The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift The latest warning sign comes from college admissions test maker ACT, which compared students’ ACT test scores with their self-reported high school grades between 2010 and 2022. The Hechinger Report has also found that college students are struggling with basic math.) grade points from 3.02

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

During TCEA 2020, educators, decision-makers, and stakeholders came together to articulate their visions for the future of education. Related content: Can’t-miss sessions at TCEA 2020. Related content: Can’t-miss sessions at TCEA 2020. Here’s a sampling of some of our favorite products from TCEA 2020.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 5, 2021

The Utah STEM Action Center has released its 2020 annual report , which includes the results of their comprehensive statewide program evaluation. Why is the report significant? What does the report say about K-12 math software? A new bar has been set for state-grants-funded digital math programs evaluation.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

Credit: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report How does a revolution start? In early 2020, at an academic conference just before the pandemic hit, Powell commiserated with other experts in special education and students who struggle in math. Sometimes, it’s a simple question. It is totally unfair what we are doing to these kids.”

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

2020 State of Computer Science Education: Illuminating Disparities , co-authored by Code.org, the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways (ECEP) Alliance, offers a comprehensive look at K-12 computer science education progress across the U.S. Although U.S.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 30, 2023

In the fall of 2020, the district implemented outcomes-based contracting for tutoring partners. It used the NWEA MAP Growth assessment to measure benchmarks and achievements at the beginning and end of the year to determine bonuses for partners. Dr. Náñez explained the challenges Ector County ISD was facing in 2018.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2022

Thus this latest shot across the bow, which comes courtesy of a new report from ACT , the nonprofit behind the college entrance exam. The report examined data from more than 4 million high school students from 2010 to 2021 who took the ACT. Sanchez, an ACT researcher who co-authored the report. grade points, from 3.17

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The tragic irony at the crux of this debate is that much of the actual waste in education stems from districts being afraid to spend money or limited by misplaced accusations of malfeasance. This op-ed is part of a series of year-end reflections EdSurge is publishing as 2020 concludes. Things fall apart. Will public education?

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Hapara

JUNE 24, 2022

Educators assess and report on outcomes. It is what must be taught, assessed and reported on. Here is another resource with sample question stems that reflect the cognitive levels in Bloom’s Taxonomy. . This aspect of the craft includes planning, instruction and assessment. Government of Alberta (2020).

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

In April 2020 he released a bestselling book with co-author Judy Mikovits, a discredited scientist who claim that vaccines “kill millions.” I n a 2019 survey of the state’s school principals, 81 percent reported they could find few or no satisfactory applicants for middle-school science jobs. Of those 14 were in the South and West.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2022

The drop in humanities majors and a significant and simultaneous rise in the number of STEM graduates show that students have altered their understanding of what they should study to achieve success in the post-collegiate job market. Related: With enrollment sliding, liberal arts colleges struggle to make a case for themselves.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The Future is STEM/STEAM. We celebrated National STEM/STEAM Day just a few weeks ago, a reminder of how important it is to foster our students’ curiosity around math and science endeavors. STEM/STEAM is everywhere you can imagine and is an indispensable part of our everyday lives. ST Math’s Impact on Waterloo Students.

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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

JULY 13, 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. Guilford sent its first batch of tutors to middle schools in November 2020. It’s a long road of recovery.” Your stories.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2021

This year, it was 47 percent — a 68 percent increase that disproportionately impacted Black and Hispanic students, according to a report by Amplify , a national K-8 curriculum and assessment company that analyzed data from 400,000 students across 1,400 schools over the last two years. Gallup’s Jonathan Rothwell reports that the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

Credit: Erika Rich for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Erika Rich for The Hechinger Report. “It From the tiniest kindergarteners to college-ready high school seniors, nearly all students had their education disrupted starting in March 2020. In March 2020, his twin brother became his only classmate.

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ExcelinEd

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Another study reported that students who received tutoring outperformed peers who did not receive tutoring by 200 percent on the same state assessment. States could stem the projected student learning loss due to school closures by providing individualized instruction, via tutoring, for the most affected students.

