eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2024

Key points: Critical thinking should not be separate from and on top of what teachers are doing in the classroom How to help students build critical success skills 3 lessons on perseverance from Stoffel the honey badger For more news on durable skills, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Achievement discrepancies among U.S.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 10, 2018

goals they have for the grading period and describe their action plan for achieving these goals. Too often students become overwhelmed by all of the work teachers assign and lose sight of what they would like to achieve. First, students are asked to articulate three S.M.A.R.T.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Tutoring practices that include non-evaluative feedback and mindful approaches support writers’ growth holistically. I don’t start from a deficit approach, but rather, I listen to writers’ concerns and accompany them through their academic journey with a non-evaluative and mindful approach.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Writing is often difficult for educators to teach, challenging for students to do, and hard for administrators to monitor and evaluate. The software automates and accelerates many aspects of the writing-evaluation process, though each teacher’s grading and feedback also remain crucial parts of the process.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The AI Education Project on Wednesday released its AI Readiness Framework , a comprehensive way for students, teachers and school leaders to think about building AI Readiness in America’s schools and evaluating what being “AI Ready” means in a time of rapid technological change. aiEDU’s framework has three parts.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

But there’s a similar learning disability that is holding back the achievement of students in mathematics, and it’s much less widely known. Public Schools are using this tool as part of a districtwide initiative called the DCPS Road to Equity & Achievement in Math (DREAM). Public Schools.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Efficacy research is a proven method of evaluating instructional delivery decisions so teachers, parents, administrators, and students understand what practices and resources connect directly with gains in literacy achievement.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Texthelp ®, a leading education technology company focused on helping learners of all ages and abilities improve their reading, writing, and math skills, today announced the launch of WriQ ®, a cloud-based writing assessment and achievement tool. “WriQ, has been designed with those needs in mind. .”

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2021

While the way students are achieving educational goals may look a little different due to the pandemic, it doesn’t eliminate its value or importance. In fact, with the way our day-to-day lives are evolving, it’s critical that students take time to evaluate how their next steps , personally and professionally, might impact the future.

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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2021

While it’s still too early to evaluate the extent of the change in the quality and scope of instruction that AI might achieve, what is certain is that it will cause a revolution. Overall, AI should allow students to get personalized instruction and teachers to have more free time to prepare classes and update their information.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Knowledge Graph helps developers enhance AI system inputs by aligning them with learning science research, state academic standards, and curricula, while Evaluators help developers assess AI system outputs to ensure they meet the accuracy, rigor, and quality essential for teaching and learning.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 13, 2020

In August, we were recognized by the state as an exemplary district , and we’ve achieved level five status, meaning our students are growing at a rate that’s two years beyond what’s expected. We’ve achieved these results through the hard work of our faculty—and by using educational data to support how we instruct and evaluate our students.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Use of tech to explore, design, and create–not a digital drill and kill : Evaluate the levels of learning. During a session at FETC 2024, Tom Murray, Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools, dove into just what, exactly, makes for the effective use of edtech in supporting student engagement.

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eSchool News

JULY 5, 2024

Because of the rise in usage of summer programs, NWEA researchers evaluated the current studies and identified 10 recommendations district leaders should consider regarding their design and implementation: Districts should offer summer programs for a minimum of four weeks. Summer programs should be free and provide transportation and meals.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

While the primary goal of standardized testing is to measure student achievement and set benchmarks for educational standards, it carries unintended consequences. Many higher education institutions recognize the limitations of relying solely on test scores and are striving to adopt a more comprehensive approach to evaluating applicants.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

BALTIMORE, Maryland — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people globally, has unveiled the findings of a Johns Hopkins University study that affirms IXL Math’s effectiveness in boosting student achievement. ” Visit our research page for more information about IXL’s studies.

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eSchool News

JULY 18, 2022

A new effort to evaluate the “durable” skills that lead to success and achievement in the 21 st century workforce was launched this spring by nonprofit organizations America Succeeds and CompTIA.

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Skills Critical Thinking Evaluation Achievement 267

eSchool News

MAY 5, 2023

Now, updated Christensen Institute research illustrates the impact students’ connections and relationships have on their ability to achieve success in adulthood–and underscores the need for schools to track this data as they measure students’ progress.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2019

The summer break gives us time to recharge and re-evaluate why we do this challenging work. What do we hope to achieve? Do your grades evaluate knowledge, skills, compliance? If we begin the year by evaluating what we do and why, we can eliminate some of the work we do that does not improve learning for students.

