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Lexia Nationwide Report Finds 80% of Students Using Lexia Core5 Reading Did Not Experience Literacy Learning Loss During Remote and Hybrid Learning in the 2020-21 Academic Year

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23, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, today released new research titled “Using Lexia Core5 Reading to Address Learning Loss and Accelerate Learning: Insights from a 2020-21 Nationwide Study.” The full “Using Lexia Core5 Reading” report is available at [link]. BOSTON ( Sept. About Lexia Learning.

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US Edtech Raises $803M in First Half of 2020 As COVID-19 Forces Learning Online

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In the first half of 2020, U.S. But the 2020 tally is still in line with first-half fundraising totals for the previous five years. Those that help bridge the communication gap and provide high-quality instructional materials will fare better, says Sharpley. Source: EdSurge U.S. But not all startups are affected equally.

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Testimony in Favor of Texas SB 6 Instructional Materials Allotment

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Today I gave testimony in favor of the passage of Texas SB 6 , which institutes an Instructional Materials Allotment (IMA) in lieu of the textbook allotment and the former Technology Allotment. Everything I accessed was an instructional material with content relevant to my course of study. Another 37.8%

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PROOF POINTS: Learning science might help kids read better

The Hechinger Report

This research was funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report. ) The remaining 15 elementary schools in the district continued to teach their students as usual, still delivering some social studies and science instruction, but not these special lessons.

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Latest Research from Curriculum Associates Highlights Importance of Grade-Level Readiness for Student Growth

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March 17, 2022— Whether students are prepared for grade-level learning matters more to their progress over the course of the pandemic than whether they were remote or in school, according to a new report released by Curriculum Associates. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.,March in school or remote) as a proxy for learning location. KEY THEMES.

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OPINION: Struggling readers need standards and structure based on the science of reading

The Hechinger Report

Preliminary research from the nonprofit assessment group NWEA suggested that students would retain only 70 percent of last year’s gains in reading when they returned for the 2020-21 academic year compared with a typical school year. As school districts, educators and parents across the U.S. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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OPINION: It’s time. Let’s use different ways of teaching children to read

The Hechinger Report

Only 53 percent of teacher education programs “provide sufficient coverage of early reading components,” the National Council on Teacher Quality found in their 2020 review of elementary teacher training programs. The Hechinger Report is an independent unit of Teachers College.). Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.