The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2022

“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. A comparison of spring achievement scores before and after the pandemic on NWEA’s MAP tests. Math scores continue to drop for middle schoolers.

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Data Report Comparison Learning 76

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2019

Programs are geared to the particular learning of Elementary and Middle School, and Middle and High School with games and lessons aligned to state and national standards like Common Core, TEKS and MAFS. Students can track correct responses allowing it to be used as an assessment if desired. BarGraph Sorter. Caesar Cipher.

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Common Core Digital Citizenship Comparison Report 251

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

A 2020 review of 100 tutoring programs found that intensive tutoring is particularly helpful at improving students’ reading skills during the early elementary years, and most effective in math for slightly older children. But there were many reports of tutoring fraud and fiascos. Credit: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report.

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Hapara

AUGUST 18, 2023

A recent UNESCO report showed that across the nation, elementary and secondary students with disabilities experience higher rates of violence by teachers and are up to 1.5 For example, teachers tend to assess learners who are Black differently than white learners. percent more likely to be suspended multiple times and 2.2

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The Nation’s Report Card, with its bad news about National Assessment of Education Progress, or NAEP, math and reading scores, drove home a message long hinted at : The pandemic created disastrous academic deficits for U.S. Yes, the report is devastating. students, especially for young people of color.

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Comparison Report Assessment Trends 88

The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2016

This week, Education Commission of the States released a 50-State Comparison and Companion Report summarizing state statutes, rules and regulations related to K-3 quality. The comparison also addresses other issues impacting K-3 quality, including full-day kindergarten, teacher-to-student ratio requirements and instructional quality.

Elementary 40

Elementary Comparison Policies Education 40

techlearning

MARCH 13, 2018

CSUSA assessed students’ reading abilities in the fall, winter and spring using the computer-administered, adaptive screening tool, NWEA™ MAP®. In comparison, students in the non-Core5 schools increased their RIT score by 12 points on average. Students who met their usage targets in Core5 increased their RIT scores by an average of 15.6

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Comparison Elementary Differentiated Instruction Assessment 40

Linways Technologies

MARCH 13, 2020

Each of these are mapped with measurable outcomes to assess attainment. The believed that classifying goals like this would be beneficial to assess college student performances better. cognitive psychologists, curriculum theorists, instructional researchers and testing assessment specialists led by Lorin Anderson, a colleague.

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Assessment Outcomes Strategy Comparison 94

The Mobile Native

APRIL 25, 2014

Comprising students and teachers from 24 elementary, middle and high schools across the country, VILS provides individualized, on-site and virtual professional development tailored to address specific areas for improvement at each school as identified by a preliminary needs assessment. and Niemes Elementary School (Cerritos, Calif.).

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Mobile Learning Mobility Comparison Learning 61

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Higher education has found itself under increasing pressure to change that, just as has happened in elementary and secondary schools, where a battery of standardized tests constantly check in on what students know. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, called in 2006 for learning to be measured and reported publicly.

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Learning Outcomes Survey Assessment 101

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. Simon and the rest of the district turned their focus to food security , internet connectivity for families in need and online suicide prevention assessments.

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Strategy Learning Data Dropout 195

MindShift

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The show left an impression on the students at Codwell Elementary, according to their teacher Shelea Bennett. The puppeteer’s show was part of an effort to expand arts education in Houston elementary and middle schools. You felt like you were in that story,” she said. “By What that looked like ran the gamut.

Elementary 53

Elementary Survey Education Comparison 53

techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

Math RIT points on the NWEA MAP Growth Math Assessment from winter to spring, exceeding expected growth of 3.3 Math RIT points.” “Stride also has the Progress Monitoring Assessments (PMAs) that can be administered four times per year.” It allows for an apples to apples comparison.” points based on national norms.

Adaptive Learning 53

Adaptive Learning Tools Learning Outcomes 53

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Policymakers will be looking to leverage their existing data sources to better understand those trends and the remaining gaps, and they will continue to look for innovative approaches to learning and ways to assess the needs of students. I can see a world where we overcorrect, however, and start to view it in a very narrow way.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

edWeb.net

MARCH 16, 2020

Panelist Phyllis Jordan, editorial director at FutureEd, pointed to the results of the organization’s analysis of states’ 2017 ESSA plans, which require one non-academic indicator for school assessments. It captured families that might otherwise be disengaged; 85% remembered receiving the report and finding it very helpful.

Policies 52

Policies Dropout Outcomes Comparison 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 13, 2016

For decades, these same institutions have independently set their own enrollment targets regardless of how many teachers schools actually need, with the result that they prepare far too many teachers in some areas (namely elementary teachers), while schools are left clamoring for teachers needed in other areas (like special education).

Comparison 40

Comparison Survey Policies Training 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

In the civil rights era, Greenville, Mississippi was the model of desegregation for the nation, a shining example held up by the famous Coleman Report of a community doing it the right way. And yet, the Justice Department has not asked the district to report on the performance of the minority students desegregation is supposed to help.

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Report Dropout System Elementary 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2016

Fifth-graders at Konguta Kool – an elementary school in a small Estonian village – prepare for a math lesson in the computer lab. Estonian students are among the highest performers in Europe on international math, reading and science assessments. By comparison, in the United States, students do not get the same educational experience.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

Second-graders at Dunn Elementary in Kentucky. And yet, as a recent Hechinger Report article recently highlighted, the state’s data systems make it extremely difficult to distill a clear picture of what is working with English learners. Photo: Luba Ostashevsky. Around 5 million children in U.S.

