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

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The term “grades” has become almost taboo among some educators in New Hampshire, where seven elementary schools are slowly ditching the word altogether through a program known as. 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.

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As States Make It Easier to Become a Teacher, Are They Reducing Barriers or Lowering the Bar?

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It didn’t matter that he’d likely never have to teach the geometry concepts that kept tripping him up (Anderson hoped to teach elementary school). That was in 2017. “It Latiker points out, “but he couldn’t teach elementary education because of his performance on the Praxis math exam.” It began to become emotionally draining.

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A New Way to Personalize Learning, Thanks to AI

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Amy Lower , an experienced teacher at Stinson Elementary, Northwest Local Schools, Ohio, enthusiastically shares her experience with this tool, after seeing her fifth grade ELA students become co-creators of their learning experience. Educators know that engaged students learn more, as evidenced in this 2017 Gallup Poll.

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Will new standards improve elementary science education?

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Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012.

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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

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eSpark’s Theory of Learning is grounded in seven research-based elements – teaching practices or design elements – that are directly linked to student learning outcomes. Though the students are continually assessed throughout the program to adjust to their skills, this initial reading sets them on a path tailored to their needs.

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Tennessee law could hold back thousands of third graders in bid to help kids recover from the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Melissa Knapp is Harpeth Valley Elementary School’s only literacy coach. Melissa Knapp, the literacy coach for Harpeth Valley Elementary School, answers a first grade student’s question. Third graders must now pass the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program, or TCAP, at the end of the year to avoid repeating third grade.

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Lexia Celebrates 40th Anniversary 

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“They have consistently done an absolutely phenomenal job of providing teachers with the knowledge they need to improve student outcomes.” With a complete offering of professional learning, curriculum, and embedded assessment, Lexia helps more learners read, write, and speak with confidence.

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