2022, Assessment and Training

Master Mobile Learning: The Best Corporate Training Apps for On-the-Go Education

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 23, 2024

Traditional corporate training ventures are beginning to prove ineffective in a competitive world that requires constant guidance and response to changing market dynamics. In this blog, we will discuss the power of mobile learning and explore the best corporate training apps for on-the-go education. Table of Contents: I.

Mobile Learning

Mobile Learning Mobility Training Udemy

The Role of Assistive Technology in Promoting Inclusive Education

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 2, 2023

million students with disabilities for the school year 2021 to 2022. Some of the potential contributing factors to this lack of access include: Lack of support and training Adopting assistive technologies requires training and proficiency. Training, setup, and seamless integrations all require time.

Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology Technology Education Training

New Program Gives High School Students Training and Job Placement in an Allied Healthcare Career

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

. – After a comprehensive and successful two-year pilot with more than 900 students, MedCerts has launched a training program for high school students to earn a nationally recognized credential in Allied Healthcare and Health IT careers. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most allied healthcare jobs are in high demand.

Training

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PROOF POINTS: How Covid narrowed the STEM pipeline

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2024

Students also need adequate training, even in elementary and middle school. The leading indicators of STEM troubles ahead are apparent within the 2022 scores from a national test called the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). After the pandemic in 2022, only 27 percent were well prepared.

STEM

STEM Data Report Comparison

8 Ways to Engage Every Learner [Free Webinar on Demand]

The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 21, 2021

Smooth Sailing for the 2021-2022 School Year by Dani Kennis. Pear Deck 101 – how to get started using formative assessments, polls, and interactives to achieve 100% student engagement. Pear Deck 201 – a more in-depth advanced training session. The Social Media Inspired Class by Erica Aguirre.

Conference

Conference Blended Learning Social Media Company

PROOF POINTS: Controversies within the science of reading

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

“If you teach phonemic awareness, students will learn phonemic awareness,” which isn’t the goal, said Tiffany Peltier , a learning scientist who consults on literacy training for teachers at NWEA, an assessment company. “If Teacher training programs in the science of reading emphasized the importance of phonemic awareness.

Analysis

Analysis Training Study Company

Amid Campus Mental Health Crisis, Students Work to Support Each Other

Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2023

Once you take the training, you get a green bandana, and you put it on a book bag or purse to show that you’re comfortable with someone asking you for help if they’re going through a mental health crisis,” Parks explains. During one council meeting, Parks pitched the idea of offering mental health peer-support training across the state.

Training

Training Report Survey Study

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.

Assessment

Assessment System Data Learning

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. In response to recommendations from its teaching task force, Louisiana’s legislature voted to remove the state’s Praxis Core requirement in summer 2022.

Assessment

Assessment Analysis Trends Study

Unfinished learning concerns still plague educators

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Results from the 2022 NAEP and the 2023 NWEA assessments reinforce the picture we’ve obtained from these two surveys,” said Lexia President Nick Gaehde. 46 percent of educators say more training and professional development opportunities are a good way to retain teachers. Not enough time to teach required curriculum.”

Survey

Survey Education Learning Data

Crunch the Numbers—EdTech Data You Can Use Right Now

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

K-12 assessment and research organization NWEA recently released results of a yearlong study examining the effectiveness of a reading fluency intervention targeting struggling middle school readers from historically marginalized populations or those living in poverty. school district in 2022-23.

Data

Data EdTech Smartphone Elementary

Edtech Has Grown More Common, More Global and More Sophisticated. What’s Next?

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2023

But there are still companies and investors who succeeded in 2022. Key happenings in 2022: Two edtech companies, Akili and Floreo , had millions of R&D dollars in efficacy pay off when their products gained clinical validation this year. Not financially—edtech funding is down from 2021 to 2022 —but geographically.

EdTech

EdTech Company Edmodo Industry

PROOF POINTS: Third graders struggling the most to recover in reading after the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Children in kindergarten when the pandemic broke out in the spring of 2020 are now roughly eight years old and in third grade this 2022-23 school year. Third graders in 2022 are the furthest behind in reading, as depicted by the bar on the far left. Grade refers to the grade students are in during the 2022–23 school year.

Elementary

Elementary Analysis Report E-rate

eSchool Media Announces Winners of the 2022 eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards

eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Gaithersburg, MD (Monday, October 3, 2022) — eSchool Media is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2022 eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards , sponsored by JAR Systems and SAP Concur , and dedicated to recognizing the innovative contributions of K-12 education professionals.

