The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In the years after the law went into effect, the testing and data industries flourished, selling school districts interim assessments to track student progress throughout the year along with flashy data dashboards that translated student achievement into colored circles and red warning flags. Why doesn’t data analysis work?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

95 Percent Group LLC, the trusted source for comprehensive, proven literacy solutions, launched 95 Phonics Core Program® Word Study, Grades 4 and 5. Grounded in the Science of Reading, 95 Phonics Core Program® Word Study, Grades 4 and 5. Lincolnshire, Ill. – Research on reading instruction has been very clear for more than 20 years.

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100mentors

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

We conclude this series with the last but not least IB requirements for teaching and learning in the Diploma Programme (DP): assessment and self-management skills. This final installment covers h ow to cultivate students’ self-management skills through teaching informed by assessment. What makes the difference for them?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2023

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. There are multiple studies that demonstrate its effectiveness. The pilot school’s students showed advanced growth on the i-Ready ® diagnostic reading assessment.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

Doing rigorous research isn’t easy; you need to set up a group of comparison students who don’t get the intervention and track everyone’s progress. Reading Recovery disputes the long-term study results, pointing out that three-fourths of the study participants had departed so data was collected for only 25 percent of them.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 4, 2024

Corriveau and Kurkul (2016) administered a study of preschool-aged students about how they choose from whom to learn. The purpose of the study was to see if a preschoolers’ preference in informer is related to SES (Corriveau & Kurkul, 2016). The comparison between the two groups highlight the impact SES has on reading.

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Learning Study Elementary Data 110

eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

A real-time national education study of more than one million students by two leading not-for-profit education groups has found that continued engagement with technology-enabled instruction during COVID-19 school closures has significantly reduced students’ loss of potential reading growth. This study is the second in a series.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2016

On Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday , the math, social studies, and science teachers implement activities provided for them. Each activity incorporates the target words and controversial topic of the week: The math teacher assigns and discusses one or two problems in a format modeled on the Massachusetts state math assessment.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2023

A research study from Curriculum Associates recently received a Moderate (i.e., Educators want—and need—to feel confident in the programs they are using to support their instruction and, in turn, student achievement,” said Dr. Kristen Huff, vice president of assessment and research at Curriculum Associates. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.—

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Outcomes Differentiated Instruction Assessment Comparison 52

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2024

The findings come from an effectiveness study independently designed and conducted by LearnPlatform by Instructure, a third-party edtech research company. The study showed positive outcomes from on-demand tutoring, a service Tutor.com has delivered for more than two decades. Additional details can be found in the study.)

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Meeting Outcomes Study Company 56

100mentors

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

We conclude this series with the last but not least IB requirements for teaching and learning in the Diploma Programme (DP): assessment and self-management skills. This final installment covers h ow to cultivate students’ self-management skills through teaching informed by assessment. What makes the difference for them?

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Assessment Comparison Learning Guidelines 60

Neo LMS

AUGUST 10, 2017

Their educational experience is, by comparison, antiquated. Schools that do not prioritize lessons that aid students to navigate the digital landscape risk falling woefully short of producing young adults that are able to critically assess their online experiences and make reasonable, responsible decisions. Highly recommended.

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Digital Citizenship Comparison Study Industry 260

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2024

But studying STEM requires more than an interest in science or a desire to make good money. 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). Students also need adequate training, even in elementary and middle school.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

On Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday , the math, social studies, and science teachers implement activities provided for them. Each activity incorporates the target words and controversial topic of the week: The math teacher assigns and discusses one or two problems in a format modeled on the Massachusetts state math assessment.

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Comparison Assessment Study Analysis 120

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

By the time these studies are done, the product may have already changed. An online math tool that “works” should be correlated with better grades in a class or higher scores on a summative assessment—data that schools already collect. Correlational: Comparisons of users (variable) and non-users (control).

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Data EdTech Comparison Outcomes 137

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2022

It’s not designed to help students study the liberal arts or transfer to four-year universities; instead, it prepares people to work as power linemen and dental hygienists. Measuring Quality It’s tricky to assess how worthwhile a job-training program is. The organization plans to focus on three areas while assessing programs.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 6, 2017

One way to better understand the effects of music training on child development would be to study children before they start any music training and follow them systematically after, to see how their brain and behavior change in relation to their training. It would involve including a comparison group, as all children change with age.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

When I started teaching data science and artificial intelligence in Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering, I was frustrated by how little insight I actually felt I had into how effective my teaching was, until the end-of-semester final exam grades and student assessments came in. So how does one identify a student’s knowledge state?

