The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2022

An international study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that students who had more books at home reported that they enjoyed reading more. Teens who read more paper books scored higher on reading assessments. Credit: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. That’s equal to almost 2.5

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 2, 2022

Hechinger Report just published an article on how having teachers study student data doesn’t actually result in better student learning outcomes. We implement benchmarking assessments and professional learning communities (PLCs). We’re not closing gaps with other countries on international assessments. Good grief.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2022

They could learn just as much—or more— when it comes to literacy, numeracy and executive function skills critical to early academic success, according to a new review of 17 studies of play. The authors of the review note that not all studies included in their report have the same definition of guided play, and that means outcomes may vary.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

It will also help you with both formative and summative assessments, and it will enter your grades into any electronic grade book directly from GradeCam. Simple Assessments of All Kinds. First, let’s look at the ways you can use GradeCam for assessments. Setting up assessments is fast and easy. Make assessment simple.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

In early April 2023, I started getting emails and messages urging me to take a look at a fresh reading study in Colorado. The study, a working paper that has not yet been peer-reviewed, came to two dramatic conclusions. For starters, the study took place at nine charter schools in Colorado, stretching from Denver to Fort Collins.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2021

Three new reports on student achievement during the pandemic all point to larger declines in math than in reading and widening gaps between the haves and have-nots. That’s because low-income students were less likely to attend in-person school, where diagnostic assessments were given, or take an online assessment at home.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 30, 2016

The primary author of the study ( Binbin Zheng, Ph.D. Given the top line finding, I suspect the study will garner much attention and – at the same time – be subject to much spin. How was the study conducted? standard deviations (based on 3 effect sizes from 2 studies). Review of Educational Research.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2022

Studies released during the second half of 2021 confirm that students learned a lot more in person than they did during remote instruction. Now we have a new batch of studies analyzing how students did on fall 2021 assessments. Credit: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images. The slide was much larger in math than in reading.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

Research Projects: When students engage in research projects, they need time to gather information, synthesize their findings, and put together presentations or reports to share their findings. I’ve even constructed entire units of study in a playlist to allow students to move through it at a pace that works for them.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2022

Teachers described their challenges in combining in-person and remote teaching in a University of California, Santa Cruz, study published in January 2022. Credit: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. It’s a professional assessment of a flawed model. This is not whining about working hard at all.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2024

Which students get to attempt intellectually stimulating courses like calculus may rely in part on where they attend high school rather than just their aptitude for math, according to a new study. It was the first publication based on RAND’s American Mathematics Educator Study. Some of the dissimilarities in the report are mysterious.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

As most school systems have learned by now, assessing learning in a pandemic comes with all sorts of challenges, including but not limited to how (and where) to assess students and whether the data being gathered is even accurate. As assessment and curriculum leaders for two different districts, we’re still discovering the answers.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2022

Almost 90 percent of teachers reported that Amplify Science supported them in engaging students in science discourse. The randomized controlled study focused on physical science for grade 7 and included 28 teachers and more than 1700 students across three districts that served diverse populations.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Renea Brathwaite, chief diversity officer and dean of professional studies at Vanguard University, is an advocate for a relentless pursuit of these metacognitive efforts. Moore have organized the self-assessment tool into three sections: The context and design of your course. Authors Ed Brantmeier, Andreas Broscheid and Carl S.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2021

Play is so powerful, according to a recent report by the LEGO Foundation , that it can be used as a possible intervention to close achievement gaps between children ages 3 to 6. The report looked at 26 studies of play from 18 countries. Instead, many schools are focused on academic skills and standardized assessments, he added.

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Linways Technologies

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of higher education, the traditional reliance on exams as the primary mode of assessment is being reevaluated. In this article, we will delve into the world of alternative assessment methods tailored for higher education. It also hones communication skills and the ability to provide constructive feedback.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2022

The drop in humanities majors and a significant and simultaneous rise in the number of STEM graduates show that students have altered their understanding of what they should study to achieve success in the post-collegiate job market. Miriam Hamburger, a 2017 religious studies graduate from Occidental College, is a good example.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 6, 2023

Keeping Our Schools Safe: Reporting, Assessing, and Managing Threats A Library 2.0 + LearningRevolution.com Webinar with Dr. Steve Albrecht Please consider forwarding this material to colleagues or associates in school settings. Using the USSS Safe Schools and FBI research reports. Case study practice, using actual incidents.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Howard Street Charter School in Salem, Oregon, is a project-based institution that pushes students to achieve excellence in all areas of study. Not only do students get to work at their own pace in MATHia, but its built-in reports also provide actionable data to teachers so they can best set students up for success.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

All in this Edtech Reports Recap. The new report—adding EducationSuperHighway as a partner—spends its 33 pages focused on best practices to address this gap in a series of who-what-how steps: assessing needs, procuring solutions and accessing funds. The report is based on existing research plus 18 interviews with stakeholders.

