k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

In fact, one such study demonstrated that students who were taught in classroom environments which employed strategies aligned to research such as productive struggle, discourse, movement and problem solving scored significantly higher on post-tests recalling and applying previous learning than the control group.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2025

percent of participants identified hands-on lab work as the key factor inspiring them to pursue STEM degrees and careers. Using tools that provide immediate, tangible feedback, students can engage in investigations that mirror the work of real scientists and connect data to the real-world processes they observe. In one study , 92.6

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

For example, before a math test, I create a Quizizz game with problems covering the key concepts. “The competitive environment provided by Quizizz fosters a sense of motivation and engagement that is linked to better performance and higher test scores” (Zhang & Crawford, 2023, p.

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Gamification Multiple Choice Questions Motivation Social Studies 306

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

As educational technology companies look to place learning science at the core of their products, there are three key steps to success: aligning their teams around education outcomes, building a feedback loop, and evaluating and validating your results.

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Science Learning Interdisciplinary Feedback 268

eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

.” For about the past year, school districts as well as individual teachers have been implementing the CompTIA Spark curriculum in middle grade classrooms and providing feedback that allowed for a testing and development period prior to the full-scale launch.

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Grades Curriculum Technology Middle School 311

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

The situation is made even more challenging by the lack of suitable feedback mechanisms to help teachers understand who is struggling in class and to help them quickly find the root cause of the student’s challenges. Most tools that teachers have for this purpose are lagging indicators such as tests, quizzes, and homework.

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Teaching Gamification Feedback Intelligence 323

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2024

A network of small public high schools in New York City is exploring whether artificial intelligence can change the way teachers receive feedback about their classroom instruction. Proponents say it could save lots of time for instructional coaches and expand access to feedback that improves the quality of teaching.

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Intelligence Teachers Coaching Feedback 327

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

The University of Michigan’s M-Write program is built on the idea that students learn best when they write about what they’re studying, rather than taking multiple-choice tests. The M-Write program started in 2015 as a way to give more writing feedback to students by enlisting other students to serve as peer mentors to help with revisions.

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Essay Feedback Writing Assignments 142

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Examine course syllabi to make sure policies (late work, absence, participation grades, etc.) Consider changing assessments from high-stakes timed tests to projects, homework, open-note/open-book take-home tests. Discuss the need to broaden participation and opportunities for people with disabilities in your department/college.

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Accessibility Disabilities Learning Disabilities Special Education 92

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Montana OPI will offer Discovery Education’s DreamBox solutions to the 53 school districts participating in the second year of the state’s Montana Alternative Student Testing (MAST) Pilot program. The immediate feedback in our model accentuates that personalized learning. And it honors the student for learning.

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Achievement Students Math Feedback 314

eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) in early January announced 15 startup companies selected to participate in the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator. The participating edtech startups are focused on a wide range of solutions for PK-12, higher education, and workforce education customers. Quizard AI, Inc.

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Textbooks Education Intelligence Quizzes 297

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

That vision became AEF Schools , a place designed for students who needed something differenta structured, supportive environment where learning goes beyond textbooks and tests. The Preparatory Programs support students who thrive in a structured setting without the added stress of homework or standardized testing.

Skills 144

Skills Schools Learning Students 144

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2018

For years, personalities like Sir Ken Robinson have taken education systems to task for actually testing the creativity out of students. But the kind of assessment I talk about most is dialogue with others, or feedback, and then dialogue with self, or self-assessment. We can actually do a self-assessment feedback session.

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Testing Schools Art Feedback 168

Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2025

In addition, by welcoming participants to come as they are , whether that be cameras on or off, stepping away as needed, we honored the reality that leaders are also caregivers, juggling roles and responsibilities. We also shared the end-of-session survey results and our reflections with participants. Recognize oppression.

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Learning Participation Feedback Curriculum Design 80

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

It’s easy to critique a learning experience in hindsight—to make judgements like “I wish there were longer breaks,” “I wanted better feedback” or “I needed more visuals.” But those reflections aren’t very useful unless we take that feedback and use it to make change.

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Feedback Teachers Quizzes Grades 114

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Refined through extensive beta testing, the new portal is designed to be more personalized and intuitive for the students and educators who use it. As we talked with EmpowerU students, we realized how much they valued the daily support of their EmpowerU coach—and they wanted an integrated way to access their feedback and encouragement.

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Coaching Counselling Learning Students 269

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

Bier and others involved in the project say that they are testing the approach in a variety of educational settings, including public and private K-12 schools, community colleges and four-year colleges. EdSurge: The app you developed helps teachers test out their learning materials to see if they’re effective.

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Education 124

Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 5, 2017

It’s standardized testing season again in American schools. And that means it’s also time for many schools to bribe and punish their children into submission because those tests are ones they don’t want to take. Over the past couple of decades, the political stakes attached to standardized testing have accelerated greatly.

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Testing Exams Motivation Participation 96

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

Teacher 2: Guided Reading and Discussion Station In this station, all students participate in a guided reading session, where the teacher facilitates a deep dive into the text. Teacher 2 might also provide feedback on their data collection methods and help troubleshoot any issues that surface during the planning phase.

