eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

It’s especially true when it comes to writing assignments: With poor writing skills, students can’t deal with essays and other homework the way they need to get a good grade. ESL students need stellar writing skills to pass exams and language tests or enter the university.

Writing 290

Writing Skills Essay Language 290

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

percent of students reported having a test, quiz, or exam within their first week of school. percent) expect math to be their hardest subject, followed by English (14.7 percent), studying for tests (48.8 percent), and writing papers or essays (44.1 In a survey conducted on Brainly.com on August 21, 2024, 60.5

Essay 289

Essay Ethics Schools Students 289

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.

Testing 157

Testing Teachers Math Essay 157

eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Seventy percent of high school juniors and seniors believe AI-powered tools, including ChatGPT, can be a resource in brainstorming ideas for their college essays or short answer responses. AI-powered tools can help students brainstorm ideas for a college essay. One state, Iowa, requires no reading licensure test at all.

Essay 291

Essay Exams Testing Reading 291

eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

Test-optional and test-blind admissions in recent years could mean a radical expansion of access to selective colleges. The patchwork of admission test policies in college admissions underscores a larger challenge—and opportunity—for both K-12 and higher education.

Education 307

Education Testing Feedback English 307

eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2019

Biggest challenge: Our school is required to enforce a series of standardized tests every year to assess a student’s achievements and knowledge learned in the grade level. When students weren’t passing these tests, their self-confidence was diminished and it affected their willingness and effort during difficult tasks.

Essay 212

Essay Failure Students Writing 212

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

The University of Michigan’s M-Write program is built on the idea that students learn best when they write about what they’re studying, rather than taking multiple-choice tests. Wilson researches the application of automated essay scoring. “I U-M presents a really interesting model of adoption.

Essay 148

Essay Feedback Writing Assignments 148

eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2017

[ Editor’s note : “My Tech Essentials” is a new monthly feature on eSchool News that highlights the choice of ‘must-have’ technology used by one tech-savvy educator; with the hope that other educators might also find these peer-tested tools useful. Be sure to check back every month for a new “My Tech Essentials.”].

Essay 218

Essay Education Blended Learning English 218

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

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. In English language arts, students need to analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot.

Disabilities 280

Disabilities Universal Design Essay Beliefs 280

eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

These AI tools help students fine-tune their essays before they connect with a live tutor or before they submit their assignments to teachers. This includes on-demand tutoring along with AI tools that offer feedback on written work. AI Writing Review enables students to submit their drafts for lightning-fast feedback.

Feedback 335

Feedback Essay Writing Learning Styles 335

Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2023

It’s time for handwritten essays in class without devices. In these same conversations, I hear teachers eager to revert back to timed writing by hand, the five-paragraph essay, and other formulaic approaches to writing. They scored ChatGPT’s work using the same College Board rubric their essays were evaluated against.

Essay 216

Essay Writing Plagiarism Discussions 216

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. Something didn’t add up.

Testing 137

Testing Exams Essay Ethics 137

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

With a library card, students can receive live, one-on-one tutoring, access practice tests, and get expert feedback on essays and reportsall available in English and Spanish. Writing Lab Expert feedback on essays, reports, and college applications.

Essay 172

Essay Schools Internet Feedback 172

eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

The district was among the first in the country to test the chatbot called Khanmigo, an AI program developed by online learning giant Khan Academy that is designed for classrooms and acts as a tutor for students and an assistant for teachers. Next school year’s budget includes a $6.8

Schools 276

Schools Math Testing Intelligence 276

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

Analytical Essay + Book Promo/Trailer Video There are many blog posts out there encouraging teachers to choose assignments other than essays. As a teacher coach, I’m not encouraging teachers to throw out the practice of assigning, reading, giving feedback on and correcting essays.

Essay 167

Essay Teaching Lecturing Coaching 167

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Then, they find or create digital content, objective tests, and performance tasks aligned to those learning objectives, which they post to an LMS. Suppose Ella is working on 9th-grade English as a 10-year-old. Objective tests are usually multiple-choice quizzes or other tests with single correct answers. 4, 2020, [link].

Quizzes 270

Quizzes Textbooks Testing Essay 270

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2022

But he was reading and writing at a kindergarten level, according to diagnostic tests. In my classroom, I usually teach English language arts in 70-minute blocks. Throughout the year, John went from barely writing a sentence to crafting five-paragraph essays with the support of that tool. He wasn’t alone.

Accessibility 176

Accessibility Essay Disabilities Learning Disabilities 176

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2024

When ChatGPT emerged a year and half ago, many professors immediately worried that their students would use it as a substitute for doing their own written assignments — that they’d click a button on a chatbot instead of doing the thinking involved in responding to an essay prompt themselves.

Writing 209

Writing Teaching Essay Languages 209

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 17, 2017

Last year, Sammy Spencer, a High School English teacher in Southern California, ran a pilot program using Revision Assistant in her school. By the time we were finished with a pilot test, we discovered that a technology tool helped us and our students in some unexpected ways. We decided to give it a try.

Testing 84

Testing Essay English Writing 84

eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2016

To the casual observer, the SAT looks the same — questions on math and English, an essay, a set amount of time to finish each question. High school students are taking a new version of the SAT, which incorporates the first changes to the test since 2005. But the college entrance exam has gotten a makeover.

