eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Typically, information presented to students is either qualitative or too broad, such as during parent-teacher conferences or through course grades. This idea is well understood in grading, but not as so in feedback to students. Implementing systems like ExamSoft or Canvas for online exams can facilitate this.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

CLEPs assess college-level knowledge and passing scores on the exams are accepted as credit at more than 2,900 colleges and universities. I took two CLEP exams, and the credits I earned saved me time and money as I worked toward my degree. History I CLEP exam into my existing classes, instead of treating it as a separate task.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2024

We must act to ensure that children, youth and adults are receiving the literacy education that enables middle-skills workers—those who need more than a high school diploma but less than a college degree—to achieve success. Research shows that about 43 million Americans—nearly one in five adults—read below a third grade reading level.

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Reading Exams Study Achievement 332

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2021

Are you looking for grading apps, tools, and resources that you can use to collect, calculate, and analyze your student’s grades? Or maybe you are looking for apps that allow students to calculate their own grades, which will save you time and effort. Gradebook and Grading Apps (for teachers).

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Grades Assignments Exams English 159

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Exam blueprints are a teaching tool that is still shrouded in controversy. Understanding the utility and impact of exam blueprints from a student perspective can be a game-changer. They can also help instructors to ensure that exams are fair and equitable. No more guesswork—students know exactly what to expect.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

To remediate the exam preparation study skills that beginning (and other) students are missing, most of us respond by telling students about those skills that make for good exam performance. Evidence that all these activities were completed is required and they are evaluated to determine the overall assignment grade. Take notes.”

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The debate over using test scores in college admissions has oscillated between requiring them and questioning their necessity in favor of relying more on student grade point averages (GPAs). While high school GPAs provide valuable insight, grade inflation can mar their reliability.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2015

As a result, our district, Worthington City Schools in Ohio, has narrowed the amount of topics we cover at each grade level, diving deeper into each topic in order to gain solid conceptual understanding, a high degree of procedural skill and fluency, and the ability to apply math to solve problems inside and outside the classroom.

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Math Blended Learning Coaching Exams 279

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Exam blueprints are a teaching tool that is still shrouded in controversy. Understanding the utility and impact of exam blueprints from a student perspective can be a game-changer. They can also help instructors to ensure that exams are fair and equitable. No more guesswork—students know exactly what to expect.

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Exams Fairness Instructors Teaching Methods 111

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A study of public schools in Texas found that those using IXL Math or IXL English Language Arts outperformed other schools on STAAR exams by as much as 11 percentile points in math, 17 percentile points in reading and 8 percentile points in writing. IXL’s TEKS alignment has been independently reviewed by Learning List.

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2022

Even the best math teachers have had students who ace the chapter tests just to go on and struggle with that same content on the final exam—or students who have a hard time grasping more advanced concepts because they’ve forgotten the foundational learning that came before. Long-term math retention can be elusive.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

“TeachTap is a game-changer for students preparing for AP exams and studying high school courses. Pearson Edgington, a high school senior who piloted TeachTap, shared his experience: “TeachTap made studying for my AP exams actually fun and interesting. Chief Product Officer Phil Hewinson.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Howard Street Charter School in Salem, Oregon, is a project-based institution that pushes students to achieve excellence in all areas of study. Howard Street Charter School is no stranger to academic success and had already achieved curricular excellence with passing rates above the state average. And we did not teach to the test.

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Math History Learning Schools 269

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The full Top 10 Tools by 95 Percent Group course includes self-paced, flexible and accessible learning modules and can be taken in two different versions: for 3 PD Credits/CEUs or the more rigorous International Dyslexia Association (IDA) accredited version offering 5 PD Credits/CEUs and eligibility to sit for the KPEERI exam.

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Reading Science Exams Schools 268

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2022

Grade inflation is growing, and grade point averages alone are not enough for colleges to make informed decisions about applicants without an objective measure of competence—like, say, a standardized test. In it, ACT researchers found evidence of grade inflation over the past decade—namely, that the average high school GPA increased 0.19

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Grades Testing Interdisciplinary STEM 156

eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2019

A new analysis from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) reveals that few teacher preparation programs either conduct any sort of screening or require specific coursework in the subject area knowledge traditionally taught in elementary grades.

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2019

serves more than 2,000 students in grades nine through 12. Biggest challenge: Results on standardized tests revealed that about a quarter of our 9th- and 10th-grade students weren’t reading at grade level. This way, students can track their own progress and achievements, and teachers can easily monitor and share data.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2016

But unlike last week’s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) results , which showed improvement in science and math for fourth and eighth grade students in the U.S., is now number one in the world for improving equity in science and closing the achievement gap. Most Improved Though quick to point out U.S.

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Achievement Math Science Exams 141

eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

The aforementioned tools align with my stance, allowing teachers to fine-tune and modify the generated output using natural language prompts to achieve an end goal that works for them and for their students.

