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Many states picked diploma pathways over high school exit exams. Did students benefit?

eSchool News

In a ninth grade class, he researched the earning potential for a STEM degree (“so much more money”) and the demand for mechanical engineers (“exploding”). Brito’s experience is what state education leaders hoped for when they replaced the high school exit exam with multiple pathways to graduation. Lawmakers passed it unanimously.

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Engaging Strategies for Reluctant Learners in High School

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Start the year off with foundational lessons based on CCSS from the previous grade (or even the grade below that) to ensure students have the tools they need to succeed. Once reluctant learners know that success is in their control, you’ll find their grades starting to rise.

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Students at U.S. Government Schools Fight Book Bans

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The lawsuit argues that DoDEA has pulled books without considering the caliber of the texts or their grade-level appropriateness since award-winning childrens books are among those singled out. AP Psychology Premium, a prep book for the AP Psychology exam. The administration has now made that verboten in DoDEA schools.

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5 ways to help special education students manage testing anxiety

eSchool News

In special education programs, many of our students’ disabilities are closely related to anxiety, and testing can be a trigger that heightens those negative thoughts and feelings. It’s a common belief that testing anxiety affects only older students, such as those taking high school or college placement exams.

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Most states don’t actually know if teachers are qualified to teach reading

eSchool News

The data brief, False Assurances: Many states’ licensure tests don’t signal whether elementary teachers understand reading instruction , provides the most up-to-date analysis on the quality of elementary reading teacher licensure exams being used by each state. Just six exams are rated “strong” and four are rated “acceptable.”

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Crunch the Numbers: Real-Time EdTech Data You Can Use for December 2023

eSchool News

The data brief, False Assurances: Many states’ licensure tests don’t signal whether elementary teachers understand reading instruction , provides the most up-to-date analysis on the quality of elementary reading teacher licensure exams being used by each state. Just six exams are rated “strong” and four are rated “acceptable.”

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Lexia Names Kerri A. Larkin as Senior Education Advisor, Education Partnership

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As a result of Larkin’s innovations regarding district staff’s strategic collaboration, professional development and investment in evidence-based practice, students with disabilities made double-digit gains in reading and math on the NAEP assessments. Between 2011 and 2015, students in fourth grade made the third largest gains in the nation.

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