Teaching the Principles of Computer Science Early in K–12 Schools
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 22, 2022
This question looms large among policymakers, educators and parents when assessing the state of computer science curriculum in K–12 schools.
PROOF POINTS: Three reports on student achievement during the pandemic
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 9, 2021
Three new reports on student achievement during the pandemic all point to larger declines in math than in reading and widening gaps between the haves and have-nots. That’s because low-income students were less likely to attend in-person school, where diagnostic assessments were given, or take an online assessment at home.
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Math Scores Drop Again
Ask a Tech Teacher
DECEMBER 17, 2021
Returning to Rigorous Mathematics –December 16, 2021. Math Scores Drop Again –December 17, 2021. 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.
Pennsylvania School Reports Student Growth in Mathematics Despite National Trends
eSchool News
MARCH 29, 2023
At the end of 2022, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released results on students’ reading and math performance nationwide. Both averages marked the largest score declines since the initial assessments in 1990—more than 30 years ago.
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National Achievement Report Finds Varied Rates of Recovery from COVID-19 Impact
eSchool News
APRIL 20, 2021
Based on the assessment data of 3.8 million students from all 50 states, Renaissance’s midyear How Kids Are Performing report provides targeted insights to help educators accelerate spring and summer learning. million students’ assessments. BLOOMINGTON, Minn.
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Aperture Education Wins 2021 EdTech Breakthrough Award
eSchool News
JUNE 9, 2021
June 9, 2021) — Aperture Education, the leading provider of researched-backed social and emotional learning (SEL) assessments for K-12 schools, was named a winner in the EdTech Breakthrough Awards for its high school SEL solution. Charlotte N.C. The full list of winners can be viewed at [link].
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Aperture Education’s 2021 Winter SEL Guide Supports Social and Emotional Learning during the Winter Months
eSchool News
DECEMBER 7, 2021
22, 2021) — The winter months are a time when many families celebrate holidays and when students and teachers have a chance to relax and recharge over winter break. The 2021 Winter Guide is one way Aperture supports educators, administrators, parents and out-of-school time programs in promoting SEL in classrooms and homes.
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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021
eSchool News
JANUARY 1, 2021
We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2021. We are hopeful that, when the pandemic lifts, we can welcome a return to hands-on, collaborative, creative technology education in 2021. Collin Earnst, CEO, LearnWell.
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4 challenges–and solutions–around assessments and accountability
eSchool News
MAY 14, 2021
A new report examines some of the biggest challenges related to assessments and accountability, and offers recommendations for educators and policymakers as they move past spring 2021 and aim to improve student success rates. The overall goal?
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National Report Reveals Educators Are Concerned About Student Preparedness This Year
eSchool News
OCTOBER 1, 2021
BOSTON (October 1, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, has released its “Educator Perceptions of Teaching and Learning in Fall 2021,” a research brief exploring educators’ expectations for the 2021-2022 academic year. The focus groups also answered questions about student and teacher readiness.
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Young students less prepared for grade-level reading, math
eSchool News
JANUARY 31, 2024
This report is one of the first to gather and analyze nationally representative data from more than five million Grades K–2 students, thanks to their i-Ready® Diagnostic for Reading and for Mathematics. points for Grade 1 and Grade 2 students, respectively, from pre-pandemic to 2021. Average test scores dropped 2.8 points and 9.1
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CSDE Announces New Partnership to Launch Statewide K-12 Social-Emotional Learning Assessment System
eSchool News
MARCH 29, 2021
The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) announced it is entering into a partnership with Aperture Education to provide a statewide SEL assessment for K-12 schools. Additionally, there is a supplemental assessment to target specific areas of need for individual students based on results of the primary assessment.
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How bullying contributes to K-12 student absenteeism
eSchool News
APRIL 4, 2024
Bullying and absenteeism A 2021 study on high schoolers’ experience with bullying revealed that being a victim of cyber, physical, or relational bullying was associated with increased absences. The odds of illness and truant absences “increased by 45 percent if bullying victimization was reported several times a week.”
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YouScience Releases National Student Ability Report, Indicates Widening Gap Between Students Aptitudes and Workforce Needs
eSchool News
JULY 26, 2022
AMERICAN FORK, Utah, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — YouScience , the leading student engagement platform that leverages data science to improve student success and bridge the divide between education and careers, today announced the release of a new national report, ” State of The Future U.S. Workforce: Student Ability Report.”
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PROOF POINTS: Pace of learning back to normal during the 2021-22 pandemic school year but student achievement lags far behind, data shows
The Hechinger Report
JULY 18, 2022
The good news, according to the latest achievement data, is that learning resumed at a more typical pace during the 2021-22 school year that just ended. The big picture takeaway is that learning mirrors pre-pandemic trends,” said Karyn Lewis, a researcher at NWEA, which sells assessments to schools to track student progress.
