eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2025

Key points: Family involvement provides long-term benefits for students and school communities Unpacking COVID’s lasting academic effects on 5th graders Did the pandemic reopen gender-based math gaps? ” What is your biggest post-COVID concern?

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

This process showed me that students flourish not only when they achieve academically but when their mental health, emotional resilience, and relationships are nurtured. Within my own schools, one of the most defining moments was leading the integration of social-emotional learning and well-being into the core academic curriculum.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Content areas, such as math and science, and other areas like memory, executive function, and social-emotional development are being informed by research. Another study showed that in mathematics, students exposed to brain-based instruction not only achieved higher scores but developed a deeper conceptual understanding of the material.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

Some states have eligibility requirements, such as passing a standardized test. Currently, the program offers a math program and could soon include biology, English, and potentially physics or psychology. Experts encourage dual enrollment programs to focus on crucial subjects like math.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

This process showed me that students flourish not only when they achieve academically but when their mental health, emotional resilience, and relationships are nurtured. Within my own schools, one of the most defining moments was leading the integration of social-emotional learning and well-being into the core academic curriculum.

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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.

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Tunstalls Teaching Tidbits

MAY 17, 2025

As the school year becomes just weeks or days, it’s the perfect time to celebrate achievements with our students. Each packet includes 40 pages of math and literacy activities tailored to the grade level, ensuring your students stay sharp over the break. Use them to review in school or send them home in the fun student buckets.

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Schools Grades Math Skills 52

Edsurge

MAY 13, 2025

Dominguez had a longer term vision for the remaining rounds of pandemic emergency funding: Hire teaching assistants for early elementary classrooms to help the districts youngest learners, who were struggling with math and reading as a result of uneven exposure to school during remote learning. Their data show their bets are paying off.

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Coaching Math Achievement Grades 133

Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2025

Use of AI in schools, the order states, demystifies this powerful technology but also sparks curiosity and creativity, preparing students to become active and responsible participants in the workforce of the future and nurturing the next generation of American AI innovators to propel our Nation to new heights of scientific and economic achievement.

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Southwest Washington Education

MAY 31, 2025

to Their WillShut It Down To Throttle Their Power | The Heritage Foundation Key Takeaways No matter how many staffers are hired, achievement gaps remain. Test scores in math and reading […] Teachers Unions Bent the Education Dept.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2025

This story about math recovery was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. In early February, seventh grade math teacher Jamie Gallimore tried something new: She watched herself teach class. Worse, the gaps between high and low achievers widened.

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Testing Math Coaching Exams 237

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

If you’re evaluating math programs at your school, a good option to consider is ORIGO Education’s Stepping Stones. Here’s one educator’s story about how Stepping Stones made a big difference with his students’ math skills: How Magnolia ISD has ‘leveled the playing field’ for students in math.

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Math Exams Coaching Elementary School 223

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Improving math achievement has long been a sticking point for U.S. Now, one Maryland school district is seeing substantial improvements in grades 6-8 math scores. Students who completed 10 Speak Agent learning activities experienced a 10 percent higher mean score than their peers on the PGCPS Math Benchmark assessments.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Key points: To personalize learning, teachers need actionable data more frequently A new partnership in Montana will support student achievement in just this manner See related article: What’s the state of K-12 assessment? I am confident that teachers, students, and families will benefit from these programs that increase academic achievement.”

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Achievement Students Math Feedback 314

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Key points: Standardized tests aren’t inclusive and often lead to unnecessary stress Educators should shift focus from standardized tests to ensuring students become independent learners See related article: What’s the state of K-12 assessment? This shift, while intended to improve test performance, comes at a cost.

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Testing Critical Thinking Evaluation Essay 273

eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2022

New research from FEV Tutor shows that live 1:1 tutoring with a subject matter expert can help students progress and close achievement gaps. The data showed that students who participated in 21 or more online tutoring sessions with FEV Tutor showed greater improvements in ELA and math relative to their peers.

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Achievement Math Participation Testing 246

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — Savvas Learning Company is excited to announce new and enhanced math and reading solutions that engage and inspire students to learn, while giving educators the evidence-based instructional resources they need to accelerate learning and help all students achieve. “At

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2015

One district looks at the changes a new blended math program for K-5 has brought. For starters, it has demanded more focus, coherence, and rigor in the ways we teach math. Math is not a “quiet” or a solo endeavor. As an instructional coach, I’m often asked about the role of technology in math education.

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Math Blended Learning Coaching Exams 279

eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2018

To meet current math standards like the Louisiana Student Standards for Mathematics or the Common Core State Standards, it is no longer enough for students to simply memorize how to do something. After the new standards were adopted, we purchased a new standards-aligned math curriculum.

