Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

If you’re an educator, the weeks leading up to state testing are likely some of the most stressful and demanding days in your year. You’re focused not only on test preparation, but also on each student’s specific needs. 10 Tips for Testing Success. Ace the Test with Study Island.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

As a fourth-grade teacher, Ive seen how gamification can transform a regular lesson into something my students look forward to. For example, before a math test, I create a Quizizz game with problems covering the key concepts. During a social studies unit on the U.S.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Seventh-grade students in Jeanne Halderson’s social studies and English language arts class and Liz Ramsay’s science and mathematics class are the first to field-test the green screens in the schoolwork. They also used the green screens for social studies lessons, taking an epic selfie with the whole class.

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2021

Red Bank, NJ, July 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The National Lexile Study, a respected and recognized independent research analysis conducted by MetaMetrics®, the creators of the Lexile® Framework, was released today by Achieve3000. The number of students who were on track for college and career readiness increased by 56 percent.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 17, 2025

I found myself sitting in a classroom, staring at a test I couldnt answer. In my mind, the purpose of learning was to get good grades. Grades were everythingsymbols of success and a source of validation. This fear intensified in high school, where frequent tests ranked students publicly. Where was my future?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

With a focus on students in grades 7-12, I’ve made it a mission to help struggling readers become proficient. They don’t want to interact with anyone, and by the time they reach 7 th grade, they definitely don’t want to be reminded of their reading struggles. The consequences of early literacy struggles have been well documented.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

As students cram, her team of four has been scrambling to meet the demand on Fiveable , where she and other teachers broadcast live test-prep sessions. In its first year, she claims, more than 90 percent of the 400-plus students on the platform passed their AP World History and US History tests. More than 2.8

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2024

He still has that concern, but as he stepped back to think about it, he also saw a way to “leverage” the tool for a goal he had long fought for — to help bring social studies education, and especially the teaching of civics, to broader prominence in the nation’s schools. He has long argued that U.S.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2019

According to that “big” test, the PISA, math and science test scores of all U.S. Conversations about the role of privacy and digital citizenship wash into social studies and current events. Parents can digitally tap into not just grades but assignments. So have students learned more?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In a new analysis, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds that most states (29 states and the District of Columbia) use a weak elementary teacher reading licensure test, meaning that they do not effectively measure teachers’ knowledge of scientifically based reading instruction prior to entering the classroom.

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eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

Test-optional and test-blind admissions in recent years could mean a radical expansion of access to selective colleges. The patchwork of admission test policies in college admissions underscores a larger challenge—and opportunity—for both K-12 and higher education.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2023

In its Back-to-School survey, Brainly , the leading learning platform for all school subjects and grades, highlights a growing trend – a remarkable 66.5% of students in grades 6-12 actively seek external support for their homework and study needs.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

NEW YORK — Tutor.com , one of the world’s largest and most innovative online tutoring organizations, announced today that it has been selected by the South Orange & Maplewood School District to provide round-the-clock online tutoring for students in grades 3 through 12 at no cost to them.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

Consequently, for the simulations to be effective learning experiences, I must then teach them the foundational knowledge they should have been taught in younger grades. This can eat up days of instructional time before we’re ready to dive into grade-appropriate topics. This is not just a problem for teachers like me.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Educators throughout the state can now administer the diagnostic as a beginning-of-year and mid-year assessment to measure students’ overall grade-level proficiency in math and English language arts based on Virginia’s Standards of Learning. About IXL Currently used by 16 million students and in 96 of the top 100 U.S.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Test data from many sources suggest students are still behind where they were before the pandemic. They also urged states to do more user testing of their websites and to be more transparent about the state of academic recovery, even when it’s not good. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. newsletters.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

It took me wading in and really examining how the course modules aligned with my own Social Studies curriculum to figure out how to incorporate it best. I also make Modern States (and taking the CLEP test) optional for my students–but I do give extra credit for passing the exam.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2023

