Edsurge

MAY 3, 2024

Texas is turning over some of the scoring process of its high-stakes standardized tests to robots. News outlets have detailed the rollout by the Texas Education Agency of a natural language processing program, a form of artificial intelligence, to score the written portion of standardized tests administered to students in third grade and up.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

This year, the College Board, having learned from those experiences, is announcing more changes in an effort to provide “unprecedented flexibility” in the age of pandemic-era testing, says Trevor Packer, a senior vice president at the nonprofit who leads the AP program. They said, ‘Please don’t take that away,’” Packer recalls.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2023

As the college essay program manager for Write the World, a nonprofit writing organization for teens, I oversee a group of advisers who guide students through the essay writing process. I have seen firsthand the anxiety that students experience when it comes to writing their college essays.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

Example: Two Teacher-Led Stations – One Differentiated, One Guided Reading and Discussion Reading Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.2 Teacher 1: Differentiated Instruction Station At this station, students are grouped by their reading comprehension levels.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

Cabin John MD – Early learning leader, Learning Without Tears, today affirmed that equity and access are at the core of Phonics, Reading, and Me —its K–3 supplemental literacy program designed to help students learn the skills they need to become proficient readers. Amelia Kelly, SoapBox’s chief technology officer.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — Savvas Learning Company is excited to announce new and enhanced math and reading solutions that engage and inspire students to learn, while giving educators the evidence-based instructional resources they need to accelerate learning and help all students achieve. “At

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 15, 2024

The Ask a Tech Teacher team came up with fresh rules we think are less threatening and more geared to enabling students to enjoy this important writing style. Start small. Mastering these basics is akin to acquiring the essential building blocks that will enable you to construct a sturdy and aesthetically pleasing literary edifice.

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Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2024

These days most major media and consumer tech products undergo extensive testing, he pointed out, but he says that many grown-ups are fine with a much lower standard for anything designed for kids. I get hired sometimes to write reading stories for kids in classrooms, and I get paid $80. “I McNabb, who earned a Ph.D.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

23, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, today released new research titled “Using Lexia Core5 Reading to Address Learning Loss and Accelerate Learning: Insights from a 2020-21 Nationwide Study.” The full “Using Lexia Core5 Reading” report is available at [link]. BOSTON ( Sept. About Lexia Learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

In Susan Blum’s “ Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (And What to Do, Instead) ,” we discover that when it comes to concerns about grade inflation: “The trouble isn’t that too many students are getting As but that too many students have been led to believe the primary purpose of schooling is to get As,” she writes.

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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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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Rather than relying solely on AI to write their essays, students use these tools to foster critical thinking, inspire creativity, and brainstorm potential topics. It can give suggestions for how to write a college application essay for those who lack writing skills, too.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Unfortunately, as many as 40 percent of students who take AP exams will earn a 1 or a 2 on those tests, which will not help them test out and earn those coveted college credits. Start talking about the test on Day 1. Let students know that they can expect the test to be rigorous and that, as a result, they need to be prepared.

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2024

Over the past few years, more literacy tools have been using generative AI, either to accelerate children’s reading proficiency or to stimulate more reading interest. Using speech recognition technology to listen to a child read and using AI to offer feedback can be helpful as long as the technology is based on science-backed design.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

I see an opportunity to encourage students to do the heavy cognitive lift of designing fun and engaging test preparation materials that teachers can use to help their classes review vocabulary, content, and skills. Anyone who reads my blog knows that I love a good choice board ! Student-created Kahoot! Teachers who love Kahoot!

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

AI Writing Review enables students to submit their drafts for lightning-fast feedback. AudioPen is an AI-powered tool that converts voice notes into text that’s easy to read and ready to share with students and fellow teachers. Clicking on the Brisk extension lets teachers see the reading level of any text on the internet.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 9, 2024

I’m excited about this post from the Ask a Tech Teacher crew–AI Tools for reading comprehension. 4 Innovative Ways to Enhance Reading Comprehension with AI Tools Struggling to grasp the essence of a dense PDF or wishing students could wrestle more effectively with complex texts? There are so many directions this could go!

