eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The first report, The State of Student Learning in 2022 , analyzes reading and mathematics data gathered from nearly two million Grades 1–8 students during the 2021–2022 school year via the edtech company’s i-Ready Assessment tool. The question is no longer if or howthe pandemic affected student learning, it is if and how it can recover.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Currently, 48 states and the District of Columbia have adopted state-level, dual-enrollment policies, including 28 states that have established multiple dual-enrollment programs, according to the Education Commission of the States.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

The Learning Policy Institute calculates the cost of distance learning at about $500 per student for a total of $3.7 Here are five existing policies that policymakers and local officials are likely to lean on to ensure that funds are used effectively, with regard to investments in remote learning programs and services.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

Often, these pitches entail free or discounted software for products ranging from instructional materials to virtual conferencing tools. Since a main part of her role is to assess technology products for use in her school, Roshan said she’s used to quickly filtering out the pitches she’s not interested in. Amen to that.”

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 5, 2019

Teachers spend seven or more hours per week, or 250 hours per year , creating or finding instructional materials for the general classroom, said Clark. Curricular materials must be culturally responsive, address a multitiered system of support framework , incorporate social emotional learning and facilitate digital learning. .

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 7, 2018

Questioning the quality of instructional materials isn’t new to the digital education era. Thus, there is the potential for more disparity in the quality of materials from school to school. They support sound pedagogy and balanced assessment to help teachers understand and interpret student performance.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 19, 2019

During a tour of updates to SETDA’s Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States (DMAPS) , which showcases state policies in support of digital materials, Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director for SETDA, discussed new features like professional development information.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the “nation’s report card,” last month revealed the extent of the learning decline during the pandemic. Idaho started a $50 million program so that eligible families can buy education-related items, from online instructional materials to tutoring services.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 23, 2016

As publishers continue their work to improve the instructional materials being used in classrooms, elected officials and policymakers at every level nationwide must increase their efforts to get high-quality digital content and educational technologies into the hands of teachers and students.

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eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2018

In reality, this drive for PD is more nuanced, requiring competency not only in teachers, but also the classroom environment and culturally responsive instructional materials. The first dimension, institutional cultural competency, includes the policies and values of the district and school administration.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Essential Elements for Digital Content is a free professional learning community on edWeb.net that provides policy makers, school administrators and educator leaders a better understanding of policies and practices related to digital instructional materials.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

And because of the range of resources, students and the adults who supervise them (whether teachers or parents) need guidance on how to assess which are the best materials for which purposes. There are a lot of digital materials out there that may not be well-aligned with curricula,” she said.

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Tom Murray

JUNE 3, 2016

With support from ED, state leaders, and new platforms for curation and discovery, there has never been a more exciting time to rethink traditional, static instructional materials. As with any instructional materials, quality is key. Determining policies, processes, and timelines for adoption.

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2021

Former US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan presented the Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice to Casserly during a virtual award ceremony at the CGCS’s Legislative/Policy Conference. To learn more about Curriculum Associates, visit CurriculumAssociates.com. About Curriculum Associates.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 23, 2016

As publishers continue their work to improve the instructional materials being used in classrooms, elected officials and policymakers at every level nationwide must increase their efforts to get high-quality digital content and educational technologies into the hands of teachers and students.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

An increasing number of states are enacting laws designed to expand access to evidence-based reading instruction. “Our kids are more engaged than they’ve ever been with phonics instruction and with reading, and they’re applying what they’re learning,” said one second grade teacher who was part of the research study.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Schools have relied on those funds for the creation or expansion of summer programs and tutoring services, the purchase of high-quality curriculum and instructional materials, and a plethora of other efforts to address learning gaps students experienced through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2022

SSA’s purpose is to give superintendents quality professional learning opportunities, a leading voice in sound public policy development and advocacy, and meaningful collaboration and networking. To learn more about SSA, visit [link]. About Curriculum Associates.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 13, 2019

The reviewers look at three key aspects of the material—the content and especially its alignment to core standards, accessibility of the content for all students, and the pedagogy, including teacher support and assessments. The post Access State-Reviewed Instructional Materials with SETDA’s Dashboard appeared first on edWeb.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2018

