eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2019

We’re also 10th in the state for ACT scores, 12th for high school math, 8th for English II instruction, and we’re 3rd in the state for biology. We knew there were a lot of free apps that teachers swore were responsible for raising test scores and lots of others that I believed were actually hindering results.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2024

But is asking generative AI to do math or engage students in a tutoring relationship really the best way to use this incredibly powerful technology? For example, answers provided by generative AI chatbots can sometimes be misleading when it comes to subjects like math, where a student’s solution to a problem is either right or wrong.

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eSchool News

MAY 10, 2016

But until recently, noncognitive skills like perseverance and self-motivation sat at the periphery of an education debate centered on the measurement of skills like reading and math. Try asking someone if they were good at math as a child. That is beginning to change. Books on noncognitive skills pepper best-seller lists.

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Failure Beliefs Math Intelligence 276

eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2024

In January 2023, about one month after the release of ChatGPT, there were already stories about colleges switching to “pen-and-paper” tests to battle the AI bots. If a math teacher gives you a set of problems to solve, why not leverage Khanmigo to help you solve them? Widespread fear gave way to some hesitant acceptance.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In fact, students recently told Hawkins about “doing science in math class,” referring to a nuclear decay and radioactivity assignment they’d completed for pre-calculus. For especially math-heavy lessons, Hawkins asks a math interventionist from our resource center to sit in on her class.

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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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Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2019

And for those who have closely followed the international test, which is delivered to 15-year-olds in developed countries every three years, the top-line results won’t offer many surprises. East Asian countries led the pack when it comes to reading, math and science, topped by China’s handpicked, wealthiest regions. And the Americans?

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Testing Exams Intelligence Failure 137

eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2025

A meta-analysis of studies, including data from 145,000 students in 33 nations, tell two notable truths: By age six, kids already see girls as worse than boys at computing and engineering Kids see girls as far superior in reading and writing by age eight, a belief that strengthens over time. Find out by taking a test designed to measure bias.

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STEM Reading Beliefs Middle School 241

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Similar concerns have prompted community colleges to reconsider their own versions of entrance assessments: the placement tests they’ve traditionally used to determine whether students are “ready” for college-level learning or should instead start their pursuit of higher education in remedial math or English classes.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2023

However, while homework help – especially in math – is a top reason students access Brainly, it’s not the only one. Brainly’s student population relies on the app for help when they can’t understand a teacher’s explanation, for additional information on a topic or to double-check their test prep.

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Education Schools English High School 246

Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

That includes Maine educator Julie Willcott, who concedes that some of the most informative data she has used came not from summative tests or graded assignments, but rather from assessments she used to identify students’ learning preferences at the beginning of a semester. “In Dan Ryder, an English teacher at Mt.

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Multiple Choice Questions Beliefs Education Culture 164

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Even years later, San Francisco Unified School District casts a shadow over attempts to quash long-standing disparities in math. In 2014, the district pushed algebra to ninth grade from eighth grade, in an attempt to eliminate the tracking, or grouping, of students into lower and upper math paths. Nevertheless, the attempt was tense.

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Math Grades Counselling Beliefs 181

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Richard Labbe Johnston County Public Schools Nominated by: Savvas Learning Company While recent statistics from NAEP (The Nation’s Report Card) show significant declines in math scores across the country, Johnston County Public Schools in North Carolina has defied that trend. After one year of using enVision, Johnston County saw real growth.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2023

Underpinning this skepticism was the core belief, reinforced by schools, that young people are exclusively the learners and adults are exclusively the teachers. You got a 90% on the test. Then, the teacher called up a second student: “It looks like you struggled on this test. My students unanimously answered “YES!”

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Teaching Philosophy Students Beliefs Feedback 212

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

Creativity helps develop a deeper sense of learning, yet we keep our “creative” units until after state testing is over. In schools, creativity can be harder to imagine in core subject areas like math and easier to associate with humanities and arts. Why does creativity matter? Creativity is about making a major impact on learning.

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Student Engagement Teachers Students Beliefs 206

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Cultural norms and pervasive beliefs remain a hindrance to improving diversity in the STEM workforce. Cultural norms and pervasive beliefs remain a hindrance to improving diversity in the STEM workforce. Raul Torres, Math/STEM Teacher at Eastwood High School in El Paso is thrilled by the transformation of his district.

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2019

One’s belief that they are capable comes from experiences that affirm that belief, and the more rigorous and aspirational one’s accomplishments the stronger the fountain of affirmation to draw from. We know confidence is not borne in a vacuum.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

For some, this may be a struggle to embrace due lack of access or belief that paper is better. I’ve seen a number of tools that pass the privacy tests and offer tutoring on specific national and state standards and exams which are very attractive to schools if the price is right.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2021

There were no records beyond state standardized testing data available for me to review. Besides these test scores, I had no idea who Jason was as a student or what his needs were. This model compared students' results on a battery of IQ tests to their actual academic achievement levels and anticipated grade-level performance.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2022

Explain that some students might be debating positions opposite to their beliefs. Depending upon the tool selected, learning will also link to a wide variety of academic topics, such as writing, social studies, and math. Khan Academy is an online program designed to teach math skills starting from where student knowledge is.

