solicit campus-wide feedback. Actionable Tip : Evaluate outcomes against predefined KPIs. Chris holds a B.A.

Ethics 75

Ethics Education Evaluation Fairness 75

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

That vision became AEF Schools , a place designed for students who needed something differenta structured, supportive environment where learning goes beyond textbooks and tests. The Preparatory Programs support students who thrive in a structured setting without the added stress of homework or standardized testing.

Skills 137

Skills Schools Learning Students 137

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2025

As districts explore AIs potential, they must also confront critical questions about equity, algorithmic bias and access. What feedback can you share from educators, students and families about using AI in your schools? We began with a pilot program to test AI tools in targeted areas before expanding to broader use.

Ethics 102

Ethics Intelligence Critical Thinking Feedback 102

k12

JULY 10, 2025

Leveraging Technology One of the most significant advantages of online learning is access to various digital tools that go far beyond what’s available in a traditional classroom. Encourage Feedback and Conversation: Feedback is key to growth, both for students and teachers.

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Quizzes Learning Motivation 52

Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

The result: districts are facing shortages of educators who are not only qualified to teach, but certified in areas where compliance is non-negotiable, such as delivering IEP services, bilingual content-based instruction, or state-tested core courses. This frames the conversation around compliance and student access, not just HR shortages.

Special Education 94

Special Education English Language Languages 94

eSchool News

MAY 23, 2025

Recent research supports this approach–a 2025 systematic review published in the EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research found that AI-powered adaptive learning systems significantly enhance accessibility and social-emotional development for students with conditions like autism, ADHD, and dyslexia.

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Multidisciplinary Evaluation Reading Feedback 293

Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

During lockdown students weren’t able to bond and build connections to the institution, or even access support structures,” she said. Some high school seniors graduated at the time with stellar grades but below-average test scores in math and English, she said. Their academic shortfalls and social isolation took a toll.

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Math English Lecturing High School 88

Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2025

Offense and Defense Much of the discourse about AI in education so far has focused on playing defense against students using the tools to cheat , leaders using them to replace the teaching workforce and rollouts that reinforce racial and economic inequities in access to high-quality education.

Intelligence 215

Intelligence Schools Science Math 215

Elevate k12

JUNE 20, 2025

High workload: Besides teaching classes, grading assignments and exams, and providing feedback, full-time teachers must plan lessons, attend meetings and professional development programs, and organize extracurricular activities. States that paid the highest salaries were Washington ($72.3k), California($73.2k), and New York ($76.4k).

Teachers 52

Teachers Education Attention Coaching 52

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

While digital literacy is about accessing and sharing information through digital tools, data literacy is about making sense of the information those tools produce and using it wisely. Every test score, attendance log, learning app, or digital assignment generates data. This is where data literacy comes in. The same goes for students.

Ethics 297

Ethics Education Culture Social Studies 297

Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2024

The SAT is to standardized testing what the floppy disk is to data storage. Providers of some of the most popular standardized tests are rethinking their offerings as new AI tools are challenging traditional techniques for finding out what students know — and allowing new ways to give and score tests.

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Exams Questions 210

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Technology access can be another barrier. Students asked to produce writing on digital documents may not have access to a device and a reliable internet connection to complete that work and submit it digitally. Feedback is pivotal as students navigate the complexities of learning how to write for a particular purpose or audience.

Assignments 458

Assignments Writing Feedback Motivation 458

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

I see great value in being able to offer all teachers access to AI Coach which can guide them through cycles of self-reflection and empower them to continue their professional learning.”. AI Coach by Edthena is in continued development and testing with teachers this spring. About Edthena.

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Coaching Accessibility Teachers Intelligence 256

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2024

No one denies it can make student testing more efficient, faster, possibly leading to better educational outcomes for all learners. While experts acknowledge risks such as bias and access disparities, they foresee AI-driven assessments reshaping education by tailoring tests to individual needs and promoting deeper learning.

Testing 174

Testing Plagiarism Ethics Fairness 174

eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

Cabin John MD – Early learning leader, Learning Without Tears, today affirmed that equity and access are at the core of Phonics, Reading, and Me —its K–3 supplemental literacy program designed to help students learn the skills they need to become proficient readers.