STEM

STEM eBook Robotics Accessibility

What's New in ST Math for the 2022-2023 School Year

MIND Research Institute

JUNE 24, 2022

External assessment integration for Middle School including NWEA MAP and iReady diagnostic integration. To ride this train of thought a little longer, MIND participated in a study to test its theory of keeping students on grade level. ST Math Champions - On-site coaching and support that will help you implement and train your teachers.

Training

Training Professional Learning Data Tools

Want a stronger workforce? Make reading initiatives multigenerational

eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2024

Middle and high school The most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress found that 30 percent of both eighth- and 12th-graders were unable to meet basic reading standards such as determining the meaning of familiar words or identifying explicit details from a text. points and 1.5 points, respectively.

Trends

Trends Advocacy Study Analysis

Crafting ethical AI landscapes in K-12 education

eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2024

This framing of AI ethics in education considers the implications of AI’s decision-making capabilities, data usage, and potential biases, ensuring that AI tools are used to enhance educational outcomes without increasing inequities (Akgun & Greenhow, 2022; Hagendorff, 2020; Nguyen et al., AI Ethics 2 , 431–440 (2022). Greenhow, C.

Guidelines

Guidelines Education Digital Learning Future Ready

What Gartner’s Top Tech Trends for 2019 Mean for Education

EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

School districts have already seen some of these tools enter the educational space, with innovations such as AI-enabled teaching assistant programs and advanced data collection and analysis to improve student assessments. According to Gartner, by 2022, 70 percent of organizations will experiment with immersive technology.

Trends

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5 school safety questions your district should be prepared to answer

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

With students and educators reentering their classrooms for the 2022-23 school year, district leaders need to be able to reassure everyone in their school community that school safety is a priority and that they will be safe physically, socially, and emotionally. What is your district doing to deter attacks and violence?

Social Media

Social Media Training Assessment Report

Frog Street Pre-K Curriculum Linked to Improved School Readiness

eSchool News

MAY 12, 2023

.” The study analyzed approximately 78,000 Pre-K students from 316 school districts in Texas who were instructed using Frog Street Pre-K curriculum as their primary curriculum during the 2021-2022 academic year, compared to students who used a different Pre-K curriculum. Frog Street Establishes a Foundation for Kindergarten Readiness.

Assessment

Assessment Study Company Conference

Schools Are Using Voice Technology to Teach Reading. Is It Helping?

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2023

Kindergarten teachers at Sto-Rox transitioned from traditional assessments like DIBELS to EarlyBird at the start of the 2022-2023 school year. An EarlyBird assessment takes about 45 minutes per child to administer, and Van Fossan says it’s done at the beginning, middle and end of every school year.

Technology

Technology Assessment Company EdTech

New Webinar: "Keeping Our Schools Safe: Reporting, Assessing, and Managing Threats"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 6, 2023

Keeping Our Schools Safe: Reporting, Assessing, and Managing Threats A Library 2.0 + LearningRevolution.com Webinar with Dr. Steve Albrecht Please consider forwarding this material to colleagues or associates in school settings. Staffing, training, and operating a school district-based Threat Assessment Team. in Psychology.

Assessment

Assessment Report Libraries Accessibility

How to write SMART learning objectives in your LMS

Neo LMS

MARCH 29, 2022

From educational institutions to multinational organizations and training professionals, everyone seems to insist on their importance. Finally, SMART goals will help you continuously optimize and improve your teaching and assessment. . How you answer this question is the path to creating smart objectives. Mastery coverage.

LMS

LMS Competency Based Learning How To Learning

How efficacy studies improve literacy instruction

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Their research program encompasses studies with a wide variety of school districts, to ensure that their data reflects our nation’s student population and teachers’ levels of training and instructional approaches. Scores have continued to decline, in part because of pandemic-related learning interruptions.

Study

Study Data Outcomes Assessment

How a Major Academic Disruption May Have Sparked a Learning Revolution

Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2022

I think we’re moving away from an emphasis on summative assessments, for example, and embracing increased implementation of formative assessments. We now have so many great edtech tools to assess in real time. Technology is key here—both for how we teach, as well as how we assess. Karen Adams There is a shift happening.

Learning

Learning Assessment EdTech Laptops

Smoothing the path for immigrants to finish their college degrees

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2024

He hopes it will help many highly trained or qualified people who are underemployed because they believe their English isn’t good enough to earn a college degree. Once students are accepted, Sanchez said, Davenport will assess their education and work experience to see what can count toward degree progressions.

