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FEBRUARY 21, 2022

K-12 grading hasn’t changed a lot in decades. Here’s an eye-opening article on three grading practices that should be overhauled: Teacher: Reconsider these traditional grading practices. ” Read on… For more about grades, check out these Ask a Tech Teacher articles: 16+ Websites on Assessments.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

Sabrina Colon, a first-year student at University of California, Merced, remembers when math first became a problem. She says she’s not a math person, but she was able to pass her high school math classes without too much trouble, earning Cs. The teachers just expect her to understand the math right away, she says.

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eSchool News

MAY 14, 2024

Common placement decisions may rely on subjective methods, such as teacher recommendations or students completing a grade level. We know that in any given classroom, the academic variances present can range multiple grades,” said Dr. Scott Peters, the author of the guide and Director of Research Consulting Partnerships at NWEA.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The deal provides 83 elementary schools and 17 high schools with access to IXL’s award-winning program to supplement instruction in math and English language arts. Under the MIZ program, there are 20 districts implementing IXL to boost achievement for students in pre-K through 8th grade. How IXL provides personalized learning.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

A number of instructors in the math department at San Diego Mesa College, where she's a professor, had started exploring how to weave standards-based grading — an approach that evaluates students on how effectively they have mastered content — into the way they teach calculus.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

So, where does this come into play for me as a math teacher? For as long as I can remember, I have loved everything about math—especially teaching young people and seeing the lightbulb come on in their eyes. But, sadly, after 20 years teaching math to middle and high schoolers, I have experienced the pain of watching students struggle.

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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 With math being the perpetually most searched subject on Brainly, it’s clear that students are preparing for a tough road ahead. percent) and science (13.0

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JUNE 26, 2015

Most elementary age kids I know love math, but that changes when they matriculate to middle school. If you ask seventh and eighth graders what their hardest subject is, they’ll hands down tell you it’s math. US News blamed math knowledge for a 33% failure rate by Oklahoma high school seniors on their exit exams.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Carnegie Learning’s math solution helped them achieve even higher. Our SBAC data was the best we’ve had for math in 25 years! We just used Carnegie Learning Math.” Our 6th graders, 74% of them passed the state exam. Carnegie Learning math moved everybody up.” And we did not teach to the test.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Cultivating an early interest in STEM There is a stigma surrounding math and science that typically begins in elementary and middle schools, perpetuating the idea that math and science is ‘scary,’ too hard or challenging, or a topic meant for boys. Hyper-focused on standardized testing.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Typically, information presented to students is either qualitative or too broad, such as during parent-teacher conferences or through course grades. This idea is well understood in grading, but not as so in feedback to students. Implementing systems like ExamSoft or Canvas for online exams can facilitate this.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2019

Artificial Intelligence, Authentic Impact: How Educational AI is Making the Grade. And in New Jersey, Slackwood Elementary School is using an AI-assisted teaching assistant called Happy Numbers to identify where students are struggling with math benchmarks and provide personalized assistance. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 25, 2023

Wondering how to get your students upbeat about learning math? Modern educational tools make it possible to add a practical edge to math lessons, as students can observe math structures at play in the real world and see how people apply these formulas to solve common challenges. But where to start?

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Anderson had cleared the reading and writing portions of the Praxis Core with ease, but he kept failing the math component. He racked up credits in education courses, inching closer to his degree, but could not, despite his every effort, seem to clinch that math exam. We don’t need a standardized exam for that.

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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. School leaders were thrilled to find that students had access to an entire K-12 curriculum in one place, allowing learners to quickly catch up on previous grade-level content at any time.

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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. Here’s one educator’s story about how Stepping Stones made a big difference with his students’ math skills: How Magnolia ISD has ‘leveled the playing field’ for students in math.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

— IXL , the personalized learning platform used by more than 13 million students, announced that the Pennsylvania Evidence Resource Center (ERC) has added IXL Math and IXL English Language Arts (ELA) to its list of evidence-based resources. The study investigated hundreds of public schools in Pennsylvania that used IXL Math or IXL ELA.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

For example, if you’re studying for a biology exam, tagging relevant documents with terms like “photosynthesis” or “cell division” can help you quickly retrieve the information you need. High school students often have a mix of core subjects, such as math, science, and English, along with electives or advanced placement (AP) courses.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The assessment, which has been administered every three years since 2000, measures math, science and reading literacy of 15-year-olds in 73 education systems around the globe. The 2015 study showed that the country’s 15-year-olds have largely stagnated in subjects like science and reading literacy, while math scores have fallen.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2021

