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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

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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.” BOSTON ( Sept. Over 40% of students who used Core5 exceeded their MAP Growth targets. About Cambium Learning Group.

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Want to Help Schools Closed by COVID-19? Don’t Pitch Them Right Now.

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Often, these pitches entail free or discounted software for products ranging from instructional materials to virtual conferencing tools. Chris Lehmann (@chrislehmann) March 16, 2020. Among them are companies directly reaching out to teachers and administrators, offering to help ease that transition.

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OPINION: Struggling readers need standards and structure based on the science of reading

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achieved National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) proficiency in fourth grade reading. Preliminary research from the nonprofit assessment group NWEA suggested that students would retain only 70 percent of last year’s gains in reading when they returned for the 2020-21 academic year compared with a typical school year.

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Ohio Department of Education Names Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready® Assessment an Approved Dyslexia Screener for Grades K–3

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The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) recently named Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready Assessment as an approved Comparable Assessment to Ohio’s K–3 Diagnostic Assessment for the Third Grade Reading Guarantee with Dyslexia Screening (K–3 Diagnostic/Dyslexia Screener) and Tier 1 Dyslexia Screening Measure (Dyslexia Screener).

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Curriculum Associates Sponsors the 2020 ALAS Scholarship Awards to Support the Professional Advancement

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Murillo was presented the ALAS Scholarship Award during the virtual ALAS National Annual Education Summit on October 9–10, 2020. Founded in 1969, Curriculum Associates, LLC designs research-based print and online instructional materials, screens and assessments, and data management tools. About Curriculum