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How Did State-Funded Preschools Respond to the Pandemic? Special Report Offers a Glimpse
Edsurge
APRIL 28, 2021
Hoping to demystify that impact, and to get a comprehensive look at how programs and policies were reshaped over the last year, the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers University has produced a special report on the topic. Many waived child assessments. How Long Will Policy Changes Last?
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2022 Annual Report: Accelerating Learning
MIND Research Institute
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Another year has passed, and we couldn't be prouder of MIND's accomplishments in the 2021-2022 school year. While student math proficiency reached an unprecedented nationwide low on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), students using ST Math persevered with JiJi and remained creative and powerful problem solvers.
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FastBridge From Illuminate Education Now Reports Lexile Measures, Providing Powerful Insights on Students’ Reading Habits
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
PRWEB) NOVEMBER 09, 2021 — Illuminate Education and MetaMetrics ® today announced a new partnership connecting the Lexile® Framework for Reading with FastBridge aReading scores, providing powerful insights on students’ reading skills. IRVINE, CALIF. & & DURHAM, N.C. CEO and co-founder of MetaMetrics.
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Preparing for Fall 2020: Blended and Online Learning
Catlin Tucker
JULY 19, 2020
2020-2021 promises to be an unpredictable school year. Lesson 1: Explore the Building Blocks of a Blended/Online Lesson Lesson 2: Formative Assessment Strategies Lesson 3: Differentiation Lesson 4: Student Agency. That is making it a challenge to prepare for the new school year. Module 3: Teaching Presence–Blended/Online Instruction.
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Building Stronger Data Systems for the Future
Digital Promise
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Over the past few months, district and charter leaders from 11 districts participating in Digital Promise’s Data Ready 2021 cohort have created actionable data interoperability implementation plans centered on a high-need use case anchored in secure data use, data management, and data integration.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Even the “father of IQ tests” thought the results weren’t written in stone
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 17, 2024
I learned about Binet, and his ideas about how IQ tests should — and should not — be used in elementary schools while reporting a piece last month for The Hechinger Report and Slate on the debate over cognitive testing in school placement and psychology. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.
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Top 15 Sites/Apps of 2021
Technology Tidbits
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
Top Sites/Apps of 2021 BookWidgets - BookWidgets is a fantastic that lets teachers become "paperless' and create interactive quizzes/games that can automatically be graded. This is all done through an educational portal making it easy to assess student learning and differentiate instruction.
Opening Campuses During Pandemic Sent Virus Cases Soaring in Communities, CDC Reports
Edsurge
JANUARY 8, 2021
Whether this data affects what college leaders decide to do in the upcoming spring 2021 semester remains to be seen. It’s currently winter break for most institutions, many of whose leaders are assessing the results of the pandemic-coping plans they tried in the fall and considering what they’ll try for the new term.
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Illuminate to Sunset Student Information System in 2021
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Illuminate Education will stop support for its student information system in two years, before the 2021 school year. Illuminate has been on an acquisition spree for tools offering K-12 formative assessments, reporting and analytics and data visualization. Illuminate , based in Irvine, Calif.,
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Edsoma Partners With MetaMetrics to Report Lexile Measures for Oral Reading
eSchool News
JULY 20, 2022
Having Edsoma’s innovative reading app report our new Lexile measures for oral reading will help early readers build critical oral reading fluency skills, which builds the foundation for strong reading comprehension abilities.”. The Lexile and Quantile Frameworks measure student ability and the complexity of the content they encounter.
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PROOF POINTS: It’s easier and easier to get an A in math
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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Choosing Edtech: Three Learnings from Five Districts
Digital Promise
JULY 13, 2021
A study conducted in 2017 and published in June 2021 investigated how five school districts from Digital Promise’s League of Innovative Schools made edtech purchasing decisions. Their approaches to finding tools that benefit their learners and staff can be useful to district leaders searching for the right tools for their students.
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Proactive Protection: AI-Powered Gun Detection Technology
Gaggle Speaks
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
A 2021 report from the U.S. Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) analyzed 67 disrupted plots against K-12 schools from 2006–2018. The Averting Targeted Schools Violence report reveals the need for greater awareness of and resources for student mental health within our schools.
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YouScience Releases Career Insights Report on Women, STEM, and the Talent Shortage
eSchool News
MARCH 9, 2022
AMERICAN FORK, Utah, March 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — YouScience , a leader in aptitude-based assessments, personalized career guidance, and industry-recognized certifications that support college and career success, today announced the release of a new national report, Career Insights: Women, STEM, and the Talent Shortage.