Advocacy

Advocacy Groups Report Data

4 key ways schools can strengthen and advance cybersecurity strategies

eSchool News

MARCH 1, 2023

In a 2022 survey , 72 percent of the participating school administrators responded that cybersecurity was either a priority or high priority for their district leadership and local school boards. We regularly survey teachers and review usage data to assess and adjust our licensing.

Strategy

Strategy Comparison Survey Training

PROOF POINTS: Stanford’s Jo Boaler talks about her new book ‘MATH-ish’ and takes on her critics

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

Nearly 2 out of every 5 eighth graders don’t even have the most basic math skills, according to the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). On the international Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) , American 15-year-olds rank toward the bottom of economically advanced nations in math achievement.

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Policies Data Study Course

Can Edtech Close the Talent and Workforce Gap in Cybersecurity?

Edsurge

JANUARY 14, 2021

trillion annually by 2025, and spending on cybersecurity is expected to exceed $170 billion by 2022. So what does it take to close the talent gap and train the much-needed cyber workforce? Just last month, the FBI, CISA and MS-ISAC issued a joint warning about attacks on educational institutions.

EdTech

EdTech Industry Training Assessment

9 ways collaborative learning benefits teachers and students

eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around for many years, but the introduction of ChatGPT in November 2022 has generated many discussions of how this technology can impact education – both how students learn and how educators teach. The fear of technology plays a large role in the hesitation of adopting technology in the classroom.

Collaborative Learning

Collaborative Learning Gamification Learning Analysis

Do protocols for school safety infringe on disability rights?

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2022

18, Richmond received an email from the Jefferson County School District: AJ was suspended while the district evaluated his risk of violence, a formal process known as a behavioral threat assessment. Still, policymakers increasingly see the use of threat assessment teams as a viable way to prevent mass shootings.

Assessment

Assessment Report Training Guidelines

STEM learning makes this educator shine

eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Related : Meet the 2022 K-12 Hero Awards winners! Behind Kim’s leadership, Calcasieu Parish conducted a thorough needs assessment before purchasing more than $4.1

STEM

STEM Education Learning Robotics

Leading the Integration of AI in a School System

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast The sudden release of ChatGPT to the general public in November of 2022 presented a number of new challenges to educational leaders, forcing them to add consideration of artificial intelligence (AI) systems to their to-do lists, which were already too long.

System

System Guidelines Professional Learning Training

More high school grads are rejecting 4-year pathways

eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Key points: More than half of surveyed students say they will opt out of the traditional four-year undergraduate path This decision to pursue alternative post-secondary options hints at an evolving postsecondary landscape. By arming our students with aptitude-based guidance and insight into a wider variety of potential careers.

Survey

Survey Industry Report Secondary

Cybersecurity to Be Taught to K-8 students across North America for Free

eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

They aren’t cybersecurity specialists and the vast majority have never received any cybersecurity training themselves. We saw the need for early training of children and an army of the world’s leading brands have agreed and are backing us in these pursuits. As students play Cyber Legends, reports appear in the teacher dashboard.

Internet Safety

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What’s Lost When a Teacher Leaves a School

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2023

And in a survey administered by the National Education Association in 2022, 55 percent of teachers and support professionals who responded indicated they are thinking about leaving the profession earlier than they had planned. The teacher pipeline is no longer leaking.

Dropout

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PROOF POINTS: How do you find a gifted child?

The Hechinger Report

MAY 31, 2022

“It was inconsistent from classroom to classroom,” said Karen Rambo-Hernandez, an associate professor of education at Texas A&M University, who presented her unpublished findings at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in April 2022. Teachers may be making different judgment calls.”. It’s a work in progress.

Assessment

Assessment Groups Study Report

Empowering educators through holistic teacher PD

eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Also memorable was that it didn’t take long to recognize I was missing key training and resources that could help make me a more effective educator. After dipping a bit from 2020-2021, attrition rose 17 percent from 2021 to 2022 and is on track to outpace pre-pandemic monthly averages. Empowerment is key to retention.

Education

Education Outcomes Strategy Training

Vector Solutions Releases New Student Safety & Wellness Courses to Address Topics of Concern for Students Today

eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2022

Tampa, FL – June 16, 2022 – Vector Solutions, the leading provider of training and software solutions to help schools make their operations and communities safer, smarter, and better, has created a new set of online courses for students focusing on important safety topics such as trauma awareness, dating violence, human trafficking, and more.

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Course Libraries Digital Citizenship Software

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

Within six months of high school graduation, only 51 percent of the class of 2022 enrolled in post-secondary education, down from 56 percent from the class of 2019. National assessments tell us that 20 years of academic progress were erased in a year. Based on these trends, the D.C. Middle school students are terribly behind in math.

