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. Under the MIZ program, there are 20 districts implementing IXL to boost achievement for students in pre-K through 8th grade. IXL’s personalized learning platform.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

This systematic approach allows you to quickly locate the resources you need when studying or completing assignments. 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.

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MARCH 27, 2023

And when you start preparing early, you can effectively build the resilience, confidence, and independence you need to handle independent living, set study goals, gain time management skills, establish positive habits, and learn how to create a social life. You can also take foreign languages, social studies, and arts.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

With Advanced Placement exams starting this month, the past weeks have kept Amanda DoAmaral working around the clock. The company’s name is a reference to the best score possible on the AP exam. On Fiveable, visitors can watch livestreams of AP exam review for free. And she’s starting with subjects that she knows best.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2019

The ACT skill, which provides general information about the exam and can help students prepare for the test, will be available to the public this fall. Now she has taught teachers how to use it across grade levels and subjects—from kindergarten to 12th grade, from math to social studies.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 22, 2016

Kids Discover , a provider of engaging science and social studies curriculum, announced that its interactive digital library, Kids Discover Online, now includes custom assessment capabilities. The Assessments feature includes more than 5,000 pre-built questions covering more than 1,200 science and social studies topics.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The toolkit below is packed with practical resources full of new approaches and best practices to help educators at all grade levels prepare their classes for upcoming state tests. Study Island New Game-Based Group Sessions. Edmentum is currently running special pricing on Study Island for new customers.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The study investigated hundreds of public schools in Pennsylvania that used IXL Math or IXL ELA. Using data from the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment and Keystone Exams, the study found that schools using IXL outperformed schools not using IXL in math and ELA on each exam.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

For 14 years, Laura Johnson has taught a variety of subjects, including social studies, psychology, and music and art appreciation–all virtually within ALVS. As a result, she positively influenced student results on high-stakes exams, all while mentoring new teachers.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Doing what normal teachers do, we commiserated around the unstable workload that we each experienced in our own contexts: grading, lesson planning, data analysis, ad hoc administrative requirements, and an assortment of additional educational woes. Who will be next to join us?

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2017

She currently takes a grade eleven social studies class and grade ten science class that are offered at the same time. But with the new model, she can access her science content online through Hapara to work on during tutorial time, and she can go to her social studies class for lectures with her teacher.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Building knowledge across ELA, math science, and social studies can be accelerated with the development of critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and problem-solving skills. It’s no longer about relying on traditional exams or a checklist for graduation. This is how Deeper Learning is fostered.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

Kids coming into seventh grade often struggle with concepts not much more advanced, says Rowe, the geography teacher in Missouri. “As The last time it did was back in 2015 when the NAEP exam, also known as the Nation’s Report Card, found that nearly three-quarters of eighth graders scored below proficiency in the subject.

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JULY 27, 2016

Having students create podcasts to review different topics is a great way to study before an exam. Alternatively, the class could work together in creating a study guide in podcast form that the whole class can then revise from. Check out the review podcasts Mr. Couse created for his 6th grade Science class by clicking here.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Today, Schoolzilla’s data-driven dashboards use multiple sources of student data, including attendance, suspensions and grades, to monitor progress toward school and district goals. Three years later, Schoolzilla made an acquisition of its own with Decision Science Labs , a school spending tracker. schools and more than 90 countries.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2017

I joined a cohort of 13 eighth grade teachers, representing 1,000 students participating in the research study. One of our biggest challenges was integrating the games into eighth grade curriculum lessons about Jacksonian Democracy. We came from diverse school districts—urban, suburban, and rural—spanning several states.

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k12

MARCH 31, 2025

K12 offers specialized tutoring in: 7th grade math and 8th grade math to build foundational skills. History and Social Studies History helps students understand cause and effect, societal changes, and the interconnectedness of key events. Pre-algebra , algebra , and geometry for mastering equations and problem-solving.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 21, 2023

While these students — a group we’re calling experienced multilinguals — are probably quite comfortable and fluent with speaking English socially, they may still be unfamiliar with the academic language used in science, social studies, math, and other content areas. I’ve had mostly A’s and B’s on most of my exams.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

For example, she says, the civics exam asks a question about what the longest river in the U.S. Then in fourth or fifth grade, he started reading the news every day, and trying to bone up on political issues. Other countries are less restrictive in that way, she says, and have higher participation rates.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2018

Photo Credit: Jenny Abamu Despite a relatively new building, constructed in 2003 as part of a former superintendent’s turnaround project, Fisher has suffered from consistent low performance—falling far below state standards on exams and adjusted growth targets designed specifically for the school. During the 2015-16 school year, only 0.7

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