Edsurge

MAY 1, 2020

Online learning has moved to the front stage as 90 percent of high-income countries are using it as the primary means of educational continuity amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Department of Education, Richard is a go-to person for exploring the shift we are experiencing in learning today. It’s painful to watch.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2021

A few weeks ago, I participated in a webinar with K-12 students, parents and teachers about how online learning is going. They liked that the standardized tests for the year had been cancelled. If the test was really important, we’d be holding on to it. You might be surprised to hear that the news was not all bad.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Video streaming, word processing, and other online learning tools are all apps, and they’re increasingly being used to both supplement and even replace traditional forms of learning in all grades and education levels. BYOD has led to the burgeoning popularity of BYOA (bring-your-own-application).

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” Most authoring software also integrates assessment tools, testing learning outcomes.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2016

Evergreen Education Group, in cooperation with FuelEd, has published an executive summary and nine full case studies, “ Outcomes of Blended and Online Learning Programs in Schools Using Fuel Education Curriculum.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2019

Tests these days start by making students prove not what they know, but who they are. The Boston-based company passed its own test of sorts today: securing a $90 million investment from private equity firm Great Hill Partners. That test is no longer around, but he says that experience inspired him to launch Examity in 2013.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

One of the great challenges for any educator is how do you teach and test students on real world problems, not just on theoretical textbook examples? all students—not just digital natives—expect learning resources to be rich with animation or digital learning objects that make learning more realistic and relevant.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Now you can use Zoom, but take attendance, hand out assignments, give tests or quizzes, proctor those exams, and talk one-on-one with the students,” he says. “We We let you replicate the physical class in an online environment.”

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 17, 2015

Frank Smith The virtualization software giant stepped in to help Pearson’s testing environment and Chromebooks to join forces.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

A few months into the 2021-22 school year, teachers, parents, and students are once again confronted with the devastating reality of pandemic-prompted learning loss. Furthermore, many students are struggling to reacclimate to in-person classes after extended periods of online learning, and attendance rates have dropped as a result.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2025

The organization is best known for its skills competitions that bring students together to network with industry professionals and test their abilities in more than 100 career fields. When students take part in SkillsUSA competitions, they compete with students in the state based on technical standards created by industry leaders.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Public School District (DCPS) has earned a sort of celebrity status with lawmakers, superintendents, and think tank heads filing in to see what, and especially how, students are learning. In a district that has been plagued with low test scores and student performance, several D.C. They have a good reason to visit.

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eSchool News

MAY 23, 2025

Some Newark teachers reported that the tutoring tool was helpful in the classroom, but the district has not released data on whether it helped raise student performance and test scores. The district in 2024 also launched its multimillion project to install AI cameras across school buildings in an attempt to keep students safe.

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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

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Part of this rapid change is because the full range of e-learnings possibilities are now widely recognized. According to a survey from the University of the Potomac, 70 percent of students–and 77 percent of educators–say that online learning is better than traditional classroom learning.

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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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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2021

The shift to 100 percent remote online learning tested communication capacity in districts nationwide, with many school districts turning to comprehensive communications platforms for help. Here are three challenges that can be solved by using a unified communications platform: Too many disparate, disconnected systems.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2020

Related content: How blended learning brings out the best in students and teachers. Rather, it lets us identify our goals upfront and think through not only what we want to see happen, but ways of testing whether those aspirations will actually hold true. Related Content: eSchool News Online and Blended Learning Guide.

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eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2021

Never before have educators been challenged and tested as they were beginning in March 2020 and continuing up to present day, and never before has their resilience been more apparent. The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us many things–chief among those lessons is that our educators are truly heroes.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2018

Consequently, students are not interested in sitting through lectures only to be required to regurgitate information back to the teacher on a test. The case for blending and online learning. Today’s students believe technology should be seamlessly connected to their academic experiences.

