Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

In this post, Sarah Dunn , a high school math teacher, shares the strategy she uses to get students thinking critically about mathematical mistakes. I have also noticed that students do not read the full question. But, not reading the questions carefully is a common mistake made in mathematics.

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Math Exams Blended Learning Coaching 453

eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

With college application season in full swing and the competition for acceptance into top schools more competitive than ever, students are turning to AI-powered tools for application support, reveals a new survey from Brainly. One state, Iowa, requires no reading licensure test at all.

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Essay Exams Testing Reading 281

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 13, 2023

Preparing for exams requires a systematic approach to ensure you cover all the necessary material and feel confident on test day. Whether it is for the SATs in high school, or for finals in college, when the time comes, you will feel a lot of pressure to do well. This is good news for exam preparation, however.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

To remediate the exam preparation study skills that beginning (and other) students are missing, most of us respond by telling students about those skills that make for good exam performance. Keep up with reading.” “See Many students also wrote about their reluctance to change what had worked in high school.

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Exams Assignments Study Evaluation 105

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

percent of students reported having a test, quiz, or exam within their first week of school. As another survey conducted on September 3, 2024, by Brainly.com of 1,500 students revealed, 72 percent of high school students are stressed about returning to school this year. percent), studying for tests (48.8

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Essay Ethics Schools Students 286

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

IXL Learning , the K-12 personalized learning platform used by 11 million students, today announced a three-year agreement with Austin Independent School District to bring its adaptive software to approximately 70,000 students. Austin ISD is the fifth-largest school district in Texas and serves a diverse student body.

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Distance Learning Exams English Math 246

eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2017

Students of teachers who participated in the Pathway Project, which includes 46 hours of training in the “cognitive strategies” instructional approach, scored higher on an academic writing assessment and had higher pass rates on the California High School Exit Exam than students whose teachers did not receive the training.

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Writing Exams Essay Students 205

eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2016

high school graduates were ready for college-level math. Almost 70 percent of community college students and 40 percent of four-year college students enroll without college-level reading and mathematics skills. Eight of the top 10 jobs today require mathematics, technology, or science. Just 44 percent of 2013 U.S.

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Math Exams Instructors STEM 187

eSchool News

MAY 11, 2021

“The addition of such a strong special education leader to our team is part of Lexia’s ongoing commitment to support the needs of school districts striving to help every student to read, write and speak confidently and proficiently,” said Lexia President Nick Gaehde. Students in eighth grade made the fourth largest gains.

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Education Special Education Disabilities Exams 246

eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The district is home to eight National Blue Ribbon Schools and serves a large bilingual and English language learner population. Laredo ISD began piloting IXL in 2019 to complement its high school English language arts instruction and to identify areas where students were struggling. ” IXL’s impact in Texas.

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English Exams Language Languages 197

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

We asked education experts to share their thoughts regarding student success priorities in 2025 (find 50 edtech predictions for 2025 here )–discover what they had to say: Across the country, there is growing consensus and demand for high school transformation. Students often learn best by doing.

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Learning Students Critical Thinking Math 321

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 5, 2024

Here are popular online resources to prepare for ACT and SAT tests ( click for updated list ): Albert Online — lots of SAT practice exams, including subject areas. College Board Kaplan Test Prep Khan Academy reading-writing-practice Mindsnacks SAT Vocabulary –a big part of succeeding on the SAT essay is knowing the right word Number2.com

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Exams Essay Testing Intelligence 159

eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

To overcome these challenges, schools must emphasize early intervention, interactive teaching strategies, and the use of engaging digital tools. On Edia’s platform, an AI coach reads students’ work and gives them personalized feedback based on their mistakes so they can think about their answers, try again, and master concepts.

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Coaching Math Students Assignments 271

eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2019

Demographics: West Broward High School , located in Pembroke Pines, Fla., Biggest challenge: Results on standardized tests revealed that about a quarter of our 9th- and 10th-grade students weren’t reading at grade level. Related: School leaders reveal the common sense keys to ELL success.

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English Language Languages Learning Disabilities 203

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

A free online course from Rice University uses attention-grabbing videos, interactive lab activities, dramatic physics demonstrations, engaging instructors and a free online textbook to help high school students prepare for the Advanced Placement (AP) Physics 1 Exam. Part 4 will offer a comprehensive exam prep.

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Exams Lecturing Textbooks Instructors 165

eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2024

An Interactive Program Rich in Educational Content Experience AI offers a series of six lessons and additional educational resources in French and English, which are tailored to high school teaching and enable students to explore the basics of AI, understand its practical applications and acquire essential AI and computational thinking skills.

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Intelligence Exams Ethics Learning Styles 258

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2023

The first big tip: College is not like High School. Pick the right high school classes The high school classes you pick are essential because, during college admissions, the admitting officers look for a robust learning foundation you can expand on in higher learning.

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Exams High School High School Art 146

Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2023

All last year, you read, and we tallied. Thanks for reading, and happy new year. It’s an ecosystem that could transform schools—sites for teaching and learning—into marketplaces—sites for buying and selling. College’s Use of Exam-Proctoring Software to ‘Scan’ Rooms Violated Privacy Rights, Judge Finds By Jeffrey R.

