k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

The impact of technology on the human brain is still being studied, but there is a body of research which is decades old and has increased its capacity to inform education with advances in medical imaging technology. The effect of Brain Based Learning on academic achievement: A meta-analytical study. McClintic, C., & Klimek, K.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

Well, according to the 2018 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education , K–3 students spent an average of 89 minutes studying ELA, 57 minutes learning math, and a miniscule 18 minutes a day on science. These numbers aren’t too surprising when you consider that reading and math are high priorities in early grades.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Using data from its FastBridge platform, Illuminate Education compared scores in reading and math to estimate typical summer learning loss, and then calculated the learning attributed to instruction between spring 2019 and fall 2019 screening. Related content: Strategies to mitigate the COVID slide.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2022

If you thought the safe answer was math, then you’d be right. As a student, I didn’t like math much either. Now, as an educator, I can see the inherent difficulties to teaching math to K-12 students. Now, as an educator, I can see the inherent difficulties to teaching math to K-12 students. The art of math.

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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2022

The lingering effects of remote learning during the pandemic have left many students behind, particularly in essential math and reading skills. In a 2021 study , more than half of public-school K-12 teachers said the pandemic resulted in a “significant” learning loss for many students.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Pittsburgh, PA– Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, announced today that elementary students from Buchanan County, Virginia School District achieved unprecedented reading gains using Carnegie Learning’s Fast ForWord ® reading and language program. That’s major.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2025

As we start breaking down barriers for girls in STEM, we cannot ignore the similar plight of boys in reading–a fundamental skill that builds upon itself in every subject. Read more about this meta-analysis and the biases it reveals from the American Institutes of Research. Do you hold implicit gender bias?

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

Complex Problem Solving: Tasks that involve higher-order thinking and problem-solving, such as math word problems, scientific experiments, or coding projects, often require different amounts of time for students to analyze, understand, and solve. I’ve built project playlists, close-reading playlists, and writing playlists.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

(PRWEB) NOVEMBER 09, 2021 — Illuminate Education and MetaMetrics ® today announced a new partnership connecting the Lexile® Framework for Reading with FastBridge aReading scores, providing powerful insights on students’ reading skills. John Bielinski, senior director of research and development at Illuminate Education. “By

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eSchool News

MARCH 10, 2025

And yet, we are facing yet another heartbreaking report on student performance in reading. While most, if not all, of these are likely factors, and the analyses of why will continue, the prominent question for many of us is: Why, with so many states now signed on to the science of reading, do we still have this significant literacy crisis?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2025

Danielle Robinson desperately wants to help math teachers, but its a tough job. So I feel like I have to apologize: Sorry, Im talking to you about math. Robinsons job is really about helping educators to sort through what she calls math trauma, an aversion caused by their own bad experiences in the subject. Math As Humanities?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

I’m working as fast as possible to answer as many math questions as I can in 60 seconds. In my experience as a middle and high school math specialist, I’ve rarely heard any adults (including math teachers) report many positive memories of their early experiences with math at school. I thought so. Probably not.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Key points: Building an app for kids came with unique challenges A new era for teachers as AI disrupts instruction With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts For more news on AI tools for kids, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub A recent survey found that 88 percent of U.S.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Using Claim-Evidence-Question at the Elementary Level Literature Analysis: After reading a story or book, students make a claim about a central theme or main character’s motivations, provide evidence from the text, and pose questions about the main idea or character.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

That’s stress and anxiety over math. Even before worries mounted over “ learning loss ” and the ongoing youth mental health crisis , researchers observed math anxiety in children as young as 6. We need to think a lot about how we are preparing students to have a positive math attitude.

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eSchool News

JUNE 21, 2024

Students’ academic achievement and test scores remain flat or tend to drop during summer break, with greater losses in math than in reading, according to research by Meghan Kuhfeld, PhD, a research scientist for the Collaborative for Student Growth at NWEA and Andrew McEachin, PhD, director of the Collaborative for Student Growth at NWEA.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The answer, as in many situations, lies in math. Imagine IM’s Inspire Math video Climbing Mount Everest links the drama of mountaineering to middle school work on percentages. You don't become a skilled mountain climber by just reading or watching others climb. And that's how people learn math.

