The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Credit: Lillian Mongeau for The Hechinger Report That’s slowly changing — for some disabilities. A majority of states have passed laws that mandate screening early elementary students for the most common reading disability, dyslexia, and countless districts train teachers how to recognize and teach struggling readers.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

“These intelligent tools can adapt pacing based on the student’s ability … and provide targeted, corrective feedback in case the student makes mistakes, so that the student can learn from them,” states an eSchool News report released earlier this year. percent by 2016. AI Solutions Drive Higher STEM Test Scores.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Like all districts in Texas, we live and die through accountability ratings based on how our students perform on the state’s STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) tests. To this end, we began using Renaissance Star Assessments districtwide in the 2015–2016 school year.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2022

ACT’s researchers calculated that the number of test takers with an A average surpassed the number of B students after 2016. Today, A students make up a majority of ACT test takers, some of whom are not college bound and take the test as a required high school assessment. Something interesting is happening in 2016.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

When a competency-based approach to assessment is in place, students must show what they know as well as what they can do. According to a 2016 report by iNACOL, 36 states are currently investigating policy surrounding competency-based education. Below are five ways to approach competency-based learning assessment.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As a bonus, these sessions can allow educators more opportunities to measure student achievement through informal assessments, potentially providing new holistic accountability measures. 15 These increases in achievement show great potential for using high-dosage tutoring as a school improvement strategy.

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Waterford

JANUARY 14, 2020

According to student stress statistics, nearly half (45%) of the teenagers polled reported that they’re stressed all the time, and 70% report that anxiety or depression are “major problems” for themselves or their peers.[9,11] In fact, one-fifth of all children report that they worry a lot.[14] Lack of participation in school.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2021

Since then, scholars have been trying to figure out why their scores dropped so much between 2017 and 2019 on a highly regarded national test known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress or NAEP. In survey questions that accompany the NAEP test, eighth graders reported how much time they spent reading outside of school.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2023

Without a national standard or requirement, foreign language enrollment and assessment varies widely by state, but Edweek reported in 2017 that one in five K-12 students in the U.S. were studying a world language or American Sign Language. Of the small portion of the U.S. Of the small portion of the U.S. According to the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Six newsrooms joined together to report on the problem and find solutions for America’s reading problem. ” Teaching aide Hannah Chancey faces the same problem in second grade classrooms at Rehobeth Elementary School in a small low-income community in southeastern Alabama, a state with reading scores near the bottom nationally.

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

Most schools, however, stick with what they know, reporting student progress with letter grades, numbers or percentages. Realizing this, during the 2015-2016 school year, the Elizabeth Forward elementary teachers and administrative staff began to discuss the possibility of using micro-credentials and badging for their youngest students.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

Back in 2016, Ben Herold of Education Week reported that grade-school students who took the computerized version of a different test, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), in 2014-15 scored lower than students taking the paper-and-pencil version. Research has shown mixed results.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

I’ve worked as an elementary and primary school teacher here in Finland for more than a decade, and spent five years as a vice principal as well. The students set goals, solve problems and assess their learning based on set targets. Feedback is also given in ways other than reports or certificates.

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MindShift

JULY 10, 2018

This story about science instruction was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report). Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report).

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. LINDSAY, Calif. — Ushering in a new model.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

These reported downturns were not observed in terms of student problem-solving or thought processes, but on standardized test scores. This story about learning loss was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Students deserve the same.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

From 1992 until 2007, the state’s average score for fourth-graders remained below the “basic” level of achievement on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. A 2016 report found that Mississippi’s teacher preparation programs failed to provide the skills needed to teach reading successfully.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 7, 2022

But, on any given day, an untold number of children in elementary schools nationwide have all or part of their recess revoked for infractions such as failing to finish their work, talking out of turn or not following directions. Children play during recess at a Louisville, Kentucky elementary school. Credit: Jon Cherry/Getty Images.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Credit: Kelly Field for the Hechinger Report. Instructors say it’s tough to teach and assess motor skills, like catching and kicking, online. At least two Massachusetts districts have eliminated elementary PE altogether this year, according to the president of the state’s SHAPE chapter. Others are trickier.

