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3 Reasons Teachers Should Use the Playlist Model

Catlin Tucker

A playlist is a sequence of learning activities designed to move students toward a desired result. Most playlists culminate in a performance task or artifact intended to demonstrate students’ ability to transfer or apply what they learned working through the playlist. You listen to a sequence of songs in a particular order.

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New Evidence for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Rating Reiterates i-Ready® Instruction’s Impacton Driving Student Outcomes

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The study demonstrated that students who used i-Ready Personalized Instruction gained significantly more points on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) in English Language Arts and Mathematics than those who did not use i-Ready Personalized Instruction. Tier 2) rating from Evidence for ESSA.

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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 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. Educators can access the summer learning resources at Renaissance.com/SummerLearning.

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For Schools, Time Was Already Scarce. Here’s What They’ll Need to Restart in Fall.

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Before they can think about welcoming back students, schools will need to prepare for the new year with tighter budgets and a better way to support distance learning, among other seemingly endless questions. Student Assessment By now (mid-June), nearly every school in the U.S. has been running remotely for twelve weeks.

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?How Game-Based Learning Encourages Growth Mindset

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Like gaming, learning math requires grit and persistence—cornerstones of growth mindset—and is grounded in problem solving, flexible thinking, and pattern recognition. The same kind of tenacity is crucial when learning math. At New Mexico’s Farmington Heights Middle School , teachers use game-based learning to personalize instruction.

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ReadWorks Review for Teachers and Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

ReadWorks is a learning website that helps students develop key reading comprehension skills. You can also organize students into different groups and differentiate instruction based on students needs. ReadWorks offers several features to enhance reading instruction and learning. Some of these features include: 1.

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Why I Had to Develop a Unique Learner Profile to Meet the Needs of My Students

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And why isn’t learning the same way? I’ve learned that I need to know my students academically and personally so I can modify instruction to be as effective, engaging and rigorous as possible, so every year I craft personal learner profiles for my students that go beyond their IEP goals and basic personality surveys.

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