As a result of Larkin’s innovations regarding district staff’s strategic collaboration, professional development and investment in evidence-based practice, students with disabilities made double-digit gains in reading and math on the NAEP assessments. Between 2011 and 2015, students in fourth grade made the third largest gains in the nation.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Teachers can use AI-powered tools like MagicSchool.ai , ChatGPT , and Chatterbot AI to create quizzes and exams that align with their course materials. Its enhanced accuracy in math and vast knowledge base make it the ideal option for teachers teaching advanced-level courses in STEM subjects.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Without access or success, their advancement to higher-order math and other skills, like abstract and critical thinking or data analysis, is obstructed.” Studies in districts like Los Angeles Unified have found that students who passed Algebra I by 9th grade are twice as likely to graduate as those who did not. Source: U.S.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

. –Jean Eddy, President & CEO, American Student Assistance Research shows that executive function (EF) skills are strongly correlated with math achievement. However, EFs are not broadly taken up in math education practice – in part because the field is still learning how to incorporate EFs effectively and equitably.

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MAY 30, 2018

When No Child Left Behind passed back in 2002, Congress enthusiastically proclaimed that 100 percent of American students would be proficient in reading and math by 2014. NCES has been administering the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exam since 1969.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The need to strengthen the science, technology, math and engineering (STEM) careers pipeline has received renewed interest lately. Another Language A reader from Utah : “For me the breakthrough was finding out math is just another language with its own grammar and syntax. Can math be taught [or] is it just a gift. Great huh.”

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 3, 2024

They ensure students engage with content that aligns with the subject area and grade-level standards. They are great for exam preparation, spiral review, spacing practice, and interleaving or mixing multiple topics to improve student learning. Can you provide an example of a math game that involves multiplication or division?

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JUNE 26, 2024

Sophia Birk, a digital nomad currently living in Poland, is an international member of the AATT team of educators and a math aficionado. For our learners, the issue revolves around earning the best marks – the highest grades. Maths is one of two compulsory GCSE subjects. The GCSE exam certifies their efforts.

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eSchool News

JULY 19, 2016

Toward that end, the ADE, in cooperation with the Arizona State Board of Education, has embarked on an innovative, two-year pilot program to bring a technology-based language development and literacy intervention to ELLs in grades K-6. Approximately 70,000 of Arizona’s K-12 students are ELLs.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

. — Edson Barton, CEO, YouScience The Science of Reading continues to gain momentum in changing how educators approach reading instruction, particularly in foundational skills for Grades K-3. We see older readers struggle with foundational literacy skills, which are often only taught up until the third grade.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

that would use a technology-based language development and literacy program to English language learners (ELLs) in grades K-6.Approximately On the 2015 AzMERIT statewide benchmark exam, only 2 percent of ELLs passed the language arts section, and 6 percent passed the math section of the exam.

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MAY 8, 2017

Many high-stakes math exams still only allow handheld graphing calculators in the classroom. states, one territory, and the Bureau of Indian Education, has agreed to make the Desmos calculator available as a tool in its online exams. Bob Lochel, high school math teacher. More than 10 million U.S.

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JULY 30, 2021

That move is predicted to prohibit Chinese education firms teaching core subjects to students from kindergarten through 9th grade from making a profit, going public, raising capital or offering tutoring services during weekends and holidays. FutureSchool offers project-based coding and math classes with live tutors who serve as coaches.)

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The district formed a partnership with HMH—purchasing HMH Into Math, HMH Into Reading, HMH Into Literature, and Waggle programs, along with professional services, which are all accessed via Ed, HMH’s learning platform. As a result, she positively influenced student results on high-stakes exams, all while mentoring new teachers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2023

Work towards getting good grades because they’re key to gaining admission to your desired college. Math, including geometry and algebra, can help you pass admission tests and later in college math classes. Adequate preparation is the best way to pass these exams and secure your spot in your preferred college.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

According to the 2022–2023 Virginia Assessment Results, which demonstrate significant and persistent learning loss in reading and math, more than half of students in grades 3-8 either failed or were at risk of failing their reading SOL exam.

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JANUARY 10, 2018

Then there are the psychometricians—the math savants who design tests and create complex algorithms that attempt to make them fair to all students. We handle, for instance, the CELDT exam for the state of California—the California English Language Development Test—which is a massive test. We still have an emphasis on math and language.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

They've got to take a national licensure exam, their state board. We know that the same set of grade inflation [happens]. We know that 50 percent of students arrive on college campuses, not actually ready to do college level math or English. Take] nurses, for example. We graduate nurses and we know what that looks like.

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