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

But a lack of high-quality curricula designed to support that personalized learning is stalling the effort, according to a new report. New technology is key to allowing educators to provide this personalized support, the report says. See also: Personalized Learning in 2016: What’s Working, What’s Missing?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

A seminal 2016 study sorted through almost 200 well-designed experiments on improving education, from expanding preschool to reducing class size, and found that frequent one-to-one tutoring was especially effective in increasing learning rates for low-performing students. But there were many reports of tutoring fraud and fiascos.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

“I tell them not to read at the same pace that your neighbors are reading, not too loud that we’re distracting someone, but just enough that you can practice your reading voice,” the second grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School said. “So No testing took place in 2020, so the scoring is based on the prior two years. Reading Remedies.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As misleading news reports, misinformation and false data spread throughout the world, students of all ages need better instruction on how to assess media and data. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. A follow up report in 2019 found similarly dismal results. We were stunned,” he said of the overall results.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Students also needed support when it came to the end of year state assessments. “We The following year, Ruiz did the same.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2018

Crisp Elementary School in Nashua, New Hampshire. Photo: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. Crisp Elementary School in the small city of Nashua, New Hampshire, nodded. Of those, two offer a waiver to children who are assessed as ready to start first grade. Photo: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

While a school district assessment found Western will need $13.5 Credit: Elaine Cromie for The Hechinger Report. Detroit made front page news in 2016 when the teachers walked out to draw attention to the dilapidated condition of some of the schools. Credit: Elaine Cromie for The Hechinger Report. million in restoration.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2021

It’s noted for teaching reading to low-income children in urban elementary schools. And he insisted that the learning gains be measured by objective metrics , not by a researcher’s or a company’s own assessment. I consulted Slavin frequently because of his passion for research. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Waterford

JULY 6, 2020

3] For example, low-income and minority families are significantly more likely to report that school faculty made them feel uncomfortable or showed them a lack of cultural awareness.[8] Parental involvement in middle school: a meta-analytic assessment of the strategies that promote achievement. Retrieved from michigan.gov: [link].

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2019

Aliah Corona and Dakkota Ryf, both 8 in this photo, check the force it takes to move a bag of potatoes six inches using wheels during their third-grade STEAM enrichment class at Pioneer Elementary School in Quincy, Washington. Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. QUINCY, Wash. —

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Third-graders at Alamosa Elementary School in Albuquerque practice reading with first-graders in Carrie Ramirez’s classroom. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. This is only the second year Alamosa Elementary has been tracking attendance student by student. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The state proved a bright spot on the most recent Nation’s Report Card. Mississippi’s gains came as students in many states did worse in 2019 than they did in 2017 on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) — to the disappointment of leaders, educators and parents across the United States.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Tagged on: March 3, 2017 How to Tell a Secret in the Digital Age | New York Times → Education reporters take heed.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Mónica Ruiz, principal at Montgomery Elementary in Chula Vista, CA. The following year, Ruiz did the same.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 11, 2018

McMicken Heights Elementary School principal Alexandria Haas sits with second-graders during a morning activity developed by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report. Good morning, Mahlet,” says one student to another at McMicken Heights Elementary School. BURIEN, Wash. —

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Photo: Ariane Kunze for The Hechinger Report. Typically, high schools have lower poverty levels than elementary schools because parents are older and able to earn more.). Photo: Ariane Kunze for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Ariane Kunze for The Hechinger Report. PORTLAND, Ore.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2016

On September 21-23, 2016, Digital Promise and the U.S. Department of Education hosted the 2016 Education Innovation Clusters Convening (#EdClusters16) in Providence, R.I., Sean Duffy (@dearmrduffy) September 23, 2016. Reports from the Field. rdaley0001 (@rdaley98) September 22, 2016. Mapping EdCluster Ecosystems.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

But at Memorial Elementary School , one of two elementary schools in New Hampshire’s Sanborn Regional School District , administrators and teachers are given the freedom to experiment with cutting-edge ideas not in spite of district and state guidelines, but because of them.

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