Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

For example, Marylands state board has flagged that it wants every student career ready by the end of 10th grade. But the high turnover rate for teachers and the cadence at which they must prepare students for state testing forces educators to rely on overly procedural materials, she argued.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The platform’s curriculum for grades PK-2 is designed according to research-based best practices for effective early literacy instruction and focuses on systematic, structured phonemic awareness and phonics instruction.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

And the way the grading system in education works has long bothered him. The student knew the material, but she just wasn’t a good test-taker. Her score on that exam was so low, in fact, that she realized she had no chance to get an A in the course, no matter how well she might do on future tests and assignments.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

When a public school system in the San Francisco Bay Area explored replacing traditional grading practices with a form of “standards-based grading system” meant to eliminate bias, it sparked widespread opposition from parents. This school system is hardly alone in drawing controversy over changes to grading systems.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The global health crisis forced students out of the physical classroom and into a new virtual world for nearly two grades, and their initial homework and test scores reveal a significant decrease in knowledge transfer, social skills, and core learning habits across a variety of subjects.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2022

Seeing as how art has been such a big part of Irish history and culture, I was thinking about something artistic in some way, but how on earth do I grade something creative? Do I grade a student lower if she/he isn't able to write a song or create some kind of representative artistic element? What do I do?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2021

However, classroom technology is only valuable if it builds a positive learning environment. Solutions must also be scalable for successful reiteration on the technology itself, based on research, data, and analysis. Implementing new technology in schools can be complicated.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2024

Today’s technology presents us with answers. has rapidly grown over the last three decades, technology has advanced even faster. Technology can also assist in solving the issue of the limited number of languages available. Better assessments and educational outcomes We can lean on technology to do more than recreate texts.

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2023

.– The Social Institute announced that it has expanded its pioneering peer-to-peer learning technology to meet the needs of third-grade students, available starting Fall of 2023. Lessons have been created with valuable insights and ideas from third-grade students and teachers across the country.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2025

Key points: Technology works in service of teaching, not the other way around Teaching ethical edtech for future innovators Leveraging edtech to help students, teachers stay connected through illness For more news on AI, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Artificial intelligence brings opportunities and questions to classrooms worldwide.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

For instance, the latest test results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) show that fourth graders’ average reading skills have dropped by five points on a 500-point scale since the start of the pandemic—the biggest decline in more than 30 years.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

But as educators know well, access to technology alone doesn’t create educational equity –a theory proven by recent testing data: Across the country, nearly one-third of students returned to school in the fall below grade level in reading and math despite the widespread use of education technology by districts in the spring.

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eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2023

According to the latest report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), fourth- and eighth-grade students’ math scores declined in both grades in most states—marking the largest score decline since the initial assessments in 1990. This year’s World Math Day winners in the United States by grade are: Austin H.,

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2025

Meanwhile, educators across regions and grade levels estimate roughly half (47 percent) of their students are using AI for schoolwork. K-12 and higher education educators rank among the lowest globally for AI adoption, use among both groups has increased over the last year. What are you using AI for in your school/classroom?

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

Input Relevant Information: Provide the AI chatbot with relevant details such as the subject area, grade level, and any specific requirements or preferences you have for the task. Can you suggest engaging activities for my grade class focusing on ? Please provide some project-based learning ideas for grade students to explore.

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2023

Although Jade was only in the fifth grade, she had decided, like many others her age, that she was not into music. Music Technology to the Rescue Before most people compose music, they must master writing and reading music. The tragedy is that great musical composition can be stories, too – they are just told in a different way.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Emerging in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and related declines in student learning and motivation, AI refers to a broad range of technologies, including tools such as ChatGPT, that use vast data repositories to make decisions and problem-solve. The question remains: Can AI enhance students’ motivation and learning?

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2023

Over the course of the three-day event, these highly skilled students were tested on their knowledge of renewable energy, their design and problem-solving skills, and their wind turbines’ energy output by a team of renewable energy educators and industry professionals. The Quilt Blockers from Darlington High School in Darlington, Wis.