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ExcelinEd

MAY 18, 2020

Free Assessment Tool to Plan for the “COVID Slide” in Texas. The Texas Education Agency has launched free, optional end-of-year assessments that school systems and parents can choose to administer. The goal will be to stem learning loss for up to 5,000 students from low-income families.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The Bureau of Labor and Statistics projects that the market for computer science occupations will grow 13 percent between 2020 and 2030. This gap between interest and access is a missed opportunity for the nation’s economy as U.S. employers increasingly seek job candidates with skills or a background in computer science.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

million to NWEA in 2019-20 for students in kindergarten through eighth grade to take the assessments. That has been true at Brown, one of the two middle schools The Nevada Independent and The Hechinger Report have followed since the pilot program started last fall. The MAP tests, however, weren’t free: Clark County paid about $1.9

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

Images credit: EVERFI Lessons on The State of Financial Capability The FutureSmart Digital program has an ambitious goal of reaching 2 million students by 2020. We recently released an interactive report that examined financial literacy data across the country, on a state by state basis.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

But Lynn, right now, you’re excited about what you’re calling TL 2020. What is TL 2020? TL 2020 is our teaching and learning initiative in Salisbury Township School District. We spent quite a bit of time visioning for TL 2020, and continuing to evolve our vision. Tell us what that is. Lynn: Good morning, Vicki.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

I’m an assessment instructor,” Mosser said. From 2020 to 2021, the number of working RNs in the United States decreased by more than 100,000 — the highest drop in four decades. between now and 2031, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in 2021. Mosser said Ronhaar’s presence was the most valuable part of the I-BEST model.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Policymakers will be looking to leverage their existing data sources to better understand those trends and the remaining gaps, and they will continue to look for innovative approaches to learning and ways to assess the needs of students. I can see a world where we overcorrect, however, and start to view it in a very narrow way.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 13, 2020

The study looked at data for over five million students in grades 3 through 8 who had taken NWEA’s MAP Growth assessments in 2017-2018. According to the report, students could return to school in the fall “with less than 50% of the learning gains and in some grades, nearly a full year behind what we would observe in normal conditions.”.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In their district-wide tech plan for 2016 to 2022 , Renton set a goal of reaching a 1:1 device-to-student ratio for all middle and high schoolers in the 2019-2020 school year. Although there were many reasons, in large part the district had moved away from desktops and more teachers were using carts of devices, often for assessment.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

This story about community colleges and the world of work was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. The post OPINION: Colleges have an ethical responsibility to prepare all students for the world of work appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

So states a recent Wall Street Journal report on the tens of billions of dollars that Chinese companies have poured on U.S. The “cultivation of students’ entrepreneurship and innovation capabilities and practical skills” was a priority in China’s 5-Year Plan for 2016-2020. “ You Can’t Make Movies Without China.” Disrupting Tradition.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

On the one hand, China’s private education market is projected to grow 9 percent per year until 2020, reaching a value of $330 billion—an enticing market for many American entrepreneurs. As EdSurge and others have reported , these companies greatly concentrate in B2C English and tutoring services (and sometimes a combination of both).

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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. When the district started their program in 2020, they were able to use Title I funding because they focused on Title I schools.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2015

The 2015 survey included many benchmark questions from the 1995 survey to assess how the state of science education has evolved. Parents, teachers and the STEM community need to work together to encourage girls’ and minorities’ interest in science. Material from a press release was used in this report. Through Oct.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Policymakers will be looking to leverage their existing data sources to better understand those trends and the remaining gaps, and they will continue to look for innovative approaches to learning and ways to assess the needs of students. I can see a world where we overcorrect, however, and start to view it in a very narrow way.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

pose outside the public library where Bell Elementary held a drive-through Family Learning Night in fall 2020. This story about teaching math was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Credit: Jamie Reagan. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Credit: Steven Yoder for The Hechinger Report. 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. Credit: Steven Yoder for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This back-to-school season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress. As a result, the difference between Black and White students’ scores widened from 35 points in 2020 to 42 points in 2023.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

In April 2020, as the death toll from COVID mounted across New York City, an elementary school teacher at P.S. 343, the Children’s Lab School, in Sunnyside, Queens, organized a virtual dance party to give her second-grade class some levity. Recent reports reinforce our findings. But she found herself struggling to help.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Prior to the 2021-2022 school year, the district’s assessment data showed math scores were low, contributing to 14 out of 48 schools in the district being identified as low performing in 2019. This lab includes various STEM products, modular seating, and curriculum. Smart transportation, and VR, among others.

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