Secondary

Secondary Trends Report Policies

MTSS – What Teachers Need to Know

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 11, 2023

Progress Monitoring : Regularly assessing students’ performance to determine whether interventions are effective or if adjustments need to be made. This can be done through weekly or bi-weekly assessments, observations, or other data collection methods. This helps in identifying students who may need additional supports.

Differentiated Instruction

Differentiated Instruction Outcomes Data System

South Carolina Department of Education Partners with Vector Solutions to Help Districts Address Student Safety and Mental Health Issues such as Bullying and Anxiety

eSchool News

JULY 14, 2022

Tampa, FL – July 14, 2022 – The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) has partnered with Vector Solutions to provide all school districts in the state with free access to Vector’s library of Student Safety & Wellness Courses. Helpful discussion questions, lesson plans, activities, and assessments, are included with each module.

Software

Software Libraries Training Industry

InsightMath, a New Core Curriculum to Make All Students Powerful Problem Solvers

MIND Research Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Formative Assessment. InsightMath will also include formative strategies, tools, and assessments for teachers and students to inform teaching and learning. Our formative assessment practices are designed to (1) center and empower students and (2) position and support teachers. Teacher Support and Professional Learning.

Assessment

Assessment Social Media Strategy Accessibility

With virtual reality, students get a glimpse of different careers

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

In February 2022, the Indiana Boys & Girls Clubs launched a partnership with immersive technology startup Transfr to introduce students in 10 of its clubs to new career and workforce opportunities. Brian Hartz, business owner of Transfr’s virtual training facility, said the training meets a lot of kids where they are.

Industry

Industry Training Company Trends

Master Mobile Learning: The Best Corporate Training Apps for On-the-Go Education

The Role of Assistive Technology in Promoting Inclusive Education

Trending Sources

New Program Gives High School Students Training and Job Placement in an Allied Healthcare Career

PROOF POINTS: How Covid narrowed the STEM pipeline

8 Ways to Engage Every Learner [Free Webinar on Demand]

PROOF POINTS: Controversies within the science of reading

Amid Campus Mental Health Crisis, Students Work to Support Each Other

CSDE Announces New Partnership to Launch Statewide K-12 Social-Emotional Learning Assessment System

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

Unfinished learning concerns still plague educators

Crunch the Numbers—EdTech Data You Can Use Right Now

Edtech Has Grown More Common, More Global and More Sophisticated. What’s Next?

PROOF POINTS: Third graders struggling the most to recover in reading after the pandemic

eSchool Media Announces Winners of the 2022 eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards

What's New in ST Math for the 2022-2023 School Year

Want a stronger workforce? Make reading initiatives multigenerational

Crafting ethical AI landscapes in K-12 education

What Gartner’s Top Tech Trends for 2019 Mean for Education

5 school safety questions your district should be prepared to answer

Frog Street Pre-K Curriculum Linked to Improved School Readiness

Schools Are Using Voice Technology to Teach Reading. Is It Helping?

New Webinar: "Keeping Our Schools Safe: Reporting, Assessing, and Managing Threats"

How to write SMART learning objectives in your LMS

How efficacy studies improve literacy instruction

How a Major Academic Disruption May Have Sparked a Learning Revolution

Smoothing the path for immigrants to finish their college degrees

4 key ways schools can strengthen and advance cybersecurity strategies

PROOF POINTS: Stanford’s Jo Boaler talks about her new book ‘MATH-ish’ and takes on her critics

Can Edtech Close the Talent and Workforce Gap in Cybersecurity?

9 ways collaborative learning benefits teachers and students

Do protocols for school safety infringe on disability rights?

STEM learning makes this educator shine

Leading the Integration of AI in a School System

More high school grads are rejecting 4-year pathways

Cybersecurity to Be Taught to K-8 students across North America for Free

What’s Lost When a Teacher Leaves a School

PROOF POINTS: How do you find a gifted child?

Empowering educators through holistic teacher PD

Vector Solutions Releases New Student Safety & Wellness Courses to Address Topics of Concern for Students Today

PROOF POINTS: One city hits a high school graduation record but few ninth graders are predicted to end up with a college degree

MTSS – What Teachers Need to Know

South Carolina Department of Education Partners with Vector Solutions to Help Districts Address Student Safety and Mental Health Issues such as Bullying and Anxiety

InsightMath, a New Core Curriculum to Make All Students Powerful Problem Solvers

With virtual reality, students get a glimpse of different careers

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