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PROOF POINTS: ‘Right-to-read’ settlement spurred higher reading scores in California’s lowest performing schools, study finds

The Hechinger Report

The state initially agreed to give an extra $50 million to 75 elementary schools with the worst reading scores in the state to improve how they were teaching reading. A pair of Stanford University education researchers studied whether the settlement made a difference, and their conclusion was that yes, it did.

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Kindergarten math is often too basic. Here’s why that’s a problem

The Hechinger Report

In Molly Long’s kindergarten class at Burrus Elementary in Hendersonville, Tenn., But too often teachers spend that crucial year reinforcing basic information students may already know. We are seeing it close gaps for students, and they are more able to access elementary school math.”

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Louisiana Department of Education Rates Lexia Reading Core5 as Highest Tier of Efficacy

eSchool News

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. A committee of Louisiana educators reviews the materials. For more information, visit www.lexialearning.com.

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OPINION: It’s time. Let’s use different ways of teaching children to read

The Hechinger Report

Only 53 percent of teacher education programs “provide sufficient coverage of early reading components,” the National Council on Teacher Quality found in their 2020 review of elementary teacher training programs. Related: Retraining an entire states’ elementary teachers in the science of reading.

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Carolina Biological Announced South Carolina Adopted New Grades K to 12 Science Teaching Materials

eSchool News

16, 2021 – Carolina Biological announced that two of its elementary school science programs are among the rigorous list of new science materials just adopted by the South Carolina State Board of Education for the state’s K-12 science curriculum. The Committee reviews all instructional materials in light of the state content standards.

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Lexia Nationwide Report Finds 80% of Students Using Lexia Core5 Reading Did Not Experience Literacy Learning Loss During Remote and Hybrid Learning in the 2020-21 Academic Year

eSchool News

23, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, today released new research titled “Using Lexia Core5 Reading to Address Learning Loss and Accelerate Learning: Insights from a 2020-21 Nationwide Study.” For more information, visit www.lexialearning.com. BOSTON ( Sept. About Cambium Learning Group.

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Florida Department of Education Approves Lexia Learning for ELA Intervention Courses

eSchool News

BOSTON (June 8, 2021) – Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, announced today that Florida’s Commissioner of Education has approved Lexia® Core5® Reading (Core5) as curriculum in elementary intervention courses. The Florida Department of Education reviews instructional materials by subject on a five-year adoption cycle.

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