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Activities Schools Writing Knowledge 202

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2021

A big idea driving Khan Academy is a belief in “mastery learning”—that students should show proficiency in one set of materials before moving on to the next. And especially in areas like math or science, you're usually going to be now building on the gap. They wouldn't even have to take remedial math. You get an A- or a B+.

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Learning Schools Math Grades 162

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2019

At the time, our state test was based upon performance assessment, and learning the thinking skills framework. So we were just testing memory [after] 10 weeks out, which is similar to the summer slide. Have you ever run up against, say, a math teacher who doesn’t want to incorporate arts into their lessons? (4) No," she says.

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Art Learning Beliefs Achievement 167

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2023

Although they don’t often call it self-efficacy, most teachers regularly see how beliefs about ability affect behavior. Miller explains how students with fixed mindsets think about tests and graded assignments. They see tests as being designed to measure how smart they are, and so those exams become “anxiety- provoking ordeals.

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Motivation Beliefs Students Assignments 116

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Core to the charter network’s vision is a belief that students can be empowered to make choices that direct their learning, with guidance from teachers and access to real-time data. What sets Summit apart is how they combine the technology and an instructional model around a belief that students such as Pozo can become self-directed learners.

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Beliefs Schools Assignments Grades 139

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2019

This is contrary to popular belief — that being raised with iPads means they understand all about them. Math is like that. Only math teachers like formulas and scripts. Let’s take a quick test. Another clever twist on the argument against keyboard training is that audio input will soon take over.

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Teaching Internet Knowledge Testing 154

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2018

The company also ran a chain of micro-schools that they used as labs to test their platform. The software that the company is now selling has been developed and tested alongside educators and students at those brick-and-mortar schools over the past several years. Not everyone recounted a positive experience, however.

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Schools Middle School Middle School Beliefs 135

Edsurge

JULY 26, 2016

However, test-takers were overwhelmingly white and male, according to data from the College Board, which administers the AP test. This approach helps students learn math and computing principles as they explore cultural practices such as graffiti, breakdancing, beadwork, etc.—in This isn’t new.

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Art Culture Science Exams 112

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2018

We recognize that a single test is not an exhaustive diagnosis of a student's ability and offer teachers the opportunity to monitor and adjust academic goals over the course of the year. Alternatively, easyCBM offers a free version of its math and ELA progress monitoring system that can help identify areas of need.

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Learning Achievement Students Grades 167

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

With the younger kids, I have a pretty firm belief that a third grader doesn’t need to be doing their math on computers. I have beliefs that are different from some here, especially in San Francisco. For a lot of standardized tests, the writing portion is being graded by algorithms.

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Technology Writing Beliefs Essay 171

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2023

Although they don’t often call it self-efficacy, most teachers regularly see how beliefs about ability affect behavior. Miller explains how students with fixed mindsets think about tests and graded assignments. They see tests as being designed to measure how smart they are, and so those exams become “anxiety- provoking ordeals.

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Motivation Beliefs Students Assignments 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 26, 2018

Statistics say over the summer, kids lose over two months of math skills, two months of reading skills, and one month of overall learning. Digital Breakouts are an update to the traditional and popular webquests that have students explore the web as they gather content in a particular field — history, math, literacy, or others.

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Blended Learning History Math Science 92

Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2019

This latest effort builds on an earlier attempt by Clever to help districts test new tools. For instance, a curriculum director may decide that one math program does not align with the district’s academic standards, while another one does. That effort wound down by the end of that year. That might change.

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Teachers Beliefs Testing English 143

Teach Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Students need to learn that when they encounter a negative belief, they must think back to their past for something that will help them believe it will turn out okay. If a student works hard on a test but doesnt do well, encourage them to reflect on what they learned and try again. Teach students to view setbacks through a new lens.

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Failure Beliefs Students Math 79

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2017

It also sparked his belief that textbooks could evolve from something static into more fluid resources that adapt to students’ readiness levels. EdSurge: What prompted you to develop an adaptive approach to learning math? Also, I play video games and I see an interesting pattern between them and learning math. 100 doors puzzle.

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Textbooks Intelligence Math Beliefs 107

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

And it will let him test and refine other ideas for interventions to support students. 10 standard-deviation increase in GPA or math scores would be $156” per student per year, based on average teacher overtime pay and the amount of time this effort would take, he wrote. Smith, of AllHere, is game to test and experiment.

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Failure Students Assignments Beliefs 112

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

There is no such requirement for tests and quizzes though—so overall grades can certainly be lower than a B.) Students come to the Newport Beach campus for a variety of reasons, observes David Barerra, a math and science teacher at the school. “We Teachers often get a chance to go more in-depth during one-on-one classes.

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Teachers Schools Students Study 161

Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

He explained with pride that he has figured angles and curvature to obtain the greatest grace, and said, “I want to be a person who puts math and art together.” That he is widely considered the father of a movement that espouses play and games as an integral part of learning—any learning—may seem incongruous.

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