eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2024

How do we ensure students achieve proficiency with the English language while receiving a rich and comprehensive education? Thanks to computer-driven translation, AI, and advanced classroom tools, we stand to put every student on a path to success with the English language and beyond. Today’s technology presents us with answers.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Odette guided Esther as she wrote her answers in English. “I She wanted me to know that although she could not yet speak English, she felt confident as a learner in her first language. Research shows that students who are classified as English language learners may be perceived by teachers as less capable than their non-ELL peers.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2025

When state testing season arrives, classroom routines can quickly fall apart. In this blog, I’ll share six strategies that encourage students to explore, create, reflect, and connecteven during the testing season. Wrap Up Testing season doesnt have to mean learning is on hold. Whats one goal you still have moving forward?

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2024

Texas is turning over some of the scoring process of its high-stakes standardized tests to robots. News outlets have detailed the rollout by the Texas Education Agency of a natural language processing program, a form of artificial intelligence, to score the written portion of standardized tests administered to students in third grade and up.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Most of my students immigrated to the United States within the last year, and all of them were English learners, thus making it difficult for them to complete the activity. Unfortunately, the sentiment within my supervisor’s response is not unique to the curricula design for English learners.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 20, 2025

These aren’t online tools or books, but mental conscripts that will get you where you want to be with more efficiency and less pain: The Secret to Learning English and Other Foreign Languages Faster Mastering a new language can be a transformative journey, opening doors to new cultures, opportunities, and personal growth.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In the United States, English is the main language used in classrooms. Students were tested before and after they played the game either on a desktop or through immersive virtual reality, with researchers comparing their scores to see whether the game helped the students better grasp the material. In the U.S.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

This early childhood solution continues Riverside’s strong tradition of developing leading assessments to support deeper understanding of English learners (EL), who are often over- or under-identified for special learning accommodations. “We Bateria IV : A comprehensive assessment system to evaluate native Spanish speakers.

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eSchool News

JULY 25, 2022

Although I love teaching all subjects, I always choose English/language arts and social studies, in part because I love the challenge of engaging young leaners in these important subjects. However, the digital resources are not enough—they need to be applied within the context of effective, classroom-tested strategies.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Testing a solution involves investigating how well it performs under a range of likely conditions. Rubric Criteria Research on a problem Solution design Communication and collaboration California English Language Arts Writing Standards Grade 7 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Similarly, I have students who are great test takers. It has been exciting to experiment with tactile learning in an English classroom! Now that finals are over, I am more convinced than ever that teachers need to embrace unconventional forms of assessment. I have kids who are extremely strong writers and do very well on essays.

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eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2022

Department of Education stated that the number of Emergent Bilinguals – also known as English language learners – in U.S. During the 2020-21 school year, the district used Lexia English as part of a hybrid or remote instruction, primarily in English Learner (EL) or English as a Second Language (ESL) instructional periods.

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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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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2025

Alabama state law previously required students to take at least four years each of English, math, science and social studies to graduate from high school. Students who opt for the workforce diploma will not have their ACT test scores included in their schools public reports. The state is now calling that track the Option A diploma.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Unfortunately, as many as 40 percent of students who take AP exams will earn a 1 or a 2 on those tests, which will not help them test out and earn those coveted college credits. Start talking about the test on Day 1. Let students know that they can expect the test to be rigorous and that, as a result, they need to be prepared.

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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.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2022

I sought to bring that same joy of reading to my high school history and English students. Study after study has shown that effective library programs can increase student literacy and test scores and create more equitable student outcomes.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

Option 1 Science: Design a new experiment to test a scientific hypothesis Science: Write a research paper on an environmental issue Math: Solve a set of problems and explain your solutions in a video tutorial Math: Develop a math game that helps others learn about a mathematical concept or process English : Write an essay analyzing the symbolism in (..)