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Speak Up 2021 Congressional Briefing: Lessons Learned from a Year of Virtual School
edWeb.net
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
During the Speak Up 2021 Congressional Briefing: Release of the National Research Findings, Dr. Evans, along with a panel of K-12 student voices, discussed findings from this year’s Speak Up Research Project. The post Speak Up 2021 Congressional Briefing: Lessons Learned from a Year of Virtual School appeared first on edWeb.
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Aperture Education’s 2021 Back-to-School Guide Helps Teachers Support Social and Emotional Learning this School Year
eSchool News
AUGUST 23, 2021
August 17, 2021) — Social and emotional learning (SEL) will play an important role this school year to help students process the events of the past 18 months and re-focus on learning. To download the 2021 Back-to-School Guide, visit [link] ly/386CniJ. “As Charlotte N.C.
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As States Make It Easier to Become a Teacher, Are They Reducing Barriers or Lowering the Bar?
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
A 2022 report published by that task force revealed that about 1,000 aspiring educators were unable to begin a preparation program each year due to their failure to pass the Praxis Core. By 2021, that had declined to 15. In recent years, a number of states have tried to get a handle on the issue. asks James.
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Latest Research from Curriculum Associates Highlights Importance of Grade-Level Readiness for Student Growth
eSchool News
MARCH 17, 2022
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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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
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
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.
PROOF POINTS: New evidence of high school grade inflation
The Hechinger Report
MAY 16, 2022
The latest is an analysis of more than 4 million high school seniors who took the ACT from 2010 to 2021. 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. points from 3.22 (a B) in 2010 to 3.39 (a B-plus) in 2021.
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How did the pandemic impact students’ social capital?
eSchool News
MAY 5, 2023
The updated report augments ongoing research and provides education leaders with the tools, knowledge, and sample survey items to make important strides toward measuring students’ networks in more equitable, meaningful, and actionable ways.
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Helping Students Take the Next Step in their Career and Education Journey
Digital Promise
AUGUST 26, 2021
Using a RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional) framework, students learn that they all have unique gifts and practice self-reporting their interests early on to identify possible careers that might augment those interests, as well as their strengths and values.
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3 Ways edtech can help education get back on track
Neo LMS
JULY 29, 2021
A recent report shared by Google and KPMG reveals that the education tech industry would cater to about 9.6 billion in 2021, according to Analytic Insight. That’s because edtech solutions, advanced research, practical assessments, and improved communication give them maximum control over their learning.
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PROOF POINTS: One city hits a high school graduation record but few ninth graders are predicted to end up with a college degree
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 27, 2023
A new report from Washington, D.C., This story also appeared in Mind/Shift The numbers are stark in a March 2023 report by the D.C. Almost half the students in the district – 48 percent – were absent for 10 percent or more of the 2021-22 school year. Policy Center , a nonpartisan research organization. A majority of D.C.
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How Can We Close the Digital Learning Gap This School Year?
Digital Promise
AUGUST 18, 2021
New America published a report in June that shows while we’ve made substantial progress—among families with children ages 6 to 13, access to non-dial-up home internet service has increased from 64 percent in 2015 to 84 percent in 2021—we still have work to do. It’s one of adequate access to devices and the internet.
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STUDENT VOICE: Teachers assign us work that relies on rote memorization, then tell us not to use artificial intelligence
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Now that I’m older, these include Regents exams, New York State tests and Advanced Placement assessments. A 2021 study estimated that students whose curricula included KIA, a project-based learning approach, would be 8 percent more likely to earn a passing score on AP exams. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.
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4 Projects that Go Beyond Traditional Assessment – SULS0111
Shake Up Learning
MAY 25, 2021
The post 4 Projects that Go Beyond Traditional Assessment – SULS0111 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Jen shares ideas that will help teachers go BEYOND traditional assessments like reports, essays, presentations, and cookie-cutter assignments. 4 Projects that Go Beyond Traditional Assessment with @virtualgiff.
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PROOF POINTS: More studies mark the pandemic’s toll on student achievement
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 10, 2022
Studies released during the second half of 2021 confirm that students learned a lot more in person than they did during remote instruction. But since so many students didn’t take spring tests in 2021, the accuracy of these estimates was uncertain. Now we have a new batch of studies analyzing how students did on fall 2021 assessments.
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New Research from Curriculum Associates: Student Achievement Shows Concerns and Bright Spots in Recovery—More Students Are Behind in Phonics but Some Schools Are Exceeding Expectations
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
The first report, The State of Student Learning in 2022 , analyzes reading and mathematics data gathered from nearly two million Grades 1–8 students during the 2021–2022 school year via the edtech company’s i-Ready Assessment tool. KEY FINDINGS. In math, student achievement in all grades is still below pre-pandemic levels.
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