eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Mutual benefits of learning technology…together Learning together with students can provide several benefits for teachers and students to support the overall learning process. Effective Assessment: Digital tools make it easier for teachers to create and grade assignments, quizzes, and exams.

Collaborative Learning 317

Collaborative Learning Gamification Teachers Teaching Methods 317

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. Help or Hindrance?

Exams 115

Exams Testing Disabilities Learning 115

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

Students may feel relief as they hand in an exam, but the moment marks the beginning of stress and anxiety for instructors and teaching assistants, who may need to grade hundreds of tests in a short time. And so he began building a prototype for an automated online grading tool that today has grown into his company, Gradescope.

Grades 100

Grades Exams Instructors Teaching Assistants 100

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

By analyzing patterns in students’ grades, attendance, participation, and other behavioral indicators, AI algorithms can predict potential academic risks and learning disabilities. Automated grading and feedback : Automated grading systems powered by AI can significantly reduce teachers’ time evaluating assignments and exams.

Teaching 325

Teaching Gamification Feedback Intelligence 325

eSchool News

MAY 11, 2021

Previously, Larkin served as the Director of Academic Programs for DCPS’ Office of Special Education from 2011 to 2016. Under her, District of Columbia Comprehensive Assessment System (DC CAS) exam scores increased by 10 points in a single academic year. Students in eighth grade made the fourth largest gains.

Education 246

Education Special Education Disabilities Exams 246

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

He racked up credits in education courses, inching closer to his degree, but could not, despite his every effort, seem to clinch that math exam. Latiker points out, “but he couldn’t teach elementary education because of his performance on the Praxis math exam.” We don’t need a standardized exam for that.

Exams 196

Exams Teachers Testing Math 196

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Our 6th graders, 74% of them passed the state exam. 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.” “Our SBAC data was the best we’ve had for math in 25 years! And we did not teach to the test.

Math 268

Math History Learning Achievement 268

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

Even during the pandemic’s early days, some professors decided to toss out their grade books , figuring that high-stress assessments weren’t appropriate given the uncertain circumstances, which saw students sent away from campuses, sometimes without tech tools or internet access. And I was very parsimonious in giving good grades.

Exams 200

Exams Motivation Learning Instructors 200

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Still, he hopes that other students in his classes are not cheating, because that could bring down his grade, since many classes are graded on a curve. is a student will post a graded question in its entirety to Chegg.com,” she adds. It's the way quizzes and exams are proctored. It's just impossible. And we move on.

Study 198

Study Exams Quizzes Lecturing 198

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

For educators and parents navigating the world of education technology, international players such as Byju’s may not yet be household names. For educators and parents navigating the world of education technology, international players such as Byju’s may not yet be household names. But they will.

Exams 217

Exams Intelligence Testing Coaching 217

Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2021

Scarcer exam data and high variation in the number, type and timing of applications and enrollments have made the familiar annual cycles of higher ed operations less predictable. college entrance exams, supposedly predicting how students would do on an exam had they taken it. For example, last year, an algorithm replaced U.K.

Exams 195

Exams Testing Grades Questions 195

Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In Wisconsin, the obstacles that hold early childhood educators back are similar to many other states. The license covers a wide age range from birth to second grade. Students must pay for and pass this exam to receive their teaching license. And increase diversity and recruitment efforts.

Exams 187

Exams Teachers English Testing 187

Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Studies in districts like Los Angeles Unified have found that students who passed Algebra I by 9th grade are twice as likely to graduate as those who did not. Their Latino peers comprised 25 percent of students in schools that offered Algebra I in eighth grade, but just 18 percent of the students enrolled. Source: U.S.

Math 187

Math English Learning Disabilities Disabilities 187

Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2024

Two Languages Not Equally Valued One “leak” in the pipeline of bilingual students potentially becoming bilingual teachers starts with how they are treated during grade school, according to the paper. Interviewee “Esmeralda” started third grade in the U.S.

English 215

English Language Languages Teachers 215

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

Jennifer is in sixth grade. She has her own computer, educational software and high-speed internet. Maria is also in the sixth grade. But it’s not just Maria who is falling behind due to her lack of access to educational technology and resources. I think we all know the answer.

Education 193

Education Internet Exams Science 193

Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Getting good grades on AP exams is associated with higher GPAs in high school and success in college, but the research tends to be correlational rather than causational. In 2008, a little over 180,000 students took three or more AP exams. AP courses and exams also raise complex issues of equity.

Exams 197

Exams Students Testing Learning 197

Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2019

Curriculum and Teaching Curriculum and teaching is top of mind for students curious about educational technology, and this was the most frequent topic that students have written about about so far. Outcomes, Testing and Grading Which methods of assessment best measure learning and ability? Download out the full report here.

Fairness 166

Fairness Education Students Disabilities 166

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

Peggy Carr, NCES Associate Commissioner Today, much of the shucking and jiving around setting standards and defining proficiency at the state level has not changed, meaning fourth-grade students in Louisiana can be held to a much lower reading and math proficiency standard than students in New York.

Exams 141

Exams Math Achievement Students 141

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

With schools and testing centers closed across the country, COVID-19 has prevented at least one million students in the high school class of 2021 from taking the ACT or SAT exams. Many hundreds of thousands of students are still waiting to take an exam. About 70 percent of students did submit one, while 30 percent did not.