Teaching 395

Teaching Writing Essay Discussions 395

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

These adaptations could be in the form of suggesting next steps, providing remediation, controlling pacing, or providing feedback based on analysis of the students performance. Thanks to all EdTech Innovation Committee members who participated in this essential discussion! Personalized or Individualized Learning?

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Schools Ethics Language Languages 282

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

For instance, consider a scenario where a district uses standardized test scores to evaluate teacher performance. If the data is skewed by socioeconomic factors or if the test itself is biased against certain groups, it could lead to unfair evaluations.

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Education Fairness Evaluation Ethics 278

eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

Here’s what educators have to say about the 2023-2024 school year: Improving engagement and test scores with phenomena-based curricula April Pence, Edison High School Last year was my first time using phenomena-based units aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in chemistry. Learning can happen in many ways!

Education 310

Education Schools Math Science 310

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 15, 2024

Preparation for an Assessment: To prepare for upcoming tests or assessments, must-do stations provide practice and support in areas where data shows students struggle. Formative Assessment Data: Regular formative assessments can provide immediate feedback on student understanding and mastery of specific skills.

Metacognitive Skills 344

Metacognitive Skills Math Blended Learning Quizzes 344

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Scratch-offs for test-taking. Here are a few ways you can use VR in your own course: VirtualSpeech : This is a tool used to give presentations in front of a virtual audience, and at the end of your presentation, you’re provided with feedback. A virtual audience created with VirtualSpeech that provides feedback on your presentation.

Testing 111

Testing Instructors Feedback Exams 111

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Group Homework : Most students are far more enthusiastic about participating in a group homework assignment than an individual assignment. This may sound unorthodox to other teachers, but there is no test, no questions, and no check for understanding. It has also yielded incredibly positive feedback. The results?

Assignments 318

Assignments Schools Middle School Middle School 318

eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2016

Virtual reality program is part of a worldwide beta testing initiative. The viewers are a part of the Google Expeditions Pioneer Program — a program still in development by Google and being field tested in schools around the globe. More than half a million students have participated as Beta testers since September.

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Elementary School Elementary School Feedback Testing 173

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

How Families Can Access Free Tutoring Students can access Brainfuse HelpNow by visiting their local participating library. With a library card, students can receive live, one-on-one tutoring, access practice tests, and get expert feedback on essays and reportsall available in English and Spanish.

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Essay Schools Internet Feedback 155

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

Participating in the Challenge allowed them to get feedback that will help further develop their product. We heard feedback of siblings playing together when they’d normally be fighting and even parents playing the Letter Game as they would a board game with their kids.

Technology 213

Technology Education Testing Motivation 213

eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2022

The partnership between ParentSquare and MyVRSpot is a direct response to feedback from our customers who expressed a desire to add video to their future communications plans. “Video provides a powerful tool to help districts and schools deepen their relationships with students’ families,” ParentSquare Chief Strategy Officer Dr. Chad A.

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Local Government Communication Disabilities Hybrid Learning 246

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2021

Leaders of the effort demonstrated their new VR classroom last week at the ASU GSV Summit in San Diego, seeking feedback to improve the material and trying to build buzz for their new joint venture , which hopes to eventually sell the materials to other schools and colleges. I think that’s what's going to sell it,” he said.

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Science Testing Participation Feedback 201

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Don’t just use video for lectures; the format can also be used to welcome students to your class, provide feedback (much preferred by students to print feedback) and walk through assignments. Based on student feedback, you can clarify things like your grading policies. Second, you can’t employ too much video.

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Instructors Lecturing Course Evaluations Feedback 210

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2025

What feedback can you share from educators, students and families about using AI in your schools? In our district, educators have had a chance to participate in two of the AI conferences we held during the summers of the past two years. We began with a pilot program to test AI tools in targeted areas before expanding to broader use.

Ethics 103

Ethics Intelligence Critical Thinking Feedback 103

Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Schools and districts are tasked with many challenges—from classroom management and test scores to student safety and emotional well-being. GoGuardian Teacher and Pear Deck allow teachers to provide personalized, private feedback on student work, driving metacognition for those on track and better supporting those who may be struggling.

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Learning Outcomes Beliefs Student Engagement Feedback 217

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2024

A few weeks ago, Ferris State University made a splashy announcement that it planned to enroll two chatbot “students” in its classes, calling it a novel way for colleges to test their curricula. When they make a mistake, they receive feedback much like we do.” So does he think the chatbots will be able to pass his courses? “At

Intelligence 212

Intelligence Syllabus Feedback Assignments 212

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Helping students achieve state education standards can be a challenging process, but it is even more so when a state mandates the use of new high-stakes tests. subsidiary. The full version of Minecraft: Education Edition is now available for purchase in 11 languages and 50 countries around the world. Read more.

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English Education Social Studies Achievement 192

Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2017

During these sessions, we challenged ourselves to gather resources and ideas to identify resources and spark discussion in the areas of: Improving Feedback Practice. What are feedback strategies that help to increase student engagement? How do we deliver high quality and effective feedback? SAMR in Formative Assessment.

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Teachers Feedback Participation Beliefs 146

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

Students from the county apply to the program of their choice during eighth grade, a process that involves taking an admissions test; submitting transcripts, teacher recommendations and a personal video; and entering a lottery, since demand is high. Earlier this year, I was facilitating a series of three lessons about classroom management.

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High School High School Interdisciplinary Education 211