eSchool News

JULY 7, 2023

Educators across the country are experiencing the need to support their students in new ways as they face the ever-evolving world of technology and social media. In each #WinAtSocial Lesson, 3rd graders will: Embark on a choose-your-own-adventure experience that tests their decision-making skills.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

And we did not teach to the test. In fact, she continues, “There were a couple of kids who said they had never passed the math SBAC test in the history of their schooling, and that 6th grade was the first time.” The SBAC scores support Tracy’s observation that the math curriculum helped all students achieve academic excellence.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2018

For years, personalities like Sir Ken Robinson have taken education systems to task for actually testing the creativity out of students. Author and educator Katie White, who’s something of an expert on the creative process, may have a practical solution. We don’t have to make a binary choice between creativity and curriculum.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In addition, multilingual learners experienced a 17-point (five percent) higher mean score on the WIDA ACCESS for ELLs test, in addition to a higher math score. confidence level for both Math and English language proficiency scores, as measured by third-party assessments, caused by a single education technology program.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

Choosing a new curriculum for New Mexico public school districts is no small task. When the Santa Fe Public School system had to select a new math curriculum last year, they went in search of something that met their pedagogical needs and best served their unique school population. We thought about elementary, middle and high school.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

But as educators know well, access to technology alone doesn’t create educational equity –a theory proven by recent testing data: Across the country, nearly one-third of students returned to school in the fall below grade level in reading and math despite the widespread use of education technology by districts in the spring.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Content and curriculum quality vary considerably. For one thing, the curriculum I was expected to teach asserted that learning English is a matter of memorization. As a Band-Aid solution, we tutors were outsourced to another company, whose curriculum was hardly better. But not all ESL programs are created equal.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards recognize the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration. The program received an influx of inspiring nominations that highlight the innovation and selflessness of educators in schools and districts across the nation.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

To close knowledge gaps and support every student, IXL equips Missouri educators with its award-winning PK-5 ELA curriculum, which personalizes learning and is grounded in the Science of Reading methodology. Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Tier 1 and Tier 2 research shows undisputed favorable outcomes for schools implementing IXL.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Our third graders take state standardized tests, and our scores used to be pretty good,” explained Connie Hibbitts, Instructional Coach for all four elementary-middle schools in the county and an educator with 34 years of experience. After just a few months in, students’ hard work started paying off. And this program was it.”

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Every year, educational technology companies introduce new platforms, devices, and apps, all of which bring exciting new possibilities for teaching and learning. But in the race towards devices and digital curriculum, it can be instructive to slow down and ask, “Why?” Choosing What’s Best for Learning—and Testing.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

One issue facing teachers is the seemingly never-ending stream of curriculum changes and standardization. To hit the curriculum goals, teachers must set a pace for their classes that aims to hit specific lesson delivery targets during the school year. These lagging indicators exacerbate the issue of lack of capacity. First, outside-in.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Those higher-performing students that teachers report being at grade level are driving test improvements while students at the lower end are falling further behind. ” Seventy-one percent of teachers feel confident they can help their students catch up academically.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

As researchers focusing on education technology, we see this often: interactive whiteboards covered in posters, desktop computers holding up plants, older devices that do not work with a newer assessment system. This could mean that the groups of students have similar scores on a state test or a pretest relevant to the study.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Better reading test scores. In fact, a comparison of NWEA reading test results from SY 2019-20 to SY 2022-23 showed K-5 students went from 37 percent at or above norms of growth rate to 93 percent. This was a big shift for us because we now have access to an ongoing collection of data points quickly to better support students.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Their website is packed with teacher-ready curriculum and activities that can be used throughout the year with students ages 5-18. Listening to a lecture, writing notes, filling out worksheets, and taking tests will almost surely not be enough. Day of AI is an annual event sponsored by MIT RAISE and i2 Learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Renaissance Learning , a provider of K-12 software and assessments, including the widely used STAR tests, has agreed to acquire Nearpod for $650 million. Under Francisco’s ownership, Renaissance has been pursuing acquisitions to bring other education technologies under its fold. In 2014, it was acquired for $1.1

