Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. This isn't a new story: even PCs, which were widely available in classrooms by 2001, rarely had a real impact on classroom instruction. So, what can be done?

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

In a 2001 article titled “ Can We Reclaim Time to Think? This calls to mind current discussions about assessments we might decide to administer for literacy. But the larger projects are ongoing, progressing day-by-day in the classrooms. “, she describes the current professional situation as it is today for many leaders.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In 2008, a few years after Hurricane Katrina, school officials in Louisiana asked aspiring charter-school leader Andrew Shahan to consider taking over the failing Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward. The No Child Left Behind targets, set in 2001, became more flexible in 2011, after U.S.

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MindShift

JULY 15, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. For example, she had trouble finding the area of a triangle and other math involving shapes. There were disappointments in other years, too.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 30, 2022

At the start of each school year, for example, the class devotes a few days to trust-building exercises, not math. Test data paints a dire picture: Educational assessment nonprofit NWEA found that seventh and eighth graders’ scores on its math assessments fell in 2022, the only group of kids for whom that was true.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2016

President Bush promotes his “No Child Left Behind” education agenda during a visit to Kirkpatrick Elementary School in Nashville, Tenn., Passed in 2001, the No Child Left Behind Act was the centerpiece of President George W. Schools can also be evaluated by softer qualitative measures, such as campus climate, for example.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 15, 2022

Phonological awareness is essential for reading and spelling skills because spoken words correspond to written words (Ehri, 2004; Rath, 2001; Troia, 2004). In 2019, NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) scores revealed that only 35% of 4th graders and 34% of 8th were considered proficient readers. Rhyming Words.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2022

In Tennessee, 50,000 or roughly 5 percent of the state’s elementary and middle school students were assigned high-dosage tutoring during the 2021-22 school year. Last year, for example, Tennessee revamped the way it teaches reading to all students. More than 80 percent received less, often far less.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Her professional blog, Always Learning, is an invaluable resource for teachers seeking examples of authentic student engagement. Making a difference with education and technology—this is a great example of how we can all work together to make change happen. BIO : Julene Reed is an educator with twenty–three years of experience.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Bush’s presidency: No Child Left Behind , the 2001 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. No Child Left Behind is credited with ushering in, at a national level, an education reform movement focused on measuring students' performance on reading and math assessments.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2017

OIG’s charge was to assess the risk to three offices in the Department of Education: the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education , the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services , and the Office of Innovation and Improvement. Related: Will “school choice on steroids” get a boost under a Trump administration?

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

I think many of us quickly recognized back in 2012 that, despite the AI expertise in the executive offices of these MOOC companies, there wasn’t much “artificial intelligence” beyond a few of their course offerings; there wasn’t much “intelligence” in their assessments or in their course recommendation engines.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2022

DALLAS — When Lauren McKinnon heard a new public elementary school was opening close to her home in Dallas, it was good news; but when she learned the school would offer an all-girls education format with a focus on STEM, she was excited, knowing inequities often exist for girls – like her daughters – in math and science.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2023

She works for the South Texas Pregnancy Care Center in Seguin, Texas, a group founded in 2001 to counsel women against getting abortions. A Hechinger Report investigation identified more than 35 examples of these centers involved in dozens of school districts across Texas, and the actual number is likely higher.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

I wanted to be a perfect example of why they should include them.”. In 2001, Williams graduated from Gardendale High and moved to Huntsville to attend Alabama A&M. The author of the latest feasibility study—an expert who had been brought in by other splinter districts—agreed with that assessment. Graphic: Davin McHenry.

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