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2018

They will learn to design, build, prototype and test potential solutions using a range of tools, including a sand blaster, a laser cutter, and a 3D printer, just to name a few. They also delivered a stock of solar-powered reading lights designed and built by Schechter’s sixth graders.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

I vividly remember my English teacher, Mrs. Grant, bringing a stack of 20 well-read copies of A Wrinkle in Time out from the closet for everyone in the class. She would read a chapter or two out loud during class and later we would read independently until it was time to take a test or write a report on what we learned.

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EFL Magazine

APRIL 14, 2025

How to Prepare for Your English Exam In my previous article, I discussed a few of the many English tests available online and offline. However, before you register and pay […] The post How to Prepare for Your English Exam appeared first on EFL Magazine.

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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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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2020

Necessity begets ingenuity, and for many businesses no test of survival has been tougher than the current one wrought by a global pandemic. Duolingo Passes Its English Test Don’t worry, the pandemic hasn’t shuttered Duolingo’s popular gamified language learning app. to accept its test scores. Denny’s is selling groceries.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Building quizzes, tests, and lesson plans from curriculum materials: Fran Bellas, a professor at Universidade da Coruña in Spain, recommends teachers use ChatGPT as an assistant in crafting quizzes, exams and lesson plans for classes.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The new playbook makes assessments more effective and efficient by providing a recommended process for selective testing and a specific test list for querying the most salient features of dyslexia. Tests recommended in the playbook are tailored to the needs of practitioners working with early childhood, 7+ and ELL populations.

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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 searched for information about chronic absenteeism or regular attendance , high school graduation rates, and English learner proficiency. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The acquisition of Emmersion deepens IXL Learning’s line of language and literacy products, which include the world-renowned Rosetta Stone , IXL English Language Arts , Vocabulary.com , SpanishDict , inglés.com and Fluencia. Emmersion’s cofounders, Brigham Tomco and Dr. Jacob Burdis, will remain with the company.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2023

As part of the collaboration, the state’s second-largest K-12 school system will now use IXL’s award-winning platform district-wide to boost academic achievement in math, English language arts, science, social studies and Spanish. IXL also provides test preparation skill plans and personalized study plans for the SAT and ACT.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2020

There are also predictions about how testing and assessments will change, along with using data to increase equity and opportunity among students. rushed to abandon their mother tongue and learn English. Related content: Innovation tips from pioneering schools. Read on to see what’s in store for 2020…. Julie Hansen, CEO (U.S.),

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2022

6 percent of a standard deviation decrease in math and English test scores, respectively. Every unfilled staff vacancy at a school means that students are not receiving a high-quality education, which has a resounding effect on outcomes. One study shows that 10 additional teacher absences per year lead to 1.2 percent and.6

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Those higher-performing students that teachers report being at grade level are driving test improvements while students at the lower end are falling further behind. ” Seventy-one percent of teachers feel confident they can help their students catch up academically.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Even after 10 years with Fast ForWord, teachers still tell me how thankful they are because it covers skills they can’t cover in an English language arts classroom. They also appreciate that it’s fixing problems early, so by the time students take our state tests in the third grade, they’ve closed those gaps.”.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

English language arts (ELA) standards identify a set of foundational skills students must master in their progression to becoming skilled readers. K-5 student test scores plummeted in math and reading nationwide this year, erasing two decades of progress. But that statistic may soon change.

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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

JUNE 7, 2022

This allows for more time with students and less time planning, testing, grading, and disaggregating data. MAP Growth is an interim (given multiple times a year), computer-adaptive assessment that measures student academic growth with a continuous scale for mathematics and English in grades K-12 and science in grades 2-8 and Biology.

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2023

More recently, schools began using computer programs to prepare students for upcoming state English and math tests, angering some educators and families who want children to be interacting directly with instructors, Gothamist reported.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

A similar number of states administer weak licensure tests, the report said, creating uncertainty about how well prepared teachers are. Most teacher prep programs don’t devote at least two instructional hours to how to teach English learners to read in an unfamiliar language or to supporting struggling readers, NCTQ’s analysis found.

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