Schools were unhappy with both the cost and the quality of the instructional materials available. In our discussion, Patterson pointed out that the market for K-12 curriculum has historically been dominated by a few large publishers with an expensive, top-down approach to distribution.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Schools have relied on those funds for the creation or expansion of summer programs and tutoring services, the purchase of high-quality curriculum and instructional materials, and a plethora of other efforts to address learning gaps students experienced through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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techlearning

MARCH 13, 2018

CSUSA assessed students’ reading abilities in the fall, winter and spring using the computer-administered, adaptive screening tool, NWEA™ MAP®. Today, Lexia helps students build fundamental reading skills through its rigorously researched, independently evaluated, and widely respected instruction and assessment programs.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

As recent investigations have shown, too many public schools lack clear conflict-of-interest policies to ensure that decisions about whether and when to use specific technology products or services are being made in the best interests of students. The post OPINION: What’s the high-tech tradeoff for students and teachers?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2018

The support ranges from help creating and aligning instructional materials or assessment resources to providing social and emotional learning opportunities. We have worked to provide new teachers in Illinois with additional support and mentorships as they start their careers to ensure they are successful.

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techlearning

JULY 17, 2018

The state is reviewing new science instructional materials for the first time in 12 years to help science teachers succeed in teaching students the latest standards. With the review process for science instructional materials to help teachers finally under way, implementation is another step closer.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Albans City School, and several of her students explained how they’re using technology for assessment, service work, and more. In the edWebinar “ Students Leverage Technology Tools and Makerspaces to Personalize Learning,” Grace Borst, Innovation Specialist at St. Albans City School has a dedicated makerspace open to all students from PreK-8.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

The policies and infrastructures are in place to deliver. As this tumultuous year winds down, there are a few trends we can expect to see in 2021, including schools adopting a “digital-first” policy for many of their functional operations such as administrative and student support functions. Collin Earnst, CEO, LearnWell.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

In fall 2007, Larry Berger, CEO of Wireless Generation (now Amplify) was invited to submit a paper to an “Entrepreneurship in Education” working group led by Rick Hess, the director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. I’d recently moved to Washington, D.C. and he asked me to co-author the piece.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

Others went deep, with curriculum, intervention and assessment stacks. All of these players, new and old, are operating in a stable yet fragmented market, finding product-market fit in school systems’ existing market segments: core, supplemental, and assessment. (I Assessment (including state tests) is another $1.2

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Our quest to look ahead follows this week’s release of scores on what is known as the nation’s report card – the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The scores released this week assess basic skills among nine-year-olds, comparing that age group over long periods of time. Petrilli, president of the Thomas B.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Only 21 states have any kind of dedicated state funding for technology, and this can range from just digital instructional materials (e.g. State Funding States vary drastically in the funds they make available for K-12 technology. software and electronic textbooks, as is the case in New Mexico ) to physical devices (e.g.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

Nationally, the 2022 NAEP assessments showed an average drop of four points compared with 2019. Some schools set up effective Zoom instruction within days while others struggled for months to distribute computers. Math and reading assessments were administered to a representative sample of fourth and eighth graders in all 50 states.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

This remarkable functionality makes an array of assessment types possible – including spelling tests, short answers, fill-in-the-blank, and more. GradeCam can now read and grade responses that have simply been written out by hand. No bubbles required. Illuminate 11.0

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edWeb.net

MARCH 15, 2021

What the Pandemic Revealed: Policy-Level Challenges. There were already systemic factors at play that tested teachers and demonstrated an urgent need for improvement at the policy level. Principal among them is pairing professional learning with quality materials to advance teacher practice in the classroom. Assessment.

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Education Assessment Professional Learning Policies 80

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 29, 2016

A growing number of peer-reviewed studies and other research reports are demonstrating that when faculty who previously used commercial products as their core instructional materials replace them with OER, student learning either stays the same or increases. But who chooses the core instructional resources students will use?

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techlearning

AUGUST 8, 2018

The state vetted universal screening assessments schools will administer to all students at least three times annually to provide an “especially critical ‘first look’ at individual students.” The online diagnostic and instruction program is currently used by districts across Mississippi and more than 7 million K–12 students nationwide. “

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

This works well out particularly well for publishers over the long term, because an entire generation of faculty without these critical skills becomes wholly dependent on instructional materials created, reviewed, selected, and assembled by publishers. Should institutions have policies regarding these issues in the future?

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