Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

Letter grades are indeed first subjective evaluations of knowledge proficiency, but once they are passed to the hands of the students, they become game components, passed around as proof of the completion of some task, or the achievement of some desired goal (mastering a standard, fulfilling the requirements of an assignment, etc.)

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 19, 2025

I’m picturing a lot of family time, slower mornings, and leisure reading in my future, but I also like to spend some time brushing up on my teaching skills each summer. Summer brings the chance to slow down, evaluate what matters most, and set new goals for next year. Remember, your summers are yours!

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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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Faculty Focus

JULY 20, 2025

Tara’s first assignment in general psychology reads as follows: “Hi Tara! Feedback Analysis : Evaluate customer feedback to identify patterns in behavior and make informed decisions for service improvement. Welcome to psychology.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 20, 2025

Tara’s first assignment in general psychology reads as follows: “Hi Tara! Feedback Analysis : Evaluate customer feedback to identify patterns in behavior and make informed decisions for service improvement. Welcome to psychology.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2017

Through the process of writing, writers put nascent thoughts into comprehensible language for others to read. In academic writing, this leads back to the text, where writers rethink, re-evaluate, and understand a detail or main idea more deeply. This process can happen when studying any subject, not just English language arts.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Whether its reinforcing math concepts, improving reading comprehension, or learning a new language, these resources make learning more engaging and effective. Recognizing that traditional assessments dont always reflect a students progress, AEF is introducing alternative evaluations like projects and skill-based assessments.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

If you read that and immediately thought of Mister Rogers, you're probably a child of the 70's. I would not evaluate the success of my marriage by measuring whether my husband's character had improved in the years since we wed. "I like you just the way you are." And it's more radical now than it was back then.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Morrow was surprised to read that Ruiz had finished in 11th place in the New York Marathon. Integrity is often talked about as a coin that reads cheated on one side and didnt cheat on the other. Affirm personal interests by letting students know you cared enough to read their inventories. Tes Magazine. link] Fleckenstein, J.,

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Academic Integrity Learning Assignments Feedback 92

k12 Digest

MAY 21, 2025

For educators, this means consistently examining how their language, curriculum, and interactions support or hinder equity. These tools encourage educators to evaluate representation, inclusion, and bias in their practices. Its not about perfection; its about developing awareness and a willingness to grow.

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k12 Digest

MAY 21, 2025

For educators, this means consistently examining how their language, curriculum, and interactions support or hinder equity. These tools encourage educators to evaluate representation, inclusion, and bias in their practices. Its not about perfection; its about developing awareness and a willingness to grow.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

PBS also brings in research evaluators, like Pasnik, who take proposed stories and present them to children, evaluating their comprehension and engagement. However, several studies found that it created no additional benefits, with one even finding it inhibited babies’ language development.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

If you’re evaluating math programs at your school, a good option to consider is ORIGO Education’s Stepping Stones. More than a third of its students come from low-income families, and one out of every eight students is an English language learner. by Dennis Pierce. Like many U.S. Like many U.S.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

He engaged in a fifteen-year evaluation of over 50,000 research articles and something like 240 million students — making it the biggest evidence-based education research project ever — and discovered something no one expected and few believed: Almost any approach will work if delivered well. Or not occurring.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Data literacy in a school context means more than reading charts or calculating averages. Why it matters for K-12 teachers As educators, we regularly interact with data, benchmark scores, reading levels, engagement analytics from edtech tools, and state test results. What is data literacy for K-12 learners?

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eSchool News

MARCH 22, 2023

The NAEP results in late 2022 revealed that reading scores fell for both fourth and eighth grade readers as a result of the pandemic. Only 33 percent of fourth graders are reading proficiently, which means that two-thirds read below grade level. The science of reading is the evidence. What does that mean, exactly?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

and LEHI, Utah — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people worldwide, announced it has acquired Emmersion , the Utah-based leader in certifying language ability through artificial intelligence. Accurately establish language skills with AI. SAN MATEO, Calif.

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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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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

13, 2021 — McGraw Hill today announced updates to its widely used and trusted Wonders English Language Arts program for grades K-5, building upon the program’s proven instructional approach while offering a multitude of enhancements designed to meet the needs of today’s classroom. NEW YORK, Sept.

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2019

Biggest challenge: Results on standardized tests revealed that about a quarter of our 9th- and 10th-grade students weren’t reading at grade level. Many of those struggling were English-language learners (ELLs) whose English proficiency wasn’t at the level needed to comprehend challenging texts within these exams.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

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. It’s so important that Esther spoke up about this.

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English Languages Language Teachers 202

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

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As the mom of a child with dyslexia, I’ve come to understand just how vital this awareness is for children struggling to read. It wasn’t until I shared my worries about my son’s reading ability countless times throughout kindergarten and into first grade that his school finally acted. schools goes from a simmer to a boil.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

1 Within this larger pool, a core group is considered to have a reading disability or dyslexia. Even lengthy evaluations by specialists have all the same limitations. 7 Given the screening mandate, some publishers have fashioned screeners out of their reading assessment instruments designed for the typical population.

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Disabilities Learning Disabilities Evaluation Language 279

eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2021

According to a report from the Council of the Great City Schools , instructional technology that both accelerates learning and supports academic language development is particularly important for ELs, ” said Lexia Chief Learning Officer Dr. Liz Brooke. PowerUp users gained an average of 24.9 About Lexia Learning.

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English Reading Blended Learning Distance Learning 237

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. This makes it possible for teachers to group students by reading level in a station rotation and differentiate subtly by assigning students in each group the same article written at a different Lexile level.

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Online Learning Technology Blended Learning English 420

eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

Cabin John MD – Early learning leader, Learning Without Tears, today affirmed that equity and access are at the core of Phonics, Reading, and Me —its K–3 supplemental literacy program designed to help students learn the skills they need to become proficient readers.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

We had read and analysed short stories, examined the grammar of narrative tenses, looked into setting, character descriptions and developing plots. How could a game featuring so little language drive this much language learning? At the end of class, we reviewed the plans and ideas to evaluate what worked and what didn’t.

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Languages Language Skills English 165

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

Students can read the descriptions to understand why they are receiving a particular score. 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.

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Blended Learning Essay Feedback Writing 521

eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2020

Partnership offers automated assessment of students’ oral reading fluency — for testing at school or at home . AMI) , an educational technology company, to provide a fully automated assessment tool that uses artificial intelligence and voice technology to measure K-5 students’ reading abilities. (AMI)

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Reading Intelligence Testing Distance Learning 188

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Pair students learning a language, allow them to practice having conversations, and encourage them to critique their recordings. Gather reading samples from students to evaluate their reading level and share with parents. Create discussion groups up to 5 students. Practice an oral presentation and get feedback.

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Exams Feedback Assignments English 325

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 119

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

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

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English Language Languages Evaluation 252

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Try asking a Gen AI chatbot such as ChatGPT to customize text to a specific reading level. Language translation : Gen AI can translate educational materials for diverse language needs, making learning more accessible and inclusive. Gen AI is flipping this on its head.

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Metacognitive Skills Ethics Critical Thinking Evaluation 336

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 254

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.

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