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2023

Utilizing a Roblox Community Fund grant , the organization will explore innovative ways to use 3D immersive experiences to engage students in the study of science and assess their achievements in the subject. Current assessments often leave out non-academic skills like student-decision making or progress toward reaching a goal.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

Matt Prusiecki, the return on investment has been “tremendous” because “the entire district team is more reflective on practice, we’ve increased teacher retention, and most importantly, raised student achievement by improving the quality of instruction.” It creates a positive environment that is more focused on coaching than evaluation.

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2022

Just four years ago, a study predicted that AI in education and learning would increase 47.5% through 2021; as it turned out, the prediction was conservative. The current landscape.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Preventing students from using AI can often limit their abilities to achieve and feel good about themselves, Clark said. Feedback: How can students evaluate and think critically about their work and improve upon it based on real-time feedback? Theyll be less apt to use an AI tool to do the task for them if they have agency.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2024

Self check: Taking time to periodically evaluate the team’s own work, considering how much it is centering student voices, who may not be accounted for, and whether it aligns with the design principles, in order to keep accountable and maintain quality.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This agreement, finalized in October 2024, follows an extensive evaluation process in which MMI reviewed area colleges and selected Lackawanna College to partner with for Pre-College programs.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Edtech evaluation is currently the Wild West. As long as the data aligns with the edtech company’s goals, third-party evaluations can be the strongest selling point for solution providers. There are three main reasons why this occurs: Data isn’t always reliable. They don’t live and breathe the struggles educators face every day.

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eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2024

Help is coming, but not necessarily in the ideal way: with ESSER funding running out , districts are re-evaluating the impact and scope of edtech solutions. Evaluating the impact of edtech solutions is a logical thing to do. This empowers the entire K-12 community to achieve success.

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Evaluation Feedback Students Achievement 286

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

Even lengthy evaluations by specialists have all the same limitations. Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse for literacy does not contain any study that has a significant positive effect on broad reading achievement for this group. 29 Schools cannot afford to evaluate all at-risk students in this way.

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Disabilities Learning Disabilities Evaluation Language 285

Catlin Tucker

MAY 23, 2017

Ironically, students are rarely asked to evaluate their work and reflect on what is says about their learning. In John Hattie’s work, he states that “self-reported grades comes out at the top of all influences [on student achievement]. This makes no sense to me.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Here are three ways to help special education students engage in the college and career planning process: Identify goals Establishing goals is a critical first step for all students in the post-secondary planning process, as this provides a clear vision of what they want to achieve, and begins to create a road map of how to get there.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This level of access can increase student achievement and engagement–an added bonus in an age where AI and social media make capturing students’ attention a challenge in the best of times. That a state leader could use the standards to evaluate high-quality online programming in their state.

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2021

While the way students are achieving educational goals may look a little different due to the pandemic, it doesn’t eliminate its value or importance. In fact, with the way our day-to-day lives are evolving, it’s critical that students take time to evaluate how their next steps , personally and professionally, might impact the future.

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Learning Styles Evaluation Students Knowledge 246

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Plus Delta is a formative evaluation model that prompts individuals to assess what went well with an event or experience and what could be improved. Conceptboard’s template is just as straightforward as the evaluation model. The feedback that TeachFX provides is private, objective, and non-evaluative.

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Teachers Feedback Evaluation Intelligence 332

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Setting SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) goals helps students focus on achievable steps. After providing the student with some example papers that achieve this goal, all parts of the goal should be attainable. At lower educational levels, specific and actionable plans are crucial.

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Multiple Choice Questions Feedback Students History 277

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The report evaluates trends in growth patterns and grade-level placements for students who may require the most support to get to grade-level or develop essential prerequisite skills for later grades. But for these same students, meeting Stretch Growth led to 89 percent achieving grade level.

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Learning Grades Curriculum Achievement 316

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In practical terms, Joy in schools means integrating creative and interactive activities into the curriculum, celebrating achievements, and creating spaces where students are safe to express themselves. This joy in learning lays the groundwork for lifelong educational enthusiasm and resilience.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2025

The five-year study, Improving Student Achievement Across State Borders and State Standards, concluded that the print, digital and hands-on program, coupled with high-quality professional learning, raises students standardized test scores.

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