Exams 133

Exams Essay Testing Writing 133

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

Students from the county apply to the program of their choice during eighth grade, a process that involves taking an admissions test; submitting transcripts, teacher recommendations and a personal video; and entering a lottery, since demand is high. As I became more comfortable, I began designing my own projects.

High School 212

High School High School Interdisciplinary Education 212

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

As an English teacher with 24 years of experience, I often feel I’ve explored every possible avenue to help my students grow as writers. That is truer today than ever as new technology has increased the instructional possibilities, and evidence-based, on-demand testing has forced me to get creative.

Writing 135

Writing Essay Teaching Quizzes 135

Edsurge

MAY 31, 2023

The result: He eventually graduated college as an English major. Instead of requiring every student to complete a worksheet or a test, allow them to write an essay, create a slide deck or make a podcast. The simple structure helped me become a better writer and prepared me for college writing.”

Universal Design 212

Universal Design Disabilities Mobile Devices Students 212

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

When was the last time you wrote an essay? Increasingly, writing doesn’t mean a five paragraph essay written by hand. For example, Larry Reiff, a high school English teacher in New York, uses Twitter to teach his students about Shakespeare by having them tweet in the voice of characters.

Writing 167

Writing Teaching Essay Assignments 167

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Students can keep a long-term journal to respond all year long, or they can use journal prompts as a springboard into a class essay or assignment. Use them to begin longer narrative essays, begin class discussions, or introduce elements of fiction in your language arts class. What are your goals for high school ? What would you do?

High School 52

High School High School Writing Essay 52

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

And professors report that some students even have trouble using more fundamental computer programs to write essays or run calculations. The institution’s digital literacy specialist, Don Michael, says he would like to be able to test all students on digital skills before they enter college, and provide extra attention to those who need it.

Teaching 203

Teaching Culture Students Internet 203

Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

If they had AI detected in an essay, they could prove they had written the essay by allowing me editing access, which allows me access to the detailed version history. To that end, my English department is using Google Docs this semester to provide better evidence. My essay didn’t pass the AI-generated content test.

Academic Integrity 116

Academic Integrity Essay Plagiarism History 116

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

workforce, citing hostile work conditions, high-stakes testing, diminished autonomy, and lack of planning time as prevailing reasons. In just seconds, Jake feels himself calm down so that he is able to take—and pass—the test. SEL lesson for grades 6-8. Source: Rethink Ed; watch on YouTube here. Lucky, Jake. His homework? Lucky, Jake.

Teachers 165

Teachers Exams Schools Students 165

Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

If they had AI detected in an essay, they could prove they had written the essay by allowing me editing access, which allows me access to the detailed version history. To that end, my English department is using Google Docs this semester to provide better evidence. My essay didn’t pass the AI-generated content test.

Academic Integrity 111

Academic Integrity Essay Plagiarism History 111

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic complicated the application process further with disruptions to in-person advising, testing and extracurricular activities. The essay, in particular, appeared to be key in distinguishing between students who finished and didn’t finish their applications. And many of her students’ parents do not speak English.

Counselling 210

Counselling Essay Students Study 210

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

No, this is practical stuff that will help make your life easier,” says Carlos Acevedo, a ninth grade English teacher and SPOC leader from Morris Academy in the Bronx. I can grade essays right now on my phone or while I am in the doctor’s office.” We have literally taken our entire testing program and revamped it,” says Valle.

Feedback 138

Feedback Essay Blended Learning Coaching 138

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

But she’ll also have them record their screens and annotate their essays with a stylus. Prior to the 2021-2022 school year, the district’s assessment data showed math scores were low, contributing to 14 out of 48 schools in the district being identified as low performing in 2019.

Education 327

Education Elementary School Elementary School Math 327

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

I went to my English teacher every single day for around two hours. We would review my resume and my essays for the scholarship. The curriculum integrates all the certification tests I need to take. I worked at a local STEM-based organization that helped kids get firsthand experience. I started thinking maybe I could do it.

STEM 164

STEM Counselling Science Essay 164

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

They have to frame their thoughts as a response to some of the finest college application essay prompts, inspired by the very same ones that high school seniors are feverishly working on now! 2017 will see more rapid prototyping Faster, cheaper impact testing. More English Language Learning students Will need to become fluent.

Failure 120

Failure Essay Critical Thinking English 120

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 21, 2023

The population of English learners in our schools continues to grow every year; if you’re a teacher reading this, you have probably taught at least a few students whose first language is not English. Amazon | Bookshop.org These kids speak English now, so what’s the problem? And then I got my score back: 910.

English 52

English Language Languages Testing 52

Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Tasking students with submitting a video essay, for example, provides teachers with the opportunity to assess students’ understanding of a topic. When I taught high school English, I used summative assessment results as part of data talks with students. K-12 LMS Prep Test —how to evaluate curriculum, outcomes, flexibility and more.

Authentic Assessment 130

Authentic Assessment Game-Based Learning Learning Evaluation 130

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

I used traditional grading practices, assessing student progress through quizzes, tests, project, midterms and finals each year. After a few iterations, he landed on these segments: collaborative learning, passion-based learning project, document-based or long essay and content/skills-based assessment and added focus areas on the side.

Syllabus 160

Syllabus Learning Course Outline History 160