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Much ado about NAEP

Dangerously Irrelevant

Scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are down after the pandemic. Indeed, it’s so aspirational that most states are not trying to reach that level with their annual assessments. But that’s a hard case to make, judging by a 2007 analysis from Gary Phillips, former acting commissioner of NCES.

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How Family Engagement Leads to Student Success

Waterford

Analysis of Parental Involvement and Self-Esteem on Secondary School Students in Kieni West Sub-County, Nyeri County, Kenya.” Parental involvement in middle school: a meta-analytic assessment of the strategies that promote achievement.” Developmental psychology, 2009, 45(3), 740-63. American Psychological Association.

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Do Students Learn Better Online or in a Classroom: Statistics

eSchool News

According to statistics of online learning vs. classroom, a meta-analysis conducted by the U.S. Department of Education in 2009 found that, on average, students in online learning environments performed slightly better than those in traditional classrooms. Conversely, a meta-analysis conducted by the U.S.

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PROOF POINTS: It’s easier and easier to get an A in math

The Hechinger Report

Edgar Sanchez, an ACT researcher who conducted the analysis, said the inflation makes it hard to interpret high school grades, especially now that A grades are the norm. The ACT analysis, published in August 2023 , covered almost 6.9 really mean complete content mastery or not?” points, while English and social studies rose by 0.22

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Research-based Benefits of Being Bilingual

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This topic, rich in history and analysis, spans centuries and countless volumes. The task assesses executive control components like working memory, inhibition, and shifting. 2009) – “Bilingual Minds” This comprehensive paper discusses the broad impact of bilingualism on language and cognitive functioning.

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Renaissance Learning Acquires Schoolzilla to Marry Assessment and School Data

Edsurge

Almost a decade after Lynzi Ziegenhagen began work on tools to help K-12 schools with data analysis and visualization, she faced an important decision. based provider of instructional software and formative assessment tools that is on a buying spree. In the past, it’s focused on pairing assessments with digital instructional materials.

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Using Feedback Logs to Empower Learners

A Principal's Reflections

Goodwin & Miller (2012) provided this summary: In Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock's 2001 meta-analysis, McREL researchers found an effect size for feedback of 0.76, which translates roughly into a 28-percentile point difference in average achievement (Beesley & Apthorp, 2010; Dean, Pitler, Hubbell, & Stone, 2012).