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Math Scores Drop Again

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If you’d like to understand this trend more, check out Education Week ‘s article: Young Adolescents’ Scores Trended to Historic Lows on National Tests. And That’s Before COVID Hit.

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PROOF POINTS: Paper books linked to stronger readers in an international study

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An international study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that students who had more books at home reported that they enjoyed reading more. Teens who read more paper books scored higher on reading assessments. Credit: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. There’s a lot to like about digital books.

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GlassLab Set Out to Prove Games Could Assess Learning. Now It’s Shutting Down.

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Launched in 2012 with a three-year, $10.2 million grant from the Gates Foundation and MacArthur Foundation, GlassLab aimed to prove that educational games could be just as fun as their mainstream titles, and serve as reliable formative assessment tools. The first word in GlassLab’s name stands for games, learning and assessment).

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Goodbye ABCs: How One State is Moving Beyond Grade Levels and Graded Assessments

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The program—short for “no grades, no grades”—is hallmarked by the schools shifting to a more competency-based assessment structure and removal of grade levels. that of 'Grades,'” Earick writes in an upcoming report on the project. NG2] tackles long-standing educational barriers to personalized learning.

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6 ways edtech tools help teachers save time

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According to the National Council on Teacher Quality (2012), the average teacher in the United States gets 45 minutes of planning time per day. Auto-grading assignments A report by Scholastic (2012) states that the average teacher spends 90 minutes a day grading at home.

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PROOF POINTS: There is a worldwide problem in math and it’s not just about the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

That’s the case with the most recent results from a key global education test, the Program for International Student Assessment or PISA. students in this lowest level has swelled; back in 2012, a little over a quarter of U.S. Sixty-five percent report being distracted by digital devices during math lessons.

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AI, Personalized Learning Are a Dynamic Duo for K–12 Classrooms

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Currently, the primary ways adaptive software adapt are with content, assessment , and sequence. . Truely adaptive software can assess, deliver content, and modify a student’s path through curriculum according to a set of programmed instructional heuristics. Seems ideal, right? . 1:1 at scale. 1:1 at scale.