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.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Many educators recognize that standardized tests don’t measure everything—and that some of the most critical types of growth can’t be measured by a numerical score. Seven years ago, during my first year of teaching, all of my eleventh graders failed the Georgia State End of Course Test in American Literature.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2023

The number of times children raise their hands in class is data; the percentage of students who missed the same question on a test is data. Where technology now plays a role is in scaling the use of data. Educational technology tools are gathering immense amounts of student data.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

When my Whack-a-Mole prototype wasn’t working, I would make a list of things that could be wrong and test them individually. The main troubleshooting technique I’ve learned is to never assume anything is working, or as my father would say, “prove what you know.” It sounds time-consuming, but is actually quicker than randomly guessing.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The eSchool Media K-12 Hero Awards program, sponsored by Trox , recognizes the determined and dedicated efforts of educators throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. 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.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

Some states have eligibility requirements, such as passing a standardized test. Educational leaders may not reach out to underserved schools or underrepresented communities, so students dont know about them. Other districts have community organizations demonstrate how dual enrollment can help students outside high school.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

They signed petitions and showed up in force at school board meetings to rail against the changes. The approach is more prevalent in some “pockets” of the country, Townsley says, particularly New Hampshire , Maine and Wisconsin , with more recent adoptions in schools in Connecticut , New Mexico and Oregon. They want to skate by.”

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Romano-Arribito is an EdSurge columnist and has spent about 27 years in the classroom teaching everything from first grade to middle school in her home state of New Jersey. For Chrissy Romano-Arribito, the issues leading to demoralization were simple enough to name: testing and curriculum.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

On a recent walk after spending a day working with middle school teachers on engagement strategies, I was listening to the “We Can Do Hard Things” podcast. Most of the oldest students of this generation are now in middle school. What have they learned that is not demonstrated on the tests they take?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In high school, he reasoned, students might take vocational training courses, intern at local businesses or meet with guidance counselors to discuss their future. It also helps that kids are most excited about school when they’re young. But it rarely starts any younger.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2024

But there's a lot of variation in how schools decide who’s ready for algebra, leading to fewer low-income students, rural students or English learners taking this course in middle school. Not all students are ready for algebra in middle school, and so this can lead to “massive failure rates,” he says.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2021

When it comes to education technology, most educators would agree on two primary premises: Our needs are many, and we’re not short on tools to meet those needs. When it comes to education technology, most educators would agree on two primary premises: Our needs are many, and we’re not short on tools to meet those needs.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

For example, our middle school program Career Explorations has embedded real-world, industry-specific soft skill exercises, including applied math, graphics literacy and reading comprehension. Assessment could take various forms, including [evaluations in] project-based learning, simulations and scenario-based tests.

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Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2021

On Thursday, officials announced the racial and socioeconomic makeup of the first entering class at Thomas Jefferson, or TJ as everyone in town calls it, to be chosen under the new system—which included dropping an admissions test, eliminating an application fee and ensuring that top students from each eligible middle school get to attend.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology (Office of Edtech, for short) issued a Request for Proposal for a better way to help schools evaluate edtech tools before making a purchase and. “[We Anyone interested in giving it a test run and leave feedback can do so TKTK.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

my students informed me, running over after their latest test. “Is If we have always taught our kids that every test must be an A+, then how do we support them when it isn’t? Carol Dweck and others have written about a “ Growth Mindset vs. a Fixed Mindset ” in learning and school. Bycraft, our robot goes backward!”

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2024

Based on her research, the factors that are used to determine how to group students differ depending both on the state and the type of school. In Florida, in contrast, it was more common to rely on grade-level tests or interim assessments than teacher recommendations when grouping students.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

A few classrooms down, Baselice’s colleague Jonathan Nardolilli teaches middle school mathematics using a board game he created himself to instruct students about the different angles created by parallel lines intersecting a transversal. And some barriers are not just about meeting learning goals.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

Without proof of success, many school districts have opted not to adopt new technologies. students who played edgames outperformed their peers on standardized tests. Source for all graphics: Substantial Integration of Typical Educational Games into Extended Curriculum , by Legends of Learning and Vanderbilt University.