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Data Assessment Course Outcomes 176

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Even before the pandemic disrupted learning, only 35% of fourth graders met the standards for reading proficiency set by the National Assessment of Educational Progress; students who are not proficient by the end of third grade are less likely to thrive in school and graduate high school. About 95 Percent Group.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2022

This year’s report reviews multiple comparisons of readiness levels within several demographic categories, a four-year comparison to determine the impact of the pandemic on learner readiness, and specifically how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted learner readiness over the quarantine period. The rate of decline is listed below.

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

The disruptions in online assessments that roiled Montana, Nevada, and North Dakota in the spring of 2015 appear to have had both negative and positive effects on individual students’ test scores, according to a new analysis. See also: Assessment Fallout: Texas Fines ETS, Nevada Says DRC Misses Deadlines. We’re really moving on.”.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Auster ‘s Study In an innovative approach to blended learning, Carol J. ’s Study In their research paper “ Lessons Learned: Design and Implementation of Italian Blended Language Courses “, the authors Fabbian et al (2017) provide a number of interesting examples of blended learning in Italian language courses.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2018

A 2018 study conducted by the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) highlights schools in 9 states that have already started to implement interoperable systems with promising results. Reconfiguring networks to promote interoperability — seamless data sharing — seems to be the best fix for this issue. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Competency Based Learning OER Data Comparison 191

Tech Helpful

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Must learn in each subject area based on the way the instructor teaches them.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2020

According to United States Census Bureau projections , by the year 2034, there will be 77 million people ages 65 and older in comparison to 76.5 In a recent study conducted by McKinsey & Company, statistical models based on academic studies estimated the potential influence of school closures on learning.

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Education Industry Training Strategy 188

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2019

The latest research comes from the Reboot Foundation, which released a study in June 2019 that shows a negative connection between a nation’s performance on international assessments and 15-year-olds’ self-reported use of technology in school. In the United States, the results were more complicated.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

In an era of breakneck change and tech innovation, evaluating dyslexia in young students looks much the same today as it has in the past: A struggling reader’s parents and teachers might sit down, gather information and assess the child on their strengths and weaknesses to determine a diagnosis and appropriate interventions.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2023

This comparison highlights the significant differences in outcomes when technology is used with intention and alignment to educational goals versus its use as a mere add-on without specific objectives. For example, students might use spreadsheets for data analysis in a math class, or digital cameras for a project in a social studies class.

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 13, 2019

” Short written responses are a great way to review materials and assess student understanding. By two hundred and twenty-five studies to be exact. If this applied to the comparison of two medical interventions, the authors concluded, it would ethically compel that all participants be moved to the positive-outcome group!

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Learning Groups Comparison Outcomes 255

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2019

Students can track correct responses allowing it to be used as an assessment if desired. One in eight US students use the mostly self-guided resources in math, language arts, science, social studies, and Spanish to support classwork, as homework, or for enrichment. BarGraph Sorter. Caesar Cipher. Free on the web; fee for the app.

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Common Core Digital Citizenship Comparison Report 243

Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2018

Their assessments are currently used by more than 8.5 We are hearing from educators that oftentimes our assessments seem so detached from what is going on in the classroom. We are hearing from educators that oftentimes our assessments seem so detached from what is going on in the classroom.” million students across two states.

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Personalized Learning Comparison Learning Assessment 80

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

educator Rebecca Vass, who teaches informational technology with science and social studies integration to fourth graders, uses a data wall so her students can track their progress on a quarterly benchmark assessment the district uses. She has studied the use of data in schools, including data walls.

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Data Student Data Privacy Comparison Outcomes 162

The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Douglas Reeves, “A Framework for Assessing 21st Century Skills” After last night’s #ncadmin chat about “21st Century Teaching and Learning” I could not stop thinking about questions regarding 21st century skills and assessment. One question continues to haunt me: "How can we devise an assessment for 21st century skills?"

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The decline has accelerated, and results from the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have pushed the state into the “learn-from-our-mistakes” category. Department of Education called Algebra I the gateway course to all higher math study. State-by-state NAEP comparisons are available in this Hechinger Report table.)

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Common Core Academic Standards Comparison Report 119

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

But studies do point toward which strategies are most effective, how they can best be implemented — and what approaches might be a waste of time and money. Studies show it has produced big achievement gains for students when the tutoring occurs every day or almost every day. No catch-up strategy can possibly benefit all students.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 9, 2017

It means that a student can only move to a new learning chapter only after proving that he/she understood the concepts taught so far — whether we’re talking about a quiz, an essay, or other form of assessment. Another method of getting students more involved and more interested in having debates, discussions and comparisons.

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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. Source: NWEA.

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