eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

EdReports.org is an independent nonprofit that evaluates instructional materials for quality and standards alignment. It is a gold-standard leader in helping teachers and administrators identify the highest-quality instructional materials.

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eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2015

Teachers now are using more digital instructional materials than print materials in the classroom, according to a new study from Education Market Research (EMR)/Simba Information. Study reveals that the digital resource market is growing faster than the overall K-12 market. Next page: Findings from the study.

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Doug Levin

MAY 12, 2015

I also tend to think that educators make rational responses in selecting instructional materials and tools (including using social media) – and certainly in the U.S. K-12 context, individual teacher’s choices about instructional materials are constrained by district and state policy anyway.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2023

At home you answer emails, grade, plan, and analyze data. At home you answer emails, grade, plan, and analyze data. One recommendation from “Where Teachers Thrive” is ensuring that schools provide teachers with appropriate curricula and materials, rather than expecting teachers to devise or find their own. This is a crisis.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2022

“This coming year, accelerated learning will be a focus for schools nationwide and these new updates will provide educators with the timely resources and data-driven supports needed to help students make continued gains.”. A midyear and end-of-year Diagnostic help students and teachers measure growth and engage together in data chats.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

LDOE is committed to helping educators find interventions that are data-driven, individualized for students, and systematic. To support local school districts’ decisions on purchasing instructional materials, the LDOE evaluates products on program design, instructional design, usability and support, and other criteria for high quality.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Once they’ve put their instructional materials away, many spend the last minutes of class chatting or crowding by the door. As a coach working in various classrooms, it’s not uncommon for me to observe students packing up with several minutes left in class.

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eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2023

Starting in the 2023–2024 school year, districts across the state can now use i-Ready ’s online Diagnostic and offline literacy assessment tasks to screen for risk factors of dyslexia and help provide data-driven instructional support to students.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2022

Now, districts across the state can use data from the online program as part of a multi-tiered system of supports for students in Grades K–3 as outlined by the state’s Read to Succeed Act. The program’s Diagnostic provides educators with actionable criterion-referenced and normative data to deliver impactful, equitable learning experiences.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Almost a decade after Lynzi Ziegenhagen began work on tools to help K-12 schools with data analysis and visualization, she faced an important decision. Today, Schoolzilla’s data-driven dashboards use multiple sources of student data, including attendance, suspensions and grades, to monitor progress toward school and district goals.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

About Curriculum Associates Founded in 1969, Curriculum Associates, LLC designs research-based print and online instructional materials, screens and assessments, and data management tools.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

Instruction that aligns with districts’ standards, scope, and sequence. Standards-aligned, high-quality instructional materials to support grade-level learning. Born from more than 30 years of learning science research at Carnegie Mellon University, we are known for using the power of data to improve student performance.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2023

It’s not enough for the Museum to be the most popular destination for families in New England and to share hands-on curricula with educators and millions of students around the world­–we also want to leap into the metaverse to meet students where they are with top-quality STEM content.’’

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

“Whether addressing unfinished learning, accelerating student outcomes, or supporting in-person or distance instruction and tutoring, i-Ready Classroom Mathematics provides a research-based solution that is a valuable resource for all K–8 math educators in the state.”. About Curriculum Associates.

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2022

This free e-book incorporates data-collection technology into the first lesson in OpenSciEd Unit 6.1, Our partnership with OpenSciEd gives middle school teachers access to free, standards-aligned, technology-integrated instructional materials to support this work. About Vernier Software & Technology.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

If we’re being honest — and we’ll look at the data in a second — most of them fall woefully short of any kind of meaningful change for students. Sixty-three percent said the use of video helped increase the relevancy and quality of instructional materials. And change is desperately needed. How is that represented?

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eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2022

The report, Student Growth during COVID-19: Grade-Level Readiness Matters , analyzes data gathered from the edtech company’s i-Ready Assessment tool for reading and mathematics from more than two million Grades 1–8 students who used i-Ready Diagnostics during the last three school years, using student testing location (i.e.,

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Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

One of the great promises of the increased adoption and use of technology in public education is the availability of new tools to collect and analyze data about how best to meet the individual needs of students, support educators, and allocate scarce resources.

