EdTech Magazine

MARCH 28, 2022

Last month, the College Board, which develops and administers the SAT, announced that the test would move entirely online by 2024. Many states already have an online option for standardized tests, which allowed students to take assessments digitally during remote learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2020

College students with learning disabilities experienced a sudden rupture of the status quo this spring when most of their courses moved online. Lalor is the director of the Landmark College Institute for Research and Training, which studies education strategies and outcomes for students who have learning 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

MARCH 10, 2021

The majority of reading assessments and standardized tests for older students focus on reading comprehension measures without determining gaps in the essential components that lead to comprehension: decoding, fluency, and vocabulary. The first big myth, based on reading assessment measures, is that comprehension is the problem.

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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. Making Graphs Accessible. Visit www.benetech.org.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Dyslexia is the most common disability affecting young learners today, with 5 to 20 percent of the student population affected, say some studies. The following true/false quiz addresses many of the common myths and misunderstandings surrounding the learning disability. See how you score on this awareness test! Questions: 1.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

In her classroom, she had students with ADHD, ODD, autism, visual disabilities, intellectual delays, and gifted and talented students. Because her class from the previous year was high-achieving, no one expected this new class to achieve the same test scores. Much of that achievement is due to the Chromebooks, Morgan said.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Here’s an interesting piece from Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Jane Sandwood, on the explosion of wearable technology and its place in the education ecosystem: How Wearable Technology is Changing Education and Easing Disabilities. Overcoming Disabilities. Immersing in Education.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

In 1990, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) renewed our national focus on the least-restrictive environment. As more and more students were educated with their peers, we started to realize that having all students read the same book and take the same test doesn’t work.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2021

According to the Centers for Disease Control, approximately one out of every 54 children has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, making it one of the most common developmental disabilities in the USA. It was founded in 1986 by Sharon and Thomas Webber.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The first complex challenge the UW College of Education will use AI-human collaboration to tackle is co-creating and co-evaluating Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for students with disabilities in Wyoming and beyond. Serving as the cornerstone of special education ( Yell et al., under review ).

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In fact, one state, Iowa, requires no reading licensure test at all. 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.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

23, 2022 – The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) selected Riverside Insight’s Cognitive Abilities Test ( CogAT ® ), the most respected and widely used test of student ability, to screen Grade 2 students state-wide for gifted programs. ITASCA, Ill. –

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2023

To test the intervention, approximately 50 public high school students from Jefferson City, Hallsville and Fulton will participate. Ultimately, we want the students to have the skills they need to increase academic engagement and decrease their disruptive behaviors so that they can access the school curriculum.”

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eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2019

Recent projects implemented successfully at the Middletown Middle School in Ohio include the engineering/design challenge of creating throwing devices to help students with disabilities participate in the Special Olympics, and then working with those students to explain and test the devices.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

It’s common for students to feel a little anxious before a test or presentation. Related : 5 ways to help special education students manage testing anxiety Effective ways to help students reduce stress and anxiety. The student is overwhelmed, and test anxiety is often a trigger. Anxiety is not necessarily bad. Physical signs.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The majority of reading assessments and standardized tests for older students focus on reading comprehension measures without determining gaps in the essential components that lead to comprehension: decoding, fluency, and vocabulary. The first big myth, based on reading assessment measures, is that comprehension is the problem.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2015

…It is essential to ensure that tests are fair, are of high quality, take up the minimum necessary time, and reflect the expectation that students will be prepared for success in college and careers,” according to an Oct. Expertise to states and school districts looking to reduce time spent on testing. Worth taking.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

“We knew we needed to do something to support all students,” says Perez, “especially English learners and students with disabilities.” We knew we needed to do something to support all students, especially English learners and students with disabilities. Sixty-two percent of Montgomery students are English language learners (ELL).

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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

JULY 9, 2019

“We knew we needed to do something to support all students,” says Perez, “especially English learners and students with disabilities.” We knew we needed to do something to support all students, especially English learners and students with disabilities. Sixty-two percent of Montgomery students are English language learners (ELL).

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In some cases, early, effective literacy instruction can shrink the gap between typical reading and dyslexia so much that it doesn’t appear on diagnostic tests. Some researchers have found interventions are twice as effective if they are made before fourth grade.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 6, 2019

We face an unfortunate reality where students of color, with disabilities , and in lower socioeconomic brackets have fewer resources and opportunities. More than 1.2 million students drop out each year and the graduation-rate gap between low-income students and non-low-income students reaches double digits in nearly every state.

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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

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. FEV Tutor has a track record of closing equity and achievement gaps for priority and high needs students,” added Tormey.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2015

To further insure sustainable learning gains, TTM Geometry includes a wide variety of interactive item types; ensuring students are well prepared for the more sophisticated test items being used on state-level assessments. “As TTM lessons and on-line tutoring are both available in both English and Spanish.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2015

According to a new report, incorporating Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in online courses not only benefits students with disabilities, but can have significant benefits for all students, ultimately increasing retention and improving learning outcomes. New report highlights 10-step plan to applying Universal Design for Learning online.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In a new analysis, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds that most states (29 states and the District of Columbia) use a weak elementary teacher reading licensure test, meaning that they do not effectively measure teachers’ knowledge of scientifically based reading instruction prior to entering the classroom.

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eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2023

Parents want their children to have learning opportunities across a variety of modalities, and they want learning to be assessed through demonstration of mastery as opposed to traditional assessments like standardized tests. Throughout history, Americans have always been willing to pay (through taxation) to educate our country’s youth.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2018

When the Opt-Out movement gained traction in 2015, more than 20 percent of New York students (about 200,000) in grades 3 through 8 declined to take state standardized exams, a statistic that raised questions about the future of such testing. Aligning tests with the ways students learn in the classroom is one of Gorin’s goals.

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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

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Never before have educators been challenged and tested as they were, beginning in March 2020 and up until today, and never before has their resilience been more apparent. The eSchool Media K-12 Hero Awards program, sponsored by Trox , recognizes the determined and dedicated efforts of educators throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2020

The College Board has “paused” efforts to let students take the SAT at home, a plan it shared in April as an available option for students who want to take the college-admissions test but are unable to with many testing centers shuttered by the pandemic. million people who took the test were impacted.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2019

If there are behaviors that you are seeing in your students with disabilities and challenging behaviors that are limiting these rights, then it is something we need to fix as it can have a long-term impact on their quality of life.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2024

Lower test scores only illuminate some of the problems caused by chronic absenteeism. Disaggregate data to determine if specific demographic groups are experiencing higher levels of chronic absenteeism (for example, by race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, or free- or reduced-price lunch status.)

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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. Speech synthesis in particular is benefiting from deep learning technologies, which are used to generate speech that sounds like a human voice.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Terms such as “professional learning communities” and “data-based instruction” take the focus off of children as developing human beings, and force conversations to be about standardized data points from benchmark tests and high-stakes standardized assessments, which can dehumanize the way we address student needs. What do teachers want?

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