eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2022

. — June 17, 2022 — Benetech, the leading software for social good nonprofit, today announced two significant AI initiatives to reduce barriers to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education and employment for people with disabilities and learning and thinking differences. AI for Accessible Math and Textbooks.

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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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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. There was a lot of fear around math and a lot of kids’ mindsets shifted to ‘I’m not good at math,’” explains Perez.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Over the last 30 years, federal laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) opened the door for more students with disabilities to enroll in college. Surprisingly, only one-third of students with disabilities reported it to their institution (NCES, 2022). Most common accommodations by students with disabilities.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Oregon teachers wish they didn’t have to give their students Smarter Balanced English and math tests because the tests take too much time, have confusing directions and are unfair for students who don’t have computers at home or who have inadequate technology at school.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

1 Within this larger pool, a core group is considered to have a reading disability or dyslexia. These brief screeners use a sample of disconnected test items that are just as likely to miss a student’s problem areas as to find them. Worse, some screeners do not even test students’ skills. 20k+ per year).

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Test data from many sources suggest students are still behind where they were before the pandemic. They also urged states to do more user testing of their websites and to be more transparent about the state of academic recovery, even when it’s not good. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. newsletters.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The most recent results of National Association of Education Progress (NAEP) testing indicate performance levels of 9-year-olds in math and reading dropping to levels not seen in more than two decades. To download the resource, go to: [link]. “We cannot afford to lose a generation of proficient readers.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2024

The White House Council of Economic Advisors found that chronic absenteeism significantly contributed to drops in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores, accounting for 16 to 27 percent of NAEP score declines in math and 36–45 percent in reading. Begin tracking chronic absence data early, no later than kindergarten.

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eSchool News

JULY 13, 2023

It has also been recognized as EdTech Digest’s 2021 Cool Tool for Best Tutoring Solution and as the 2021 Best Tutoring/Test Prep App or Tool by Tech Edvocate. Students classified as ‘priority’ are the ones most likely to be struggling to get back on track,” said CEO of FEV Tutor, Jim Tormey.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2022

And because it’s not a core subject, she can’t get a co-teacher to help her with students with disabilities, making it harder to differentiate and help students whose math skills need help. She and other educators said that computer science training has to start when children are younger to give students a stronger foundation.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2019

Curriculum itself must be personalized in order to truly meet the needs of students with learning disabilities. Curriculum itself must be personalized in order to truly meet the needs of students with learning disabilities. If memorized, those facts will quickly be forgotten after a test or quiz, and the child may never use them.

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2017

Many high-stakes math exams still only allow handheld graphing calculators in the classroom. Yet some test-makers are taking notice and, more importantly, action. The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), which administers standardized tests for 15 U.S. Bob Lochel, high school math teacher.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Over the last 30 years, federal laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) opened the door for more students with disabilities to enroll in college. Surprisingly, only one-third of students with disabilities reported it to their institution (NCES, 2022). Most common accommodations by students with disabilities.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are behind next-generation improvements in a range of software tools for students with sensory or learning disabilities. How do you present science, technology, engineering, and math content? These are exciting times in the world of assistive learning technology.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Here in Cicero School District 99, students are getting an extra 30 minutes of reading or math instruction every day, which adds up to around three additional weeks of school. School leaders hope that will be enough time to teach students key skills they missed and boost test scores. “We But can I read and understand a paragraph?”

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eSchool News

MAY 24, 2021

McConnell came across Osmo a few years ago when researching tech solutions which are fun, engaging and educational for the district’s students in specialized learning units, which includes those with autism and a range of disabilities. The students have access to the Osmo products through their math stations, typically a few times each week.

