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The Best Edtech for Students Is Backed by Research. Here’s What to Look For.

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As researchers focusing on education technology, we see this often: interactive whiteboards covered in posters, desktop computers holding up plants, older devices that do not work with a newer assessment system. At the same time, educators face difficulty identifying edtech products that meet their needs and improve student learning.

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Tutor.com’s On-Demand Tutoring Meets ESSA II Standards, Demonstrating Positive Impacts on Student Grades and Attendance

eSchool News

The findings come from an effectiveness study independently designed and conducted by LearnPlatform by Instructure, a third-party edtech research company. Researchers used both administrative and state summative assessment data to examine the impact of Tutor.com on student outcomes. SOURCE Tutor.com

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95 Percent Group Unveils 95 Phonics Core Program for Grades 4 and 5

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The 2022 National Assessment of Education Progress – the Nation’s Report Card – revealed the average fourth-grade reading score was lower than all previous assessment years going back to 2005, dropping back to 1992 levels. Research on reading instruction has been very clear for more than 20 years.

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Utah State Board of Education Approves 95 Percent Group Resources as Evidence-Informed, Recommended Supplemental Programs for Grades K-5

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Even before the disruption of the pandemic, only 35 percent of fourth graders met the standards for reading proficiency set by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The pilot school’s students showed advanced growth on the i-Ready ® diagnostic reading assessment. for the comparison school). for the comparison school).

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Data really is the secret sauce in the K-12 classroom

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We were collecting data from a variety of assessments, but the interventions we were using just weren’t showing that students were making consistent progress as readers. In fact, a comparison of NWEA reading test results from SY 2019-20 to SY 2022-23 showed K-5 students went from 37 percent at or above norms of growth rate to 93 percent.

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National Achievement Report Finds Varied Rates of Recovery from COVID-19 Impact

eSchool News

Based on the assessment data of 3.8 million students’ assessments. Assessment scores from all 50 states and the District of Columbia were included in the sample, which consisted of students in grades 1–8 who took Star Early Literacy, Star Reading, or Star Math assessments during fall 2019, fall 2020, and winter 2020–2021.

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Arizona Department of Education Names 95 Percent Group an Approved K-3 Reading Improvement Program

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The approval was based upon new, state-reviewed efficacy research confirming that 95 Percent Group’s foundational reading products meet Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Level 1-3 evidence requirement for reading instruction. Students using PLL and PCK showed higher gains than the comparison group on multiple measures.

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