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Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2022

School is not the problem. This statement was shared by a former middle school student of mine during his freshman year of high school. John* was getting all A’s and one B in stark contrast to the B’s, C’s, and D’s received in middle school. Students are the problem.”

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

Educational technology company Oddcast launched a new version of its Voki website for teachers along with a free iOS application called Voki for Education. ” The new edition enables teachers to test the software for classroom presentations and advanced student assignments for free. and around the world.

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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. Rapid Growth Byju’s got its start by delivering what students and their families would readily pay for: Test prep. But they will. His classes grew in size and number. But they will.

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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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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2021

I attended low-performing elementary and middle schools in San Francisco, and no one in my family had ever gone to college. A passing score on a statewide high school assessment, for example, could automatically trigger a student’s admission to public community colleges without remediation.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2019

And when he’s not spending time with some of his favorites—StarCraft and Hearthstone—he’s teaching middle school students how to build their own. Their classmates then test their game and give feedback. If educators want to teach using game-based learning, Isaacs thinks after-school programs are a good place to begin.

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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.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2021

Alef Education , a leading global education technology provider that empowers 21st century learning, partnered with NexGen Education to offer all North Carolina districts access without any cost. The participating counties in the summer trial have reached 825 math students in 6th–8th grades.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Since the days of “Oregon Trail,” educational games have teased at the possibility that learning in school can be freed from the doldrum of textbooks and tests. So if games are fun, and learning should be fun, doesn’t it behoove the education and gaming industries to join forces? middle-school market.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2022

And his newest scholarly paper, published just last week, describes an experiment designed to test the hypothesis that a lesson in VR would be more effective than the same lesson delivered via standard video. The study took place with about 100 middle school students taking a brief “virtual field trip” to learn about climate science.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Let Data Inform (Not Drive) Many educators urge their fellow professionals to move away from the concept of “data-driven,” and instead towards a culture of “data-informed.” But Firman expresses a firm belief that the scores from these types of testing are far from the only types of data schools and/or teachers should be collecting.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2016

In our elementary school, FH Gizmos is a third-grade-run pop-up store. In our middle school, it is a student-run, online school startup that functions just like Amazon. In the middle school, FH Gizmos online employees had to figure out how much to charge for 3D prints, such as a replica of Hogwarts or YouTube play button.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2024

The study analyzed NWEA MAP® testing scores from 1,885 third- through fifth-grade students across eight schools within a single district. Combined, the duo provides a comprehensive, evidence-based math solution from kindergarten through middle school.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2023

Kennedy’s support for the arts was admirable, but unfortunately, due to a number of societal factors, it wasn’t enough to increase arts education offerings for students in public schools. Throughout my teaching career, I witnessed the decline of arts education firsthand. In middle school, that number drops to 78 hours.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2023

Everyone has a memory about feeling lost on the first day of school — figuratively or literally. Yes, it can be, according to two groups of researchers who have tested how programs aimed at fostering belonging have impacted students’ academic performances. Middle School Blues It’s not just your imagination.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In middle school, I participated in Future City , a STEM competition for middle schoolers. Influenced by my own experiences and the philosophy of my school, competition became a staple in our classroom culture. Another student cried when they didn’t get stickers on their test, even though they tried their best.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Dolton-Riverdale, whose student population is overwhelmingly Black and low-income, had been hit hard by the pandemic, with a steep jump in absenteeism and dip in state test results. “We’re doing hybrid learning,” the staffer responded. I think in-person beats virtual any day,” she said.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Welch, an 8th-grade teacher at North Hills Middle School in Pittsburgh, is charting his own path—one that doesn’t include a textbook. How can I get away from that whole spin, wash, repeat cycle of: Here’s the study guide, take a test, forget what you learned, repeat? How can schools really make it a priority?

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