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Quizzes Lecturing Ethics Exams 297

eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

School leaders were thrilled to find that students had access to an entire K-12 curriculum in one place, allowing learners to quickly catch up on previous grade-level content at any time. Under the MIZ program, there are 20 districts implementing IXL to boost achievement for students in pre-K through 8th grade.

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English Exams Language Languages 219

Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2018

When the Opt-Out movement gained traction in 2015, more than 20 percent of New York students (about 200,000) in grades 3 through 8 declined to take state standardized exams, a statistic that raised questions about the future of such testing. Help or Hindrance?

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Exams Testing Disabilities Learning 112

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

For example, if you’re studying for a biology exam, tagging relevant documents with terms like “photosynthesis” or “cell division” can help you quickly retrieve the information you need. These apps allow you to block out time for each subject, set reminders for upcoming exams and assignments, and visualize your weekly schedule.

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High School High School Study Exams 167

eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2021

EdisonLearning a premier provider of digital learning solutions for grades 6-12, and Pointful Education, a leading publisher of career and elective courses, today announced a partnership that expands EdisonLearning’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) and elective offerings with the integration of Pointful Education’s online courses.

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Accessibility Education Exams Textbooks 246

Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Indeed, a meta-analysis of research on this issue found a correlation between homework and achievement. Does homework cause achievement or do high achievers do more homework? When students are intrinsically motivated to do their homework, they are more engaged in the work, which in turn is associated with academic achievement.

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Exams Students Testing Learning 189

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

Even during the pandemic’s early days, some professors decided to toss out their grade books , figuring that high-stress assessments weren’t appropriate given the uncertain circumstances, which saw students sent away from campuses, sometimes without tech tools or internet access. And I was very parsimonious in giving good grades.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

Peggy Carr, NCES Associate Commissioner Today, much of the shucking and jiving around setting standards and defining proficiency at the state level has not changed, meaning fourth-grade students in Louisiana can be held to a much lower reading and math proficiency standard than students in New York.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

This program helps students turn frustration into achievement by teaching them how to manage tasks effectively and approach learning with a problem-solving mindset. Instead of pressuring students with high-stakes exams, AEF focuses on mastery-based learning. Here, learning goes beyond grades and test scores.

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Skills Schools Learning Students 138

eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2025

Through differentiated small-group instruction tailored to students’ specific needs, SIPPS ensures every student receives the necessary targeted supportmaking the most of every instructional minuteto achieve grade-level reading success. Each and every student improves with the SIPPS program.”

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Teachers Exams Reading English 175

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

New programs that can produce school leaders who are more capable of improving schools and raising student achievement are essential to school districts across the country. that would use a technology-based language development and literacy program to English language learners (ELLs) in grades K-6.Approximately

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

–Jean Eddy, President & CEO, American Student Assistance Research shows that executive function (EF) skills are strongly correlated with math achievement. Now, we are seeing the repercussions of that with significantly lower achievement scores and little progress made. However, addressing academic gaps alone is not enough.

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Learning Students Critical Thinking Math 321

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2023

Join a college readiness bootcamp program College readiness bootcamp programs are an excellent way to help learners overcome personal and academic barriers to achieving college success while ensuring a seamless transition into higher learning. Work towards getting good grades because they’re key to gaining admission to your desired college.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The toolkit below is packed with practical resources full of new approaches and best practices to help educators at all grade levels prepare their classes for upcoming state tests. Students know that a lot is riding on state exams, and inevitably, students who experience test anxiety feel the extreme pressure to do well.

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Testing Exams Peer Review Study 160

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2024

Earlier this year, she was supposed to take an exam. She never took the exam. There’s slightly more evidence that poor achievement more often fuels math anxiety than the other way around, though there’s evidence going both ways, she adds. When thinking about math, her chest tightens. Sometimes, it keeps her from sleeping.

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Math Exams Students Testing 207

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

. — Edson Barton, CEO, YouScience The Science of Reading continues to gain momentum in changing how educators approach reading instruction, particularly in foundational skills for Grades K-3. We see older readers struggle with foundational literacy skills, which are often only taught up until the third grade.

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Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 337

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

I currently teach a second and third grade split classroom where my students take the NWEA MAP and CPS REACH performance tasks twice a year, TRC/Dibels Literacy Assessment three times a year and the PARCC in the spring. Anton, who has now moved on to fourth grade, has learned new ways to cope with his anger and anxiety.

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Testing Students Exams Activities 218

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

Jennifer is in sixth grade. Maria is also in the sixth grade. Gap-closing” companies are those that focus on closing an achievement or opportunity gap as a central part of their mission. She has her own computer, educational software and high-speed internet. Education funders must invest in gap-closing edtech solutions.

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Education Internet Exams Science 187

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

We recently conducted a new study that used a longitudinal approach to measure the effect of delayed high school start times on students’ sleep, achievement and health — and whether changes persist. Maybe there’s a good reason many teens aren’t morning people. Why did we not see improvements to these areas?

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