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eSchool News

MARCH 1, 2023

i-Ready Assessment , alongside a system of support from i-Ready Partners, provides the data teachers need to target instruction where it’s needed most and to help teachers and leaders measure the impact they are having on student learning. i-Ready Assessment is aligned to many of Hattie’s identified high-impact practices.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2023

Founded in 1969, Curriculum Associates, LLC designs research-based print and online instructional materials, screens and assessments, and data management tools. To learn about the 2023 Extraordinary Educators, visit CurriculumAssociates.com/Extraordinary-Educators/Classes. About Curriculum Associates.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 11, 2022

Founded in 1969, Curriculum Associates, LLC designs research-based print and online instructional materials, screens and assessments, and data management tools. To learn about the 2022 Extraordinary Educators, visit CurriculumAssociates.com/Extraordinary-Educators/Classes. About Curriculum Associates.

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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. About Curriculum Associates.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2022

With this approval, districts throughout the state can now use their existing reading and mathematics data from the i-Ready Assessment as a source of evidence to support a referral for gifted education programs. i-Ready data is used in the achievement category. Today, the award-winning i-Ready program serves more than 40 percent (i.e.,

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2022

Founded in 1969, Curriculum Associates, LLC designs research-based print and online instructional materials, screens and assessments, and data management tools. To learn more about Curriculum Associates, visit CurriculumAssociates.com. About Curriculum Associates.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2022

Each benchmark data set will then be submitted to ADE’s Move on When Reading team during specified dates throughout the school year. The program’s Diagnostic provides educators with actionable criterion-referenced and normative data to deliver impactful, equitable learning experiences. About Curriculum Associates.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

With the approval, schools across the state can now use the program’s Diagnostic and offline literacy assessment tasks to screen for risk factors of dyslexia and help provide data-driven instructional support to students in Grades K–1. Today, the award-winning i-Ready program serves more than 9.5 About Curriculum Associates.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

., September 24, 2021— Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready Classroom Mathematics for Grades 6–8 was recently named a highly rated program by EdReports.org, an independent nonprofit that conducts evidence-based reviews of instructional materials. To learn more about the EdReports.org results and evaluation, visit EdReports.org.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2018

.” According to the report, the four core elements of personalized learning include: Flexible content and tools: Instructional materials allow for differentiated path, pace, and performance tasks. Targeted instruction: Instruction aligns to specific student needs and learning goals.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

The vast majority secured teaching positions in schools using the instructional materials written by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell or Units of Study, from the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University. If we are truly to reconsider efforts to improve reading instruction, I offer two ideas.

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N2Y

MAY 6, 2021

It’s the new solution that’s revolutionizing the IEP process with the power of collaboration, communication, automation, and ongoing, data‑driven decision‑making. Have you heard the buzz about Polaris? A system for uniting entire teams in one space to create student‑centered roadmaps that ensure compliance.

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N2Y

MAY 6, 2021

It’s the new solution that’s revolutionizing the IEP process with the power of collaboration, communication, automation, and ongoing, data‑driven decision‑making. Have you heard the buzz about Polaris? A system for uniting entire teams in one space to create student‑centered roadmaps that ensure compliance.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2023

Founded in 1970, NABSE is dedicated to improving both the educational experiences and accomplishments of African American youth through the development and use of instructional and motivational methods that increase levels of inspiration, attendance, and overall achievement. About Curriculum Associates.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Under circumstances such as these, attendance data becomes increasingly important. Once maligned as a tedious, compliance-based metric, this data may actually reveal a broader picture of the student journey than previously imagined. Of course, this relies heavily on both community engagement and appropriate technology.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

They were following what I call the Mississippi playbook of high-quality instructional materials aligned to the science of reading with professional development and teacher coaches. Listen to the school district, listen to the data that they’re sending, listen to the interventions that they’re suggesting.”

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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. State leaders need to make sure they are giving educators the tools they need to select the best materials for the classroom.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2021

We created i-Ready Standards Mastery for Virginia in response to educators needing a truly Virginia SOL-specific, data-driven solution to help inform instruction,” said Rob Waldron, CEO of Curriculum Associates. A midyear and end-of-year Diagnostic help students and teachers measure growth and have data chats.

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eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2023

About Curriculum Associates Founded in 1969, Curriculum Associates, LLC designs research-based print and online instructional materials, screens and assessments, and data management tools. See CGCS.org.

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