eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Does it support communications equity by providing two-way instant translation and language preferences? Does it offer voice, text, email, website, mobile app, and social media? Does it provide two-way communication? For parents and guardians: Will families be notified of updates only relevant to their child?

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

The Gems evaluate the uploaded information and offer a review of the district’s current curriculum. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is using NotebookLM and Gemini for curriculum review and district guidance.

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2025

Easy to find, not always true: Helping students evaluate AI-generated content For more news on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub For years now, the promise of AI in education has centered around efficiency–grading faster, recommending better content, or predicting where a student might struggle.

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Ethics Intelligence Feedback Questions 231

eSchool News

MARCH 22, 2023

While instruction informed by reading science is necessary for all students, it is essential for students who are at risk for reading challenges due to dyslexia, developmental language disorder, or other factors.

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Evaluation Learning Science Reading 300

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The word research appears 80 times in the English language arts section of the Common Core Standards. It’s clear the ability to find, evaluate and apply information is a crucial life skill. Got Credibility – Teach students how to evaluate online resources. Infographics – Mix research and media to create compelling visuals.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2025

Identifying the needs of struggling readers Supporting delayed readers involves evaluating the severity of the reading delay. Common issues include deficits in phonological awareness (Kilpatrick, 2015), limited exposure to language-rich environments, and instructional mismatches.

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Disabilities Learning Disabilities Reading Motivation 240

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Riverside Insights ®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today debuted a new Assessment Playbook focused on streamlining the evaluation of dyslexia, the most common learning disability, affecting 20% of the population. ITASCA, Ill.

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Evaluation Disabilities Testing Learning Disabilities 243

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Debi Ryan insists that bad days are few and far between in her line of work as a school-based speech language pathologist. Ryan has worked in a public school setting for about two decades, following a stint in the medical track of speech language pathology. She calls her job soul-filling, and she has anecdotes to back it up.

Language 161

Language Languages Communication Interdisciplinary 161

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 27, 2021

Teachers working with younger students or second language learners can create a choice board with sentence frames to provide students with additional support as they give each other focused feedback. Based on what a student sees in the work they are reviewing, they may be drawn to one option on the choice board over another.

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Feedback Peer Review Assignments Online Learning 546

Edsurge

JULY 26, 2023

Working as a World Languages teacher, my job is to erase the pressures of perfectionism that impede our students’ progress toward language fluency and proficiency. Yet, if learning a new language is going to stick, being bold enough to take risks is essential.

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Language Languages Learning Students 148

Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

The initial enthusiasm for learning a foreign language may wane as other courses with demanding assignments compete for their attention. This is the moment when a language instructor must pivot, shifting the classroom dynamic to reignite curiosity and motivation. Instructions: 1. Choose a song in Spanish (e.g., 

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Language Languages Instructors Culture 86

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2023

The integration of AI tools in English language arts (ELA) instruction has emerged as a potentially transformative pedagogical approach that could redefine the traditional landscape of education. The instant feedback of AI made students more engaged in evaluating and revising their work.

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Language Languages Art Teachers 148

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

One of the persistent challenges in second language acquisition (SLA), especially within the communicative approach, is how to incorporate writing in a way that feels meaningful and beneficial to students. Both teachers and students tend to resist prioritizing writing activities into language lessons. 2010; Kern, 1992).

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Language Languages Writing Communication 124

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

Even lengthy evaluations by specialists have all the same limitations. For example, the Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen (Yale) is a survey that asks teachers to make judgments on how often they think a student displays problems in their language behaviors such as oral expression. Dyslexia was later proven to be language-based.)

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Disabilities Learning Disabilities Evaluation Language 285

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Understanding what teachers find cognitively engaging in their work can help them 1) evaluate where they are investing their time and energy resources, 2) reflect on whether those tasks are energizing or draining, and 3) make adjustments in their approach to workflows that they find mentally draining. How do they plan to utilize the space?

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Blended Learning Teachers Learning Grades 535

Catlin Tucker

JULY 25, 2016

I can mix and match individual texts or access entire units complete with ELD supports for students at various language proficiencies. There is a short quiz paired with each article, so teachers can assess the students’ ability to comprehend, analyze and evaluate what they’ve read. 2 Vocabulary.com.

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Online Learning Technology Blended Learning English 420

eSchool News

JULY 27, 2022

They’re an integral part of a team, working closely with clinicians—speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, school psychologists—and students, both one-on-one and in small groups. They play a critical role in assisting the evaluation process on the student side, they document student behavior, and support assistive devices.

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Special Education Evaluation Language Languages 360

eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

His essay, Money Cant Buy Happiness, included valuable reflections on emotional fulfillment and references to The Great Gatsby, yet his ideas were scattered and the language needed refinement. Guided drafting with AI support for language and structure Encourage students to draft their essays in stages, focusing on one section at a time.

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English Writing Teaching Essay 300

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2025

The guide breaks down the edtech purchasing cycle into three processes: edtech selection, implementation and evaluation. They rely on 1EdTechs TrustEd Apps program, Lightspeed Insight and internal help desk tracking to evaluate tools for privacy, use and impact. AI is transforming tools and pushing prices up, says Magley.