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2018

But several colleges experimenting with such programs are avoiding a tactic that other public institutions are increasingly using to boost numbers: online learning. However, she and other officials at Chattanooga State worry that sending students straight into online courses might hurt their chances of success.

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2020

Thousands of school districts, responsible for millions of students, are being put to the test in how they respond and stay resilient during this global pandemic. Social distancing, indefinite school closures, online learning, and homeschooling are the new reality for schools nationwide.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Knoyo’s mission is to provide students with a pressure-free environment where they can learn, share experiences and knowledge, and navigate their world with confidence. The abrupt switch to online learning created massive academic setbacks and students needed help,” said Knoyo President James Lewis. “We

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

Turn on and test your camera and computer before each school day so you are sure you can start each lesson without any issues. They allow you to speak to the class and interact via chat and other functions. Look and sound your best Although you want school to be engaging and fun, you also need to be professional in your remote presentation.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

Newark Public Schools wants to see a districtwide expansion of an artificial intelligence tutoring tool after it was piloted at First Avenue School last year, as the district searches for ways to help students catch up from pandemic learning loss.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

When students are ready to test their airplanes, clip on the POWERUP 2.0 Educators can upload their flight videos to POWERUP Toys’ FlightDeck online learning community between October 1-October 31. Free Flight motor, launch it, and record. Deadline : Sept. 28, 2018 .

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2016

The survey from online learning service provider Quizlet seeks to outline how teachers and students, including Generation Z students (those born in 2001 or later), feel about technology in their classrooms. Eighty percent of teachers said using apps in the classroom makes learning more fun, compared to 51 percent of students.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2018

From shifts in school choice to student assessments to online learning, the educational landscape is constantly evolving. While there are many state and local efforts to reduce testing time and assessments, conducting an assessment audit is one way districts can pro-actively and effectively streamline their assessments.

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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2019

Each Transformation Award winner uses online courses and adaptive learning tools to meet the varying needs of their students, who represent different demographic, economic and geographic backgrounds.

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eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2025

test and quiz questions) (34 percent), animations (e.g., Additional features that would further increase K-12 adoption include GenAI products that help personalize instruction (27 percent), completing administrative tasks (20 percent), helping language learners (17 percent), instruction (16 percent) and lesson planning (14 percent).

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eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2015

Naviance Test Prep aims to support students preparing for the redesigned version of the SAT exam. Hobsons has launched Naviance Test Prep, a new online learning platform that is intended to make test prep engaging and personalized for students. Naviance Test Prep was built with schools and educators in mind.

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eSchool News

MAY 2, 2025

Preparing them for this reality requires educators to focus on more than just meeting academic benchmarks or prepping for the next standardized test. As industries transform at warp speed, accelerated by AI, automation, and other technological advancements, many of todays students will enter careers that dont yet exist.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 18, 2025

Bridging this gap requires iterative refinementrecognizing that what works in theory or in controlled conditions needs real-world testing, adaptation, and continuous improvement. While there’s no substitute for real-world testing, I began wondering if AI could help with this iterative refinement.

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eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2025

In response, life as we knew it came to a halt, schools were canceled, and teachers rushed to transition to online learning. Across national assessments, like the Nations Report Card, interim assessments, and state summative tests, data shows a continued decline in reading scores between 2022 and 2024.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2024

“As technology becomes increasingly integral to students’ learning, the persistence of the digital divide means disparities in access continue to prevent students from engaging in online learning and completing assignments,” ACT CEO Janet Godwin said.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 21, 2025

These are just a few digital course features that must be at the top of the list if you are looking to drive high student learning outcomes. Other items to consider include your instructional model, quizzes and tests, and supplemental materials for teachers.

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eSchool News

JULY 3, 2023

Teachers complete iteach coursework online on a flexible schedule, and earn full pay while they complete their in-classroom teaching requirements. While they’re enrolled, they have free access to the Teaching Channel professional development platform and test prep from Passage Preparation.

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