eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

Florida is actively looking at removing graduation requirements which include passing a 10th grade English Language Arts assessment and a statewide algebra test. Policymakers should follow the lead of Mississippi and Louisiana with their rigorous expectations, strong and transparent school accountability and reading initiatives.

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Education Math Exams English 287

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

I walked into classrooms where ninth graders were reading at a third-grade level. A space where test scores didn’t define worth. Some just want to read a good book and be seen for who they are, not as a stereotype waiting to be saved. Where intervention was nonexistent. Where hope had packed up and left long before I arrived.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

I recently read 10 to 25 , a new book by David Yeager, one of the leading research psychologists in adolescent development and motivation. Billions of dollars and countless reforms have gone toward efforts to raise test scores and close achievement gaps. And what if the one thing AI can’t do is the one thing students need most?

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Motivation Learning Students Achievement 282

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Beginning Add literature/resources from neurodivergent, disabled, and diverse authors to assigned course readings and class activities. Replace and/or supplement outdated readings. Provide electronic files of reading, resources, presentations, and other materials. When they ask what this means, share these suggestions!

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2025

In grade school, I was a confident student who knew how to ace tests and please my teachers. I considered majoring in English since I loved reading, or maybe pre-med for financial stability. Once I got to college, however, my A-student record failed me.

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Schools Failure Ethics Textbooks 149

k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

And while the science of reading is currently in the forefront of media cycles, many other areas of education are being informed by cognitive neuroscience research. Content areas, such as math and science, and other areas like memory, executive function, and social-emotional development are being informed by research.

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Science Education Motivation Lecturing 247

Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

Knowledge is evaluated with a slew of assignments and tests, and a letter grade is given as a kind of trophy—As are big trophies, Fs trophies of the wrong kind, but trophies still. Views Facebook Linkedin Print How Does Gamification Uncover Nuance In The Learning Process? Class rankings?

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Gamification Motivation Learning Learning Styles 103

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

But if you’re new here, I’ll give you a very quick overview: Retrieval practice is the act of trying to recall something you learned from memory by doing things like taking a test on it or using flashcards instead of just looking at, rereading, or reviewing the information. The strategies are summarized below.

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Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Writing Questions 80

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Authority, on the other hand, is when I decide what lessons to assign to students, or when they must read silently to themselves or aloud to the class. Some students opted for a good old-fashioned test. They are for everyone. I have control over their actions and learning. Some students created Canva presentations and Google Slides.

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Multiple Choice Questions History Students Beliefs 115

k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

And while the science of reading is currently in the forefront of media cycles, many other areas of education are being informed by cognitive neuroscience research. Content areas, such as math and science, and other areas like memory, executive function, and social-emotional development are being informed by research.

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Science Education Motivation Lecturing 130

Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

After 13 years of testing higher-order active learning modalities in the classroom, collecting data, building a database, and analyzing student learning results in bi-annual principles of marketing classes, my colleague and I saw two important results emerge.

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Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 96

GovTech

JUNE 10, 2025

When the new Compton High School opens this fall, high-tech classrooms will function much like college lecture halls, with students reading, taking tests, completing work and even many projects online.

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Lecturing Learning Testing High School 80

Teach Hub

MAY 22, 2025

Its a creative and meaningful way to wrap up a unit, and not to mention, it gives you insight into their thinking that a test never could. Artistic Interpretation Play a piece of instrumental music or read a poem aloud, then have students respond using color, movement, or form.

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Art Students Assignments History 57

Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

This means readings from various fields, expert guest talks, or tasks that ask students to blend information from many sources. In our college, old testing methods, like exams on facts from one field, do not work well. Yang et al. Reflection also helps check interdisciplinary learning in our college.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

No matter what subject you teach, spend time showing students how to take notes, how to study for tests and quizzes, and how to balance their time between homework and other after-school activities. Find new ways to assess learning Reluctant learners often suffer from test anxiety , especially by the time they reach high school.

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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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Skills Schools Learning Students 137

Faculty Focus

JUNE 15, 2025

I still assign readings. Step 4: Now we bring in the tools Only after we’ve felt the tension do I introduce the day’s reading, model, or theory. Try This in Your Class Tomorrow If you want to test this out without overhauling your syllabus, here’s a quick plug-and-play format: Choose a paradox related to your next topic.

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Syllabus Ethics Art Questions 85

Faculty Focus

JUNE 15, 2025

I still assign readings. Step 4: Now we bring in the tools Only after we’ve felt the tension do I introduce the day’s reading, model, or theory. Try This in Your Class Tomorrow If you want to test this out without overhauling your syllabus, here’s a quick plug-and-play format: Choose a paradox related to your next topic.

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Syllabus Ethics Art Questions 98

Brown Bag Teacher

JULY 16, 2025

High-quality morphology instruction: Supports reading of multisyllabic words Strengthens spelling patterns (think: interrupt vs. eruption ) Bridges word recognition and comprehension Improves writing precision through word choice In other words, it’s not optional—it’s foundational.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

She became one of the first Turnitin users at the large community college north of Los Angeles, testing out the software before campuswide adoption. But since her college built it into the system she was already using to read student papers, she found herself checking the automated reports again.

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Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Writing 118

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Provide relevant reading materials 5. Have a stack of middle schooler-approved novels for students who left their book at home, don’t like the book they chose from the library, or need a more calibrated book choice for their reading level. Table of Contents 1. Maintain a steady stash of supplies 2.