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2021

Red Bank, NJ, July 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The National Lexile Study, a respected and recognized independent research analysis conducted by MetaMetrics®, the creators of the Lexile® Framework, was released today by Achieve3000. Achieve3000 and MetaMetrics have partnered to produce the National Lexile Study for the last two years.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2021

Some colleges that attempted in-person teaching required students to get tested, but that increase in testing rates does not explain the spike in case counts, the study says, because it was accompanied by increases in test percentage positivity. And the study does not consider whether the same trends would apply in the case of small colleges.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Four new studies on project-based learning. 2nd grade social studies. Four new studies released in February 2021 are helping to fill this void. The George Lucas Foundation financed the four studies. Students worked on multi-stage projects over an extended period of time throughout a unit of study. Curriculum.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2020

A study of 2,500 middle school students finds that the acquisition of scientific reasoning skills produces stronger learning gains. A large study on teaching science to middle school students was published afterwards and it adds more nuance to this debate between critical thinking skills and content knowledge.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

She is the vice president of advocacy and engagement at the Mozilla Foundation, which today released a new report examining the privacy and security policies of 15 commonly used video-conferencing apps. In essence, the Mozilla report distills legalese and technical jargon into plain language.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2022

Credit: Photo: Rory Doyle / The Hechinger Report. We know that kids love it and so do parents and teachers,” said Emily Morton, a researcher at NWEA, a nonprofit assessment company, who has studied four-day school weeks around the country. More schools switched to a four-day schedule during the pandemic.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2024

A couple of years ago, Kelly Spoon decided to experiment with her assessment practices. She has changed her approach to grading in other classes as well, now offering more frequent assessments, providing chances to retake tests or quizzes and putting a stronger emphasis on incorporating accommodations in her class.

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Reading By Example

JULY 14, 2020

The misconception and lack of understanding about assessment is one hole I fell into often as a teacher and observe in other educators as we unintentionally do what was done to us. Back in my day…assessment was the end result. So…that leaves me thinking about what experiences we want our students to have with assessment?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

The researchers didn’t actually study how people use Google or any internet search engine. Students who were told they wouldn’t be able to refer to the trivia later did much better on recall assessments. The study made a huge splash in the journal Science , followed by popular articles about the “Google effect.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2019

But when it comes to achieving that goal, iPASS efforts have yet to pass muster, according to a new report examining these efforts at three institutions. At the root of the problem, flawed data, skeptical advisors and other implementation hiccups with iPASS efforts failed to move the needle for students, the report found.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 12, 2021

students, but they are less likely to study science and math in college. There’s a pressing need to attract young students from all backgrounds to study these fields in college. Urban students also trail suburban students when it comes to studying science, but only by a little, according to the federal data.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

To link aReading scores with the official Lexile scale, a study was conducted with assessment results. FastBridge is Illuminate Education’s universal screening, diagnostic reporting, and progress monitoring solution for reading, math and social-emotional behavior. CEO and co-founder of MetaMetrics.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2024

Additionally, fewer than 10 percent of all adults in need of literacy support are currently receiving education services, according to a 2023 report by the Adult Literacy and Learning Impact Network of which NCFL is a member. Meanwhile, a 2020 study found a significant connection between average yearly income and average reading levels.

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2024

Previously thought to “diminish over time,” a review of longitudinal studies on bullying and subsequent outcomes revealed that the negative impacts could be experienced years later. The odds of illness and truant absences “increased by 45 percent if bullying victimization was reported several times a week.” Here are a few takeaways.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2019

It Takes a Village to Study and Support Whole Teacher Well-Being The Happy Teacher Project takes a holistic and comprehensive approach by studying physical, psychological and professional well-being and how workplace conditions support these three areas. And a third reported doctor-diagnosed urinary tract infections.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2021

Renaissance , a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, today released its much anticipated What Kids Are Reading report for 2021. As the largest study of its kind, What Kids Are Reading provides actionable insights and helpful tools to help educators guide their students toward “just-right” reading recommendations.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

BALTIMORE, Maryland — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people globally, has unveiled the findings of a Johns Hopkins University study that affirms IXL Math’s effectiveness in boosting student achievement. The goal of the study was to determine IXL Math’s efficacy on students in grades 3-5.

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