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

Researchers at California Polytechnic State University conducted a study in 1994, which showed conclusively that the group that was given a random assortment of pitches did much better in the post test than the group that received blocked pitches—several of one kind followed by several of another—and the control group. The problem?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. There is a clear need for science-driven curriculum, and the thoughtful implementation of emerging technologies.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2021

BOSTON (June 8, 2021) – Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, announced today that Florida’s Commissioner of Education has approved Lexia® Core5® Reading (Core5) as curriculum in elementary intervention courses. Lexia® PowerUp® Literacy (PowerUp) has also been approved for intervention courses in grades six and above.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

She was teaching fourth grade when a new integrated curriculum focused on careers was introduced district-wide—and it was making her lessons more relevant to the real world. It may sound like another project-based curriculum, and in some ways it is. It’s not a completely canned curriculum either. That’s by design.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Sitting at my desk at the end of the day, I recall numerous instances where colleagues said my work was either easy or unimportant because it wasn't a state-tested subject or graduation requirement. This also reflects a broader issue that sends a damaging message to students about what’s truly important in their education.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Technology Will Revolutionize the Way We Teach One of the first computer-assisted instruction experiments occurred in Texarkana, Arkansas in 1969. Students sat at machines to take diagnostic tests, complete lessons and answer basic questions to earn a transistor radio. Technology is never going to be the magic solution to our problems.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

The 2023 K-12 Hero Awards program is dedicated to recognizing the country’s best examples of K-12 success using innovative education technologies. Education professionals across K-12 departments are eligible for nomination, including IT, curriculum, instruction, and administration.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2023

Arts education belongs in every student’s curriculum — and not just because the arts can improve skills in other content areas. Over the years, I’ve used research about how the arts increase math and reading comprehension to defend their existence in the public school curriculum. But that hasn’t always been the case for me.

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Edsurge

MAY 11, 2020

Less Testing, More Feedback When we finally do recover, we should throw out what the pandemic showed us wasn’t important. Parents and educators have long pushed for focusing less on grades and tests, in favor of spending more time on giving student feedback.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Schools had a crash course in greater instructional technology usage during the pandemic. Teachers have gained so much confidence and are finally using educational technology in a way that enhances their instruction at a scale we haven’t seen. The classroom experience will include increased technology and personalized learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

Southeast Lauderdale High School also knows the importance of testing different platforms before investing. By bringing in the new technology to be tested by a variety of stakeholders, the team was able to better find the right solution for their needs. Once you’ve found the right tech, the real fun begins.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

And the action is everywhere: an indoor plastic pool awaits student design teams testing their ship prototypes, while in the courtyard, groups of students engage in a game that both explores and challenges their perception of themselves as mathematicians.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2024

Thinking back to her days as a bilingual teacher to fourth graders, Crystal Gonzales recalls that some of the suggestions offered by curriculum materials to adapt lessons for English learners were downright insulting. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. They were very simplified,” she says. Not very rigorous at all.”

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2021

Education has been defined in terms of quantitative test scores and career readiness, forgetting that learning is part of the human condition. It starts with studying and discussing identity, and then using students’ understanding of identity as a foundation for infusing it into the entire curriculum.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

What are some effective strategies for integrating soft skills into curriculum and instruction? Recommended Resources: Career Explorations for Middle School CTE CTE Stories and Resources Compared to isolated multiple-choice tests, project-based learning offers authentic opportunities that mirror real-life experiences.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Without that intrinsic personal motivation, it’s hard to reach the levels we expect and hope,” says Parandeh Kia, associate provost for educational technology at the institute. We have to build our own curriculum,” says Col. Achievement is not comparable.” government. Gary Hausman, who runs the institute. “We

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

This jargon is often used by administrators who support corporate education reform and distraction or by those who are simply unaware. Brick and mortar charter schools have been known to use questionable (and unethical) recruitment techniques and “counseling out” poor standardized test-takers. What do teachers want?

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2021

Education technology has exploded in the last decade. And with the onset of COVID-19, technology integration in schools has only accelerated. We are not short on technology products or solutions. EdSurge: What are the main technology needs that you’re seeing for remote learning right now?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2022

states mandated that schools have a mental health curriculum or include mental health in their standards. Become an Admission Test Objector COVID-19 ushered in the era of test-optional admissions. De-centering standardized tests in the college application process is unequivocally a good thing. And many U.S.

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