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Grades Teaching Teachers Teaching Philosophy 52

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

With the item and test analyses in hand, the research team and school district collaborated to produce a final version of the diagnostic assessment designed for high school students. Putting the pilot to the test Students from Seckinger High School — about 1,200 total — participated in the pilot. How would it be delivered?

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Ethics Evaluation Testing Science 114

Teach Hub

JULY 9, 2025

They help your students make sense of what they’re reading, and just as importantly, what they’re going through in their own lives. When students read about lives that look different from their own, they begin to see things through a new lens—and that kind of understanding sticks. They might not always be obvious, but they stick.

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Students Essay Questions Culture 92

Priceless Ponderings

MAY 25, 2025

There are test tubes, beakers, and maybe even open flames depending on the grade level. From fire drills to test tubes, safety rules should be as routine as sharpening a pencil. Think of this as your go-to guide for setting up a safe, calm, and curiosity-filled science classroom.

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Science Activities Classroom Management Critical Thinking 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 21, 2025

Like the smile from acing a test or the joy of earning a reward, those flashes of satisfaction are unforgettable. Turn off the lights and test it out. For teachers, watching students have those aha moments isnt just special: Its the dream. Ready to make more of those moments? Line the inside with aluminum foil, taping it flat.

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Elementary School Elementary School Science Schools 75

Teacher Mood

JULY 6, 2025

Students know when the day lacks structure, and they tend to respond with off-task behavior, testing boundaries, or simply shutting down. You’ll also find decodable stories paired with comprehension questions —a powerful way to give students authentic reading practice, even with a substitute. It’s not just a matter of academic loss.

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Teachers Classroom Management Activities Writing 52

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

I uploaded we did a a recent Delac report on remote testing, so it’s just the idea that online students, students and online schools have to test in a face to face environment. Now give me a version of that course for a student who’s a little bit behind on their reading skills. Let me give you an example.

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Learning Discussions Gamification Technology 130

Priceless Ponderings

MAY 18, 2025

Get the Facts Read All About It! You can start your magnet adventure by digging into some nonfiction reads. Its a great way to build background knowledge while sneaking in some reading comprehension practice. Plus, when you pair reading with discussion, those magnetic concepts really start to stick! The key takeaway?

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Science Activities Testing Reading 52

Organized Classroom

MAY 16, 2025

Read & Post: Read & post homework assignments every day. Color Coding: Highlight any tests (e.g. Routines and expectations should be set firmly in place at the beginning of the school year and monitored closely. If you were a fly on my classroom wall you would seeing me putting the following into place.

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Students Assignments Testing Reading 70

Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

but the ampersand and the non-phonetic spelling of "Debris" stumped them so I read that for them, "Junk and debris," explaining that debris was basically another word for junk. Finally, we read the phrase "Loose Parts" which meant nothing to us. I don't need to know what they are learning, only they do.

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Testing Reading Knowledge Writing 87

k12

JULY 10, 2025

Online learning isn’t limited to slides and reading assignments. Creative Expression of Learning: Not every child shines through essays or multiple-choice tests—and that’s okay. Collaboration Platforms: If your child’s school uses platforms like Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom, or another collaboration tool, explore it together.

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Online Learning Quizzes Learning Motivation 52

Teach Thought

MAY 18, 2025

Skip to content Read Menu Toggle Critical Thinking Posts Learning Posts Literacy Posts Recent Newsletter Support Us? Sink or Float Challenge Test a variety of household items in water. LEGO Zip Line Use string, pulleys, and LEGO figures to build and test a zip line. Test and redesign. code.org 17.

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STEM Activities Math Discussions 52

Teacher Toms Blog

JULY 2, 2025

If I were a toy manufacturer -- or a manufacturer of anything, for that matter -- and I really wanted to know how sturdy my products were, I’d test them in a preschool classroom. It’s in the nature of exploration to test the limits and that sometimes means that things to get broken. Now no one can read it.” Things break.

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Testing Reading Writing Discussions 82

Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

If you read that and immediately thought of Mister Rogers, you're probably a child of the 70's. Maybe educators have always been a type of carpenter, but this attitude has clearly seeped into our relationship with children as well, leading our schools to the extremes of test and assess and drill and kill.

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Evaluation Writing Motivation Testing 108

eSchool News

MAY 23, 2025

Meanwhile, Houston Independent School District partnered with an AI company to develop reading passages tailored to individual student levels and classroom goals. The future of neurodiverse education The promise of AI in education goes beyond improved test scores or sleek digital interfaces, its about advancing equity.

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Multidisciplinary Evaluation Reading Feedback 299

Teach Hub

JUNE 25, 2025

Even smaller goals like reading more fiction or cooking a new recipe can bring joy and a real sense of personal growth. The paperwork, behavior issues, and testing stress can wear anyone down. Whether it’s trying a fitness class, learning to paint, or joining a local group or club, now is the time. The point isn’t to achieve something.

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Teachers Reading Testing Achievement 61

Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

Some high school seniors graduated at the time with stellar grades but below-average test scores in math and English, she said. Read More: These LA community college students are getting paid to go to school. There were a lot of holes in their education,” she said. There were vital pieces that were missing.”

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Math English Lecturing High School 88