As part of the collaboration, the state’s second-largest K-12 school system will now use IXL’s award-winning platform district-wide to boost academic achievement in math, English language arts, science, social studies and Spanish. IXL also provides test preparation skill plans and personalized study plans for the SAT and ACT.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Its learners receive all of their core academic content–English, history, social studies, and math–through mastery-based online courses. This format eliminates the need for scheduled class times and allows learners to progress at their own pace and test out of modules that they already have expertise in.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Front Row Education has launched Front Row ELA, a new reading comprehension program for first through eighth grade classrooms. “The Front Row ELA program format is an ideal fit for my classroom,” said Kellianne Miley, a 4th grade teacher in Primos, Pennsylvania. “I

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

It’s about getting rid of the idea that everyone receives the same lesson at the same time; that what you learn should be based on your age; that students need to be in classrooms to learn; and that standardized test scores are the best way to gauge success and potential. Additionally, consider Village High School in Colorado Springs.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2022

She sees the possibilities of cross-discipline collaborations: For instance, a social studies lesson on Harriet Tubman could discuss what she could have done for the underground railroad if she had information technology, and what kind of problems that tech could have brought as well. Computer science teachers need peer support.

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eSchool News

JULY 14, 2021

Red Bank, NJ, July 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Achieve3000 , the leader in differentiated instruction and learning acceleration for students in grades PreK-12, has made several significant upgrades to its digital solutions for the 2021-22 school year.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Yet my students’ successes indicate that the conditions that often make school difficult for marginalized students—such as required minutes per course, attendance requirements, traditional testing—are neutralized or at least equalized in a competency-based system.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2019

The nonprofit ACT, which is best-known for its standardized college entrance test, privately demonstrated its new skill on an Amazon Echo Dot. 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. Alexa, when is the next ACT test date?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Brunswick City educators in grades K-12 will accelerate the creation of authentic digital classrooms by integrating Discovery Education’s Science Techbook into instruction, while middle school educators will begin integrating Discovery Education’s Social Studies Techbook into teaching and learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2019

While it got its start as a way to help computer scientists think more logically about data analysis, lately it’s been catching on with instructors in a diverse number of subjects—from science to math to social studies. So I don’t use that word when I bring it into social studies. One reason for its emerging popularity?

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s about more than tests and grades. In 2017, while teaching fifth grade language arts and social studies, I took my love of radio and started a podcast on teaching and education. Sometimes I bring home papers to grade or spend my evening talking to parents. And those are just teaching hours.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

homework, lecture notes, practice tests). This systematic approach allows you to quickly locate the resources you need when studying or completing assignments. Prioritizing subjects based on difficulty or upcoming deadlines can help you allocate your study time more effectively.

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eSchool News

JULY 12, 2016

Tynker’s STEM and PBL courses challenge students with real-world problems in all subjects, including Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Studies, and Language Arts. 12 STEM courses are included for grades 3-8. STEM Courses and Project-Based Learning.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

MobyMax is a K-8 learning platform (and Chrome app) for math, literacy, science, and social studies equipped with adaptive tests, test-prep lessons, and motivational tools such as games and badges. MobyMax also features specific state test-prep activities. Grades : K-8. Price : Free/paid. Rating : 4/5.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Woodcock-Munoz Language Survey III: A fast and reliable assessment of listening, speaking, reading and writing, this survey is offered in two English forms and one in Spanish to help determine language proficiency and dominance, eligibility for English learner services, readiness for English-only instruction and need for additional testing.

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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

OCTOBER 25, 2016

To get up to grade level in science, Amarachi Onyemaobi knew she needed to understand the systems of the human body. Following testing at the beginning of the year, Merit Prep students work with teachers to identify the standards they need to master and set goals to meet them; they then track them using Spark.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Higher test scores. Incorporating social-emotional learning and character education into K-12 classrooms improves students’ lives—measurably. Whether it’s home-grown or off-the-shelf, the possibilities for adding future-ready skills to a science or social studies project are endless. Grades and Subjects.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Yet, news literacy is not universally taught, largely because of systemic obstacles: It is not commonly part of curriculum standards, districts tend to focus on standardized testing and STEM, and lessons may be greatly limited or built around a textbook. But these challenges are surmountable. government to high school students.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

” Montgomery County Public Schools, home to 211 K -12 schools and 160,000 students, initially adopted IXL Math in 2023 to support 36,000 students in grades 6-8. Accurately assess knowledge in real time Testing is crucial for measuring student progress, but traditional assessments are often time-consuming and unreliable.

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