Testing 162

Testing Exams Internet Fairness 162

Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Learning management systems send alerts to parents about missed assignments and grades. You point out that some well-intentioned tools can have unintended consequences for kids, even online gradebooks that notify parents of grades and missed assignments. So it's more than an online grading portal. How do you mean?

Failure 212

Failure Assignments Communication Middle School 212

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

This practice helps to keep students engaged, allows them to test their knowledge without impacting their grades , and provides Dr. Perumal with valuable insights into what material students are struggling with. What do you mean when you say ASR is on its way to becoming “foundational educational technology”? Source: Echo360.

Study 165

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 165

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

With Advanced Placement exams starting this month, the past weeks have kept Amanda DoAmaral working around the clock. The company’s name is a reference to the best score possible on the AP exam. On Fiveable, visitors can watch livestreams of AP exam review for free. And she’s starting with subjects that she knows best.

Testing 158

Testing Exams Teachers History 158

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

during lessons, and offer students a variety of ways to complete assignments rather than requiring everyone to write a paper or take a timed exam. During these first few days of schools moving online, educators are adjusting to a new—and likely chaotic—environment. The Power of Words (grade 3). Digital Drama Unplugged (grade 6).

Schools 176

Schools Disabilities Exams Distance Learning 176

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2019

Four-and-a-half years after Amazon first released Alexa, its voice-activated virtual assistant, the technology is finding its footing in education. The ACT skill, which provides general information about the exam and can help students prepare for the test, will be available to the public this fall.

Skills 167

Skills Quizzes Teachers Testing 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

We have no referral sources in the city for kids who don't have insurance, or don't have means to have a vision screening or a vision exam or can't navigate that system. Well, if you aren't reading by third grade — there are states that predict the number of prison cells they will need based on third grade reading levels.

Exams 199

Exams Schools Languages Language 199

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2024

Earlier this year, she was supposed to take an exam. She never took the exam. The fear or nervousness that occurs when performing or learning math is, by some accounts, the most common form of education-related anxiety. When thinking about math, her chest tightens. Sometimes, it keeps her from sleeping.

Math 210

Math Exams Students Testing 210

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A parent from Iowa : “As it happens my daughter is a freshman in ME taking Calc 2 this semester and I was helping her study for her first big exam last night. While the content of the course has changed almost completely since I took it 40 years ago, in my opinion it is still way too based on memorizing dozens of formulas for the exams.

STEM 172

STEM Exams Math Languages 172

Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2018

The study , published in the journal Educational Psychology, found that when students divide attention between electronic devices and a classroom lecture, they still followed the lecture in the moment, but that long-term retention was reduced, resulting in lower grades on unit and final exams.

Multiple Choice Questions 138

Multiple Choice Questions Exams Lecturing Attention 138

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2019

The four-week intensive program includes four, two-hour sessions with a tutor, three hours of full-length practice exams administered by tutors (with personalized feedback) and a six-month Ponddy Reader subscription. The stuff on the actual exam isn’t going to be the hardest possible structure or sentence patterns,” he adds.

Teaching 164

Teaching Exams Textbooks Intelligence 164

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

While ALVS has provided rigorous and engaging online curriculum to students in grades 6-12 for many years, the pandemic made ALVS see a sudden influx of 5,000 new virtual students. Shawn is a visionary when it comes education technology and how it can change and shape the minds of students.

Education 269

Education Exams Motivation Elementary School 269

Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

At about the same time, though, Rutgers officials sent out an email to all faculty at the university, warning about Course Hero and another service, Chegg, where students were posting faculty tests and exams without permission. “We It doesn’t help, she added, that educators and parents have put so much emphasis on grades.

Study 140

Study Exams Quizzes Academic Integrity 140

Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Last week, testing provider NWEA—best known for its district-level MAP Growth exams—came out with a bold new claim: The way states give summative assessments is broken. NWEA’s solution, which it calls “through-year assessments,” is to give students shorter exams lasting about 45 minutes per subject in the fall, winter and spring.

Exams 109

Exams Peer Review Testing English 109

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

I currently teach a second and third grade split classroom where my students take the NWEA MAP and CPS REACH performance tasks twice a year, TRC/Dibels Literacy Assessment three times a year and the PARCC in the spring. Anton, who has now moved on to fourth grade, has learned new ways to cope with his anger and anxiety.

Testing 218

Testing Students Exams Activities 218

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

And, like her peers nationwide, her transition to first grade in the fall of 2021 was a challenging one. Although she was performing at grade level academically, she experienced increasing challenges with her attention, organization, peer interactions and behaviors at school. It’s every kid in this grade,” her teacher said.

Special Education 210

Special Education Schools Evaluation Attention 210

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

. — Edson Barton, CEO, YouScience The Science of Reading continues to gain momentum in changing how educators approach reading instruction, particularly in foundational skills for Grades K-3. We see older readers struggle with foundational literacy skills, which are often only taught up until the third grade.

Schools 337

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 337

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Xu grew up in northwestern China, and the reason for all that studying was a high-stakes test called the Gaokao, a nationwide college-entrance exam. She wound up earning a slot at a prestigious university in Shanghai, where she now lives and runs an education consulting company called Cevolution. For Xu, all that studying paid off.

Exams 156

Exams Testing Study Grades 156

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

So we were able to extend our Respondus Monitor license, which monitors the students during an exam. They may not have access to technology or even a webcam, for that matter, to do synchronous sessions or to be monitored during exams. It's not like we're grading it for huge stakes. We're already in a stressful situation.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218