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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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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

Example: Two Teacher-Led Stations – Both Differentiated Math Standard: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.EE.B.3 The students not at the teacher-led station are engaged in meaningful, student-centered activities: Designing a Lab or Experiment: Some students are tasked with designing their experiments to test a hypothesis related to chemical reactions.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

For example, design a lesson for a fifth grade boy with a reading learning disability who is interested in sports. We might have an over identification of students with disabilities that are in a particular demographic, so there is inherent bias in anything that is AI generated simply because of the algorithm and the way that it is developed.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Heading into the 2024-2025 school year, I think we’ll see an increase in the funding and focus on meeting the needs of students with disabilities, like low vision and ADHD, through innovations in technology. If we do, then I think there’s a real chance that, within a decade, the math class of today will feel like the distant past.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2022

The research used MAP Growth assessment data and revealed that while students with disabilities, English learners, and rural students make gains at rates equal to or faster than their grade-level peers during the school year, these students also experience greater learning loss in the summer, leading to persistent achievement gaps.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2025

They gave their takes on innovating in math and social emotional learning. When Teaching Students Math, Concepts Matter More Than Process By Nicola Hodkowski Researcher Nicola Hodkowski makes a case for moving beyond students memorizing the process of doing math and instead fostering a deep understanding of mathematical concepts.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2022

But he was reading and writing at a kindergarten level, according to diagnostic tests. It shined through his use of context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words, his adaptability with the technology available to him and, according to his math teacher, his strength with numbers. He wasn’t alone.

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eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2024

Key points: About two-thirds of American students fail to meet reading standards every year when tested in 4 th , 8 th , and 12 th grades. 1 Within this larger pool, a core group is considered to have a reading disability or dyslexia. Worse, some screeners do not even test students’ skills. 20k+ per year).

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

When students can bring models to life and test them in real world situations, they are expanding beyond paper and screen into the world around them. Currently, more than 25 percent of K-12 students are chronically absent and most students have ground to make up in math and reading.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2019

I sat at my first round table meeting, listening to my colleague talk about how one of my ninth graders, Sadie, had been calling out answers, talking during independent work and having difficulty staying seated during math class. This process can be long and hard-fought and requires students go through psychological and academic testing.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

January’s update was published alongside guidance concerning the use of technology for helping students with disabilities. The plan was first released to fulfill the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 and last revised in 2016. These reports, some observers believe, mark a thoughtful step toward ensuring digital equity.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

Several new products, for instance, allow teachers to use AI to quickly recraft worksheets, test questions and other teaching materials to change the reading level, so that a teacher could take an article from a newspaper and quickly have it revised so that younger students can better understand it.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

–Jessica Medley, 8th Grade Math Teacher, Phenix City Schools (AL) & a Curriculum Associates’ 2022 Extraordinary Educator. By design, educational programs increase the amount of time students with disabilities spend learning alongside their general education peers and increase their exposure to grade-level standards and instruction.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Users with hand issues–or orthopedic disabilities–can’t use fingers well. In my tests, that was about right, though I may have fudged the line between ‘active’ and ‘semi-active’ Out of the Box. Little hands are dirty, as are big hands, and full of germs. A stylus minimizes those issues.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

The sudden shift gave leaders at DreamBox Learning, a math education company headquartered nearby, an early glimpse at the upheaval to come and an inkling that digital teaching tools would soon be in high demand around the country. We reassured moms that they didn’t need to be math experts to support a child,” Woolley-Wilson says.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The first was that the timing of the March 2022 NAEP tests should give us pause when interpreting the results. during the months that immediately preceded the test. It’s difficult enough in normal times to help our students feel motivated for standardized tests.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2019

Or even, “How might we create a playground space for disabled students?” From there, designers brainstorm solutions, design a prototype and test their product. Design Thinking has helped me recognize the value of connecting with my students,” says Amie Bergersen, a math teacher at the Gregory School. “I

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

As these tools become more integrated into the classroom, teachers will want to ensure that all students, including those with disabilities or language barriers, are being supported. Collaboration technology improves accessibility for students with disabilities, illnesses, and other impediments to in-person learning.

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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?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

Some online multiplayer games have become so ridden with profanity that many players disable chat functions. (I Last year, many teachers found themselves wrestling with the popularity of Fortnite—to the extent that teachers have written about how to best cope with the phenomenon and turn it into teachable math lessons.

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