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Evaluation Secondary Education Disabilities Feedback 135

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2024

The tool will also be able to use “natural language processing,” a branch of AI that seeks to understand the meaning of language, to evaluate how “positive,” “respectful,” or “insulting” the teacher’s language is. It will cost around $500,000 to develop, test, and implement over two years, according to the network.

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Intelligence Teachers Coaching Feedback 328

eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2024

AI is not good at offering subjective explanations, evaluative critical thinking, sharing personal experiences, and offering personal reflections. For example, AI is good at conducting research, synthesizing information, using different levels of vocabulary, and adopting a particular tone. MagicSchool.AI

Writing 328

Writing Essay Plagiarism Assignments 328

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 10, 2018

My teaching team places an equal emphasis on evaluating the development of soft skills because our program is project-based. Their ongoing assessment document links to rubrics aligned with each skill so students can read the language of a 1, 2, 3, and 4 to accurately assess where they are regarding their development.

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Students Grades Achievement Evaluation 420

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

If students are writing an essay, you might be tempted to evaluate mechanics or writing style; however, those are specific to that product and are not target learning objectives for this learning experience or cycle. In that case, you can use this one rubric to assess each product (e.g., argumentative essay, live debate, or recorded speech).

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Blended Learning Essay Feedback Writing 521

eSchool News

MAY 29, 2024

. – Today 95 Percent Group LLC , the trusted source for comprehensive, proven literacy solutions, announced the Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education approved its 95 Phonics Core Program ®, 95 Literacy Intervention System , and Sound Wall Classroom Kit as recommended English Language Arts Supplemental Resources.

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English Art Language Languages 141

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Language translation : Gen AI can translate educational materials for diverse language needs, making learning more accessible and inclusive. The traditional methods of testing and evaluation must evolve to accommodate the capabilities of AI. Gen AI is flipping this on its head.

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Metacognitive Skills Ethics Critical Thinking Evaluation 339

eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Knowledge Graph helps developers enhance AI system inputs by aligning them with learning science research, state academic standards, and curricula, while Evaluators help developers assess AI system outputs to ensure they meet the accuracy, rigor, and quality essential for teaching and learning.

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Intelligence Evaluation Knowledge Science 258

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Educators assured me that his needs were being met with a 12-week Reading Recovery program based on the “whole language” approach. Eventually, I felt I had no choice but to finally take my son for a thorough evaluation that revealed not only ADHD but also dyslexia and dysgraphia, a writing-related learning disability.

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Evaluation Learning Disabilities Disabilities Reading 352

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The Cobb County Teaching and Learning Standards in English Language Arts provide a rigorous set of proficiencies in reading, writing, listening, speaking, and language. In Cobb County School District , we strive to ensure every student is reading on or above grade level by grade 3. Addressing early literacy learning.

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English Language Languages Evaluation 255

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Coaching, co-teaching models, and collaborative inquiry teams can also build teacher capacity and create shared language around data use. In other words, theyre not just passive consumers of information, theyre critical thinkers. Students data is collected constantly, from learning platforms, devices, and even classroom tools.

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Ethics Education Culture Social Studies 302

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Some students might agree, while others may see tutoring as editorial services or language support (Lockett, 2019). Tutoring practices that include non-evaluative feedback and mindful approaches support writers’ growth holistically. To help writers grow, feedback doesn’t have to be only evaluative.

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Evaluation Feedback Writing Language 116

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

One of the persistent challenges in second language acquisition (SLA), especially within the communicative approach, is how to incorporate writing in a way that feels meaningful and beneficial to students. Both teachers and students tend to resist prioritizing writing activities into language lessons. 2010; Kern, 1992).

Language 98

Language Languages Writing Communication 98

eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2023

These STEM products were subject to a two-part evaluation process. Once judges selected the finalists, more than 267,000 STEM educators were given the opportunity to evaluate the finalists via survey. First, by an expert panel of judges including Dr. Linda Johnson-McClinton, Dr. Lance Brand, Dr. Jeffrey Crapper, Dr. Omah M.

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STEM Science Education Evaluation 246

eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

It becomes the anchor for coherent expectations and a common language that supports teaching and learning schoolwide. Before we can think about building positive math identities in our students, we need to take a moment to evaluate our own math identities. But vision alone isnt enough. Put your oxygen mask on first.

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Math Beliefs Culture Ethics 198

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This discourse serves to bring out students’ strategies, which gives them a voice in the class, and also allows them to attach their own language to math. In these activities, students can see all the information they need (which removes the language barrier), and they get immediate visual feedback based on their actions.

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Math Game-Based Learning Gamification STEM 306

eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Through this partnership, all 33 schools in the district will use IXL to supplement math, English language arts, science and social studies instruction. The district is home to eight National Blue Ribbon Schools and serves a large bilingual and English language learner population.

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English Exams Language Languages 220

eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Compounding the problem, the number of students receiving special education services is predicted to increase sharply as students who are overdue for evaluations seek help and others who have fallen behind during COVID will need additional assessments and revised services.

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Special Education Teachers Education Evaluation 321

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

For English Language Learners (ELLs), this scenario is even more daunting due to limited vocabulary or fear of making mistakes. By integrating AI into storytelling, we can empower students to generate ideas, build confidence, and create compelling narratives, all while developing their language skills.

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English Critical Thinking Writing Language 266