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Math Feedback Middle School Middle School 278

eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2024

Just as we don’t become fluent in art, language, or sports through repetitive drills over a few weeks, mastering math requires a different approach. Using this approach, parents can reinforce foundational math skills over the summer with games that help children maintain and retain key concepts in a fun, exploratory way.

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Math Gamification Game-Based Learning Languages 256

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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Math Exams Assignments High School 253

eSchool News

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Are employees evaluated using bubble-in tests to prove they know the ins and outs of their job? Why is the culture to drill facts into students’ heads just to pass a test? I’ve never been a big believer in teaching to a test. As the children buy and sell items I donate, they learn math skills along with life lessons.

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Testing Exams Social Studies Science 280

eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2023

As part of the collaboration, the state’s second-largest K-12 school system will now use IXL’s award-winning platform district-wide to boost academic achievement in math, English language arts, science, social studies and Spanish. IXL also provides test preparation skill plans and personalized study plans for the SAT and ACT.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Average test scores dropped 2.8 Grade K students again demonstrate a delayed impact of pandemic disruptions for mathematics, with comparable trends from fall 2019 to fall 2021, but show small declines in achievement in fall 2022 and 2023. points and 9.1 points for Grade 1 and Grade 2 students, respectively, from pre-pandemic to 2021.

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eSchool News

JULY 14, 2023

As schools explore edtech solutions to improve learning outcomes, I want to bring to light three evidence-based learning methods that have withstood the test of time. At the same time, administrators, teachers, and parents are finding new ways to help these students address learning loss. Extend learning into the home.

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eSchool News

JULY 6, 2023

Key points: Alarming declines in NAEP scores are prompting educators to look for ways to increase academic achievement Understanding each individual student helps educators design supplemental educational programs See related article: What do superintendents really think of the NAEP?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Math and reading scores demonstrate more variability post-COVID, primarily due to a larger gap between low and high academic achievers, according to NWEA , a nonprofit research and educational services organization serving K-12 students.

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Testing Achievement Math Reading 265

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Savvas, a K-12 next-generation learning solutions leader, will be launching its new Savvas Math Screener and Diagnostic Assessments for use with its enVision® Mathematics , the nation’s most popular math program. Students do not come to the math classroom with the same skills and content knowledge.

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Math Learning Knowledge Testing 246

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2019

There’s plenty of debate these days regarding the impact of early math proficiency on lifelong success. How important are math skills, really? Do students need a strong foundation in math to get into college or land their dream job? Take our quiz and put your knowledge to the test. Having trouble viewing?

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Knowledge Testing Math Skills 155

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2021

Jo Boaler started her teaching career in inner-city London—in a culturally diverse school population with roughly 250 different languages spoken—she was tasked with teaching math to students assigned to the bottom track. As far as the school system was concerned, this was the group destined for low-level achievement.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2024

A new research report from NWEA , a K-12 assessment and research organization, explores trends in science achievement since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Similar to earlier research into math and reading, science achievement dropped early in the pandemic. months lost in math. months lost in reading, and up to 9.3

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Science Achievement Math Middle School 264

eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Are employees evaluated using bubble-in tests to prove they know the ins and outs of their job? Why is the culture to drill facts into students’ heads just to pass a test? I’ve never been a big believer in teaching to a test. As the children buy and sell items I donate, they learn math skills along with life lessons.

Testing 215

Testing Exams Social Studies Science 215

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2025

Danielle Robinson desperately wants to help math teachers, but its a tough job. So I feel like I have to apologize: Sorry, Im talking to you about math. Robinsons job is really about helping educators to sort through what she calls math trauma, an aversion caused by their own bad experiences in the subject. Math As Humanities?

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Math Coaching Elementary School Elementary School 192

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2024

Sabrina Colon, a first-year student at University of California, Merced, remembers when math first became a problem. She says she’s not a math person, but she was able to pass her high school math classes without too much trouble, earning Cs. The teachers just expect her to understand the math right away, she says.

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Math Exams Students Testing 210

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. The result was a large achievement gap in math. “We Pilot Study Brief from Digital Promise.

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Math Testing English Disabilities 143

eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2025

Key points: Students who feel supported feel empowered to learn and achieve 3 critical areas necessary to boost student motivation Expanded learning can improve student well-being For more on student achievement, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub Every student should get to feel brilliant at school. But too often, they dont.

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Failure Math Achievement Beliefs 312

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2024

Before then, Holmes had always earned good grades in math — mostly As — and when he found out his friends were in honors math, he felt he belonged there too. And so he approached his guidance counselor and asked why he wasn’t in the honors math class. “Oh, Oh, do you want to try?,” Holmes recalls the adviser replying.

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