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Education Exams Instructors Essay 179

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 5, 2023

Here are popular online resources to prepare for ACT and SAT tests ( click for updated list ): Albert Online — lots of SAT practice exams, including subject areas. College Board Kaplan Test Prep Khan Academy reading-writing-practice Mindsnacks SAT Vocabulary –a big part of succeeding on the SAT essay is knowing the right word Number2.com

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Exams Essay Testing Writing 148

Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2022

Among the changes , the exam length has been cut down by an hour, from three to two, with shorter passages about a broader range of topics and one question per reading section. The College Board argues that the new changes will increase the amount of options for schools regarding when and how to administer the exam. “As

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Testing Exams Internet High School 172

eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2016

From the parent perspective, such assessments can deliver near-immediate information about how children are learning and achieving, said Marty Creel, Discovery Education’s Chief Academic Officer and previously head of curriculum at Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. Up to 50 students can participate at one time.

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Multiple Choice Questions Exams Coaching Motivation 189

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2019

The once novel technology behind chess- and gameshow-playing computers is all but commonplace today; it’s in everything from medical diagnostic applications to Gmail spam filters—and as some high school and college students are finding out, a new generation of online tools for foreign language learning.

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Teaching Exams Textbooks Intelligence 164

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

There are three key grading practices that should be overhauled, writes Alexis “Lexy” Tamony, a high-school math teacher in California. ” Read on… For more about grades, check out these Ask a Tech Teacher articles: 16+ Websites on Assessments. .” Helping My Daughters Prepare for the ACT Exams.

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Grades Exams Math Writing 157

Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2023

EdSurge connected with Heitner to talk about what she’s learned and what advice she gives educators at all levels, from elementary school through college. Or read a partial transcript, edited for clarity, below. And no one ever said starting high school was easy. Yeah, I think parents can be reading the group texts.

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Failure Assignments Communication Middle School 212

Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2024

Despite growing up with Spanish-speaking parents, Oscar eventually lost proficiency in the language and decided to take Spanish classes during high school. “In Interviewee “Oscar” had the opposite problem. I had to pick [to speak Spanish to] the students because they are the ones who get the most affected.”

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English Language Languages Teachers 215

Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2017

stammered Estrada, a native Spanish-speaking sophomore from Yes Prep High School in Texas. “My Estrada fell for a girl who only spoke English his freshman year in high school but refused to let a language barrier divide them. National Assessment of Educational Progress reading exams. “There was this girl.,”

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Language Languages English Exams 154

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. In January 2021, whilst still in lockdown, Mira arranged a class reading over Zoom.

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Education Exams Motivation Elementary School 269

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Read our blog to learn about our research, as well as approaches that help students get the most out of their online practice. Students know that a lot is riding on state exams, and inevitably, students who experience test anxiety feel the extreme pressure to do well. Making Your School Culture Pay Dividends During Testing Season.

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Testing Exams Peer Review Study 162

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Reforming Developmental Education According to the Community College Research Center, developmental education is essentially a “reteach” of high school and junior high school reading, writing, and math.

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Education Failure Students Exams 209

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

This is almost replacing the high-touch engagement students are used to having in high school,” says Katharine Meyer, a researcher at Brown University who helped to run the chatbot study. “It Students could access chatbot quizzes ahead of exams to help assess their level of understanding.

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Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Exams 200

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2019

This article is part of the upcoming guide, What Does Reading Well Look Like? As an introduction to our teaching methodology class, our professor asked us to catalog all the books we could remember reading up to the age of 18. I struggled from an early age with comprehension and performed below the average on national reading exams.

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Exams English Students Assignments 139

eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2016

But the college entrance exam has gotten a makeover. High school students are taking a new version of the SAT, which incorporates the first changes to the test since 2005. The nearly four-hour exam drops to three hours if students decline the now-optional writing portion. The range of possible scores changed, as well.

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Exams Essay Writing Testing 112

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

However, many high school classrooms still use outdated college and career preparation models, which can leave high school graduates feeling unprepared for their future. This highlights the increasing need for high schools to incorporate career-connected learning.

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Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 337

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

In California, students at Chula Vista Elementary School District’s Salt Creek Elementary improved their scores by 137 percent over the state average on California’s performance exams in the first year of introducing a blended learning program. . At Eastern Senior High School in Washington, D.C.,

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Technology Blended Learning Lecturing Exams 167

Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

But the San Francisco-based company focused on helping older learners—high-school pupils, college students and working professionals—prepare for standardized exams for English as a foreign language, like the TOEFL. Last year, Elsa raised $7 million in a round led by another Google AI startup fund, Gradient Ventures.

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English Language Languages Exams 165

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Of the district’s 230 schools, 36 expressed interest in being a test school, eight participated in the pilot and five ultimately received funding and support to launch the wall-to-wall model in Fall 2015. The data only represents one class in the high school, which was in its first two years of existence.

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Learning Math Elementary School Elementary School 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

The country regularly ranks among the highest in mathematics, science and reading on international tests like the PISA exam. Yet that comes at a cost: immense academic pressure to do well on exams, which critics believe is a factor that fuels bullying in schools. Education is serious business in Japan.

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Disabilities Exams Attention Education 134