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eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2024

Classworks®, an award-winning special education and tiered intervention platform, is validated by the National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII) as an evidence-based reading intervention. We are excited to see Classworks Reading Intervention added to our portfolio of NCII-validated resources.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2022

The pandemic has put students well behind in their education, with millions of children achieving below grade level in reading and math. A study by the Brookings Institution of data from 5.4 students in grades 3-8 revealed that reading and math test scores dropped significantly from fall 2019 to fall 2021.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Math and reading scores demonstrate more variability post-COVID, primarily due to a larger gap between low and high academic achievers, according to NWEA , a nonprofit research and educational services organization serving K-12 students.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

Reading a Story: After reading a story with a surprise ending, the teacher could guide students to discuss how their predictions evolved as they read. This helps students understand the scientific process and how their understanding changed based on evidence.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2024

When my friend, Emma, was preparing for finals, she used Trello to organize her study schedule, Quizlet for flashcards, and weekly Google Meet sessions with classmates to discuss tough topics, transforming her test stress into an effective study routine. Because studying for exams can feel overwhelming.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2024

A 2020 study shows that the average student loses 17 to 34 percent of their learning gains over the summer break–and this is a phenomenon that’s been studied since the early 1900s. When students read books they enjoy and that engage them over the summer break, they build stronger skills and feel more confident and motivated.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Dr. Jara collaborated with Edmentum to introduce a program focused on accelerating learning in core subject areas, specifically to improve math and reading scores. Students who used Exact Path showed a statistically significant impact on math achievement across all grade levels studied. NWEA MAP points on average.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A 2019 Gallup study that included 128 schools and more than 110,000 students found that student engagement and hope were significantly positively related to student academic achievement progress in math, reading, and all subjects combined.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Students, too, interact with data daily, whether analyzing graphs in math class or using feedback from educational platforms to guide their learning. Data literacy in a school context means more than reading charts or calculating averages. In math , students can move beyond computation to analyze real-world datasets.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2022

Early simulations like Reader Rabbit are still used in classrooms to drill reading and math skills. In case you must ‘sell’ this idea to your administration, here are three great reasons why students should use Minecraft in school: Reading, Writing, and Problem Solving. Game playing develops reading skills.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Average scores for math were between 5 and 10 percentile points lower for students this year as compared to same-grade students last year. Average scores for math were between 5 and 10 percentile points lower for students this year as compared to same-grade students last year.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

Researchers at California Polytechnic State University conducted a study in 1994, which showed conclusively that the group that was given a random assortment of pitches did much better in the post test than the group that received blocked pitches—several of one kind followed by several of another—and the control group. The problem?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

New research from the nonprofit NWEA highlights a challenging year in education and notes that most students made lower-than-typical learning gains in math and reading. The research examined MAP Growth assessment scores from 5.5 million U.S. 2020-21 outcomes were lower relative to historic trends.

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eSchool News

JULY 5, 2024

The report dives into the research on summer programs, their implementation and design, as well as the efficacy of those programs for literacy, math, and social-emotional learning (SEL) outcomes. months of reading instruction to recover in these two subjects. The impacts of the pandemic’s disruption to learning are still being felt.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2020

High impact learning losses are predicted for foundational skills in math and reading as early as third grade, placing future success in STEM areas on shaky ground. High school students on STEM pathways are taking a challenging course of study, and they will need additional support to maintain their pace toward college readiness.

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eSchool News

JULY 14, 2020

Brett Woudenberg, CEO of MIND Research Institute : Math is the most challenging subject for parents to teach their children. A majority of American adults — up to 93 percent according to this study — experience math anxiety. They can read to their kids at home, of course, but teaching math is another thing entirely.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2021

Recent studies tell a troubling story about what’s happening with our children. A McKinsey report predicts that because of the pandemic’s disruption to America’s schools, students will lose 8-12 months of math, and the forecast for reading loss isn’t much better. The lost generation. Many other kids weren’t so lucky.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Social studies Social studies classrooms are vocabulary-heavy and context-dependent, which can pose a challenge for ELLs. Math Though math is often seen as a universal language, the academic vocabulary can create significant barriers for ELLs. Effective scaffolds for ELLs by content area 1. ” 3.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2023

Reading skills are the gateway to success in every classroom subject. The need to read is not limited to English Language Arts classes; literacy skills are essential in math, history and all other content areas. Not being able to read has a profound effect on our self-esteem, social-emotional skills and imagination.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2022

As reported by McKinsey, students are behind an average of four months in reading and five months in math. In math, students in majority black schools ended the year with six months of unfinished learning; students in low-income schools with seven. . Everyone wants to do something big and sweeping to ‘fix’ the issue. .

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