Reading 246

Reading Accessibility Learning Elementary School 246

eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

This includes on-demand tutoring along with AI tools that offer feedback on written work. AI Writing Review enables students to submit their drafts for lightning-fast feedback. Carnegie Learning’s MATHia gives educators real-time feedback and assessments to help them understand where students are and where they’re headed.

Feedback 329

Feedback Essay Writing Learning Styles 329

eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

Test-optional and test-blind admissions in recent years could mean a radical expansion of access to selective colleges. The patchwork of admission test policies in college admissions underscores a larger challenge—and opportunity—for both K-12 and higher education.

Education 297

Education Testing Feedback English 297

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Microsoft is finally releasing the full version of Minecraft: Education Edition on November 1, following months of beta testing and early access for classrooms. That free access will end upon release, when the game will be offered for purchase for the first time. Microsoft is welcoming additional feedback on the game.

Feedback 279

Feedback Education Testing Communication 279

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has historically required prospective undergraduate students to submit a standardized test score as part of their applications. Even now, as testing has resumed—albeit with social distancing, face coverings and limited seating—access to testing centers is not equal, nor equitable.

Testing 162

Testing Exams Internet Fairness 162

eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

The EvolveMe platform gives teens access to and rewards them for completing high-quality, professional career experimentation activities and building transferable skills they can apply to any job.

Mobile Devices 300

Mobile Devices Quizzes Feedback High School 300

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Language translation : Gen AI can translate educational materials for diverse language needs, making learning more accessible and inclusive. The traditional methods of testing and evaluation must evolve to accommodate the capabilities of AI. Try asking a Gen AI chatbot such as ChatGPT to customize text to a specific reading level.

Metacognitive Skills 336

Metacognitive Skills Ethics Critical Thinking Evaluation 336

eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

To keep up with this breakneck pace of innovation in virtually every sphere, educators must employ the very tools that are enabling it, using AI to create classes that are not only up-to-date but are also engaging, intellectually stimulating, and accessible to their students.

Quizzes 291

Quizzes Lecturing Exams Ethics 291

eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

.” For about the past year, school districts as well as individual teachers have been implementing the CompTIA Spark curriculum in middle grade classrooms and providing feedback that allowed for a testing and development period prior to the full-scale launch.

Grades 305

Grades Curriculum Technology Middle School 305

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

The situation is made even more challenging by the lack of suitable feedback mechanisms to help teachers understand who is struggling in class and to help them quickly find the root cause of the student’s challenges. Most tools that teachers have for this purpose are lagging indicators such as tests, quizzes, and homework.

Teaching 320

Teaching Gamification Feedback Intelligence 320

eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2025

Instead, technology has allowed students to have almost instant access to different types of information, tools, and more in today’s day and age. The basic steps of design thinking are empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test (Interaction Design Foundation, 2016).

Failure 300

Failure Critical Thinking Essay Feedback 300

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2024

A network of small public high schools in New York City is exploring whether artificial intelligence can change the way teachers receive feedback about their classroom instruction. Proponents say it could save lots of time for instructional coaches and expand access to feedback that improves the quality of teaching.

Intelligence 323

Intelligence Teachers Coaching Feedback 323

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Some believe it will cripple the education system and replace human workers ; others denounce ChatGPT as a free essay-writing and test-taking tool that makes it laughably easy to cheat on assignments, while the validity of responses generated by ChatGPT has also been called into question.

Ethics 335

Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 335

eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2018

As a result of this paradigm shift, communities around the country are demanding a more transparent, equitable, and accessible enrollment process for all families. The right research-based strategies and technology–like observation and feedback using video–can help districts scale PD efforts.

Education 279

Education Coaching Feedback Testing 279

eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2017

Further, what if this mindset change led to an increase in student achievement on tests? The technique involves testing students twice: once individually and once in groups. We all have access to the internet, books, and other people. Achievement Gains x 3. But that’s not how they will operate later in their careers.

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Achievement Teachers Middle School Middle School 262