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2022

While I’m a far cry from a Newbery, once a year, I’ve gotten into the habit of writing a picture book for my nephew Knox. My goal is to keep the eight-year-old excited about reading, because what little boy doesn’t want to read a book about himself? A) His aunt and uncle. Q) What color was Knox’s pumpkin?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As the mom of a child with dyslexia, I’ve come to understand just how vital this awareness is for children struggling to read. It wasn’t until I shared my worries about my son’s reading ability countless times throughout kindergarten and into first grade that his school finally acted. schools goes from a simmer to a boil.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2023

This post will introduce you to some quick tips for writing a research paper along with the importance of samples. Simple Steps for Research Paper Writing and the Importance of Samples Research papers are academic writings that offer rigorous analysis, evaluation, assessment, and interpretation of a specific topic.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

You can create quizzes for the books your students are reading and assign collections to your students. It provides animated stories that are read aloud to students. For the primary grades it has read aloud stories with lessons provided to go with the story. It began as a site where actors read famous children’s books.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The earliest example of a public school was the Boston Latin School, founded in 1635, the first to relieve families of having to educate their kids at home in the “three R’s”—reading, writing, and arithmetic. Competency-based education is starting to take hold.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

High schoolers write a lot every school day. How can you help them improve their writing skills and have fun at the same time? Thats where daily writing prompts come in! How do you decide whether to keep reading a book or to stop reading it? Write a thank-you note to someone in your life. What about 3 hours?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Standardized tests are an important part of a linguistic profile, but we need to also consider a student’s background and exposure – what languages they speak at home and with whom do they speak those languages – in order to build a more comprehensive picture. Teachers should make efforts not to turn to the whiteboard to write while speaking.

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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

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

MARCH 23, 2023

MONTREAL – Paper , the leading Educational Support System (ESS), today announced that it has acquired Readlee, an innovative learning tool that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and speech recognition technology to help students improve their reading skills. A lifetime of opportunity is lost when a person can’t read.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

K-5 student test scores plummeted in math and reading nationwide this year, erasing two decades of progress. Phonetic awareness neglect: Reading success depends on phonemic awareness, including isolating, segmenting, and blending phonemes. Reading books with most of the phonetic elements taught supports fluency skills as well.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2025

When papers need grading or test scores need tracking, AI steps in. Teachers read facial expressions, sense classroom mood shifts, and build the trust that makes learning possible. The technology is especially great at automating routine tasks like grading multiple-choice tests, checking grammar, or organizing student data.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

1 Within this larger pool, a core group is considered to have a reading disability or dyslexia. These brief screeners use a sample of disconnected test items that are just as likely to miss a student’s problem areas as to find them. Worse, some screeners do not even test students’ skills.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

And we did not teach to the test. In fact, she continues, “There were a couple of kids who said they had never passed the math SBAC test in the history of their schooling, and that 6th grade was the first time.” The students who exceeded on the state test were from diverse backgrounds. We just used Carnegie Learning Math.”

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

To close knowledge gaps and support every student, IXL equips Missouri educators with its award-winning PK-5 ELA curriculum, which personalizes learning and is grounded in the Science of Reading methodology. It then generates personalized action plans that help students eliminate their trouble spots, and grow their reading and writing skills.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

I vividly remember my English teacher, Mrs. Grant, bringing a stack of 20 well-read copies of A Wrinkle in Time out from the closet for everyone in the class. She would read a chapter or two out loud during class and later we would read independently until it was time to take a test or write a report on what we learned.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2024

BOSTON – The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) has expanded its ALL in Tutoring reading initiative to include evidence-based resources from Lexia , a Cambium Learning Group brand. Core5 and PowerUp are science of reading-based adaptive blended learning programs that provide students with personalized learning paths.

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2025

In many classrooms, success still depends on how well a student fits onto a single, familiar bell curve–the one measuring traditional academic achievement in subjects like math, reading, and writing. Weve made progress by moving away from grading on a curve, recognizing that learning isnt a competition.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

See related article: Khan Academy Boosts National Civics Bee At this point, we have all heard about the learning gaps in math and reading scores these past few years. citizenship test as a criterion for high school graduation. Develop a curriculum that incorporates the reading of U.S. history and civics standards.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2019

When learning a second language, it’s important to teach reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. Quizizz – I love this tool the best because it tests accuracy instead of speed. Students may play as individuals or in groups. My students love this game because it allows them to earn (fake) money. Scavenger hunts.

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