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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2023

A first grade student is trying to read a passage on her iPad. Amira Learning is only one of a slew of edtech companies that have leveraged the advancements in voice-based AI to help improve foundational reading skills for learners from kindergarten right up to fourth grade. A digital avatar Amira, clad in olive green, is listening.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The company has gathered all the complexities of internet safety and distilled them into engaging, well-tested, curriculum-aligned, and beautifully structured lesson plans (created by teachers) for grades K–8. Westover, Technology Enabled Learning and Teaching Coordinator at Rainy River District School Board.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

technology job vacancy postings in September 2022 exceeded 804,000, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a need for 3,800 new aerospace engineers every year until 2031–an industry that is already grappling with employee retention and workforce shortages. Hyper-focused on standardized testing. The number of U.S.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Now, one Maryland school district is seeing substantial improvements in grades 6-8 math scores. A new impact study at Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) found that students in grades 6 to 8 who used Speak Agent Math+Language outperformed their peers who did not use the program. ”

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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.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2025

Together with professional development, S mithsonian Science for the Classroom , which is published by Carolina Biological, the leading school science supplier, was shown to raise science, math and reading performance for grades 3 to 5. Students in grades 3 through 5 were part of the study from rural and diverse North and South Carolina.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

Most tools that teachers have for this purpose are lagging indicators such as tests, quizzes, and homework. By analyzing patterns in students’ grades, attendance, participation, and other behavioral indicators, AI algorithms can predict potential academic risks and learning disabilities. First, outside-in. Then, inside-out.

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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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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

Bruce McLaren has committed his career to understanding how education technologies, especially digital games and intelligent-tutoring systems, can help children learn. Its a middle-grade math game in which aliens come to Earth to learn about decimal fractions. One such game is called Decimal Point.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

One of the primary benefits of education technology in K-12 is its ability to cater to diverse learning styles. What is the definition of educational technology? At its core, education technology aims to make learning more efficient, engaging, personalized, and accessible.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

s assessment creation and analysis tools to personalize their virtual learning programs, which have proven to increase grades across core subjects by up to 56 percent in some districts. Proximity Learning teachers can better measure pre- and post-test performance to meet every student’s academic needs. “We We founded LinkIt!

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2021

The study found that some 800,000 students in grades 2-12 who were active in Achieve3000 Literacy from 2020-2021 achieved nearly two times their expected reading gains. This included analyses for students learning English as a new language and below-grade-level readers, who demonstrated more than 3X their expected growth. and four U.S.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2021

Fully Web-Based Curriculum for Grades K–5 is Intuitively Designed for Modern Classrooms. The just-released Second Step® Elementary digital program is the organization’s first fully web-based offering for Grades K–5 and is based on its long-standing and award-winning Second Step® Elementary print-based classroom kits.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

We had added additional phonemic awareness instruction into kindergarten and first grade classrooms, but we knew we still needed to make improvements to our district literacy program to better support our students. Better reading test scores. We were primarily using a reading workshop and balanced literacy model to teach reading.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2024

While these predictions are rooted in reality, just as in the show Black Mirror , technology can have some unintended consequences. In January 2023, about one month after the release of ChatGPT, there were already stories about colleges switching to “pen-and-paper” tests to battle the AI bots. More to come on that.) AI is different.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Students were tested before and after they played the game either on a desktop or through immersive virtual reality, with researchers comparing their scores to see whether the game helped the students better grasp the material. The study included 97 seventh grade students in an urban middle school in Indiana.

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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. 4 steps to a successful literacy program Students are the ultimate beneficiaries of professional learning, technology investments, and other efforts that schools make on the literacy front.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

Unlike traditional tests, Wakelet empowers students to demonstrate understanding in a personalized and reflective way. Reviewing their collections provides a richer, more comprehensive view of their understanding than a standard test would. It also facilitates peer and teacher feedback, making assessment a more collaborative process.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2024

For the summer program, I created an experiment in which students got to test out different types of road salts. In my experience, even reluctant students become interested in setting up a science experiment when they have some level of agency over what they will be testing. Both are readily available on Amazon. Give students agency.

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