Policies 40

Policies Data Common Core Comparison 40

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 20, 2016

There are other areas that also come to mind including student grouping, assessment, and interest. Also, check out Newsela for Elementary and note there is a also a comparison of a free and paid version. This Research Report will provide you with even more information on this wonderful program.

Resources 60

Resources Tools Differentiated Instruction Learning 60

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Policymakers will be looking to leverage their existing data sources to better understand those trends and the remaining gaps, and they will continue to look for innovative approaches to learning and ways to assess the needs of students. I can see a world where we overcorrect, however, and start to view it in a very narrow way.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

If you made it past the headline, you’re likely a student, concerned parent, teacher or, like me, a nerd nostalgist who enjoys basking in the distant glow of Homework Triumphs Past (second-grade report on Custer’s Last Stand, nailed it!). So any comparison is, to a degree, apples-to-oranges (or, at least, apples-to-pears).

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Comparison Survey Report Study 28

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

In recent months, the phrase has been associated with Mississippi’s performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the Nation’s Report Card. These supports, we suspect, have been influential in better preparing Mississippi elementary school teachers and changing instruction in K-3 classrooms.

Policies 86

Policies Elementary Learning Comparison 86

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2022

Third, researchers have yet to examine how the children’s subsequent school experiences may have affected the results, a significant limitation given earlier work finding that the program’s short-term impacts varied considerably depending on the quality of the children’s elementary school teachers. As researchers, we have some concerns.

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Study Comparison Elementary Data 97

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2016

President Bush promotes his “No Child Left Behind” education agenda during a visit to Kirkpatrick Elementary School in Nashville, Tenn., This is just the medicine we need,” Cassellius recalls telling the reporter. Monday, Sept. Photo: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite. Every kid will be counted, and we’ll focus on equity.”.

Education 40

Education Policies Learning Report 40

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Assessment as an Ongoing Act of Learning: A Heutagogical Approach: Melanie Booth. is a type of essentialist, behaviorist education based on the three Rs – receiving by listening to the teacher; responding by taking notes, studying text, and doing worksheets; and regurgitating by taking the same assessments as all other students in the cohort.

Education 268

Education Learning Resources Tools 268

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

O’Neal Elementary School, in Elgin, Illinois, none of the third graders could read and write at grade level according to state tests in 2019. Just nine miles away sits Centennial Elementary School, where 73 percent of third graders met grade-level standards on that same test. At Ronald D. This story also appeared in Daily Herald.

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Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 30, 2024

The Hechinger Report spent the last year investigating a major subset of school discipline: suspensions and expulsions for vague, subjective categories like defiance, disruption and disorderly conduct. States do not report this information to the federal government. How did we get state and district level suspension data?

Comparison 79

Comparison Data Analysis Report 79

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This back-to-school season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress. Gaps between how minority students perform academically in comparison to their White peers have long been an issue across the country.

Course 85

Course Report Data STEM 85

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2023

In traditional public schools, by comparison, Black students learned only half as much as their white peers in the subject. In the appendix to the report , CREDO identifies the names of charter management organizations (CMOs), charter school chains running multiple schools, that have succeeded in “gap busting.”

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Study Comparison Outcomes Report 89

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Emily Hanford | APM Reports. This story was produced by APM Reports and reprinted with permission. More than 60 percent of American fourth-graders are not proficient readers, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and it’s been that way since testing began in the 1990s. Emily Hanford | APM Reports.

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Training Elementary Report Study 112

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

A student at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Lee Elementary, a Pre-K-8 school on Chicago’s southwest side. “I Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. But there are plenty of reasons to be cautious.

Personalized Learning 145

Personalized Learning Education Learning Elementary 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

But these “action research” studies are often poorly designed without comparison or control groups and their conclusions — my idea worked! Clifton, the fourth grade teacher, tracked daily and weekly “exit tickets” for her students, a short assessment to check if her students comprehended the lesson of the day.

Classroom 136

Classroom Groups Comparison Study 136

MindShift

JANUARY 26, 2021

This story about IEPs was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report ). Lee Elementary, a Pre-K-8 school on Chicago’s southwest side. “I Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report ).

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Personalized Learning Education Learning Training 45

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2016

Educators prefer to call the new exams assessments, because they’re so different in form and format from traditional standardized tests. It’s very important for arts to be seen as a subject that can be and should be tested,” said Frank Philip, an arts education assessment consultant. It’s a parity thing.”.

Education 40

Education Assessment Guidelines Elementary 40

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2018

It’s well-aligned with the goals of elementary classrooms: The learning activities activate students’ creativity while the multi-modal assessment appeals to innovate teachers and offers great home-to-school connections. They’ve incrementally developed a portfolio product that’s clearly informed by how teachers work and students learn.

EdTech 125

EdTech Tools Examples Common Core 125

MindShift

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

A study of 104 children from ages 3 to 10 found similar patterns of brain activity in boys and girls as they engaged in basic math tasks, researchers reported Friday in the journal Science of Learning. There’s new evidence that girls start out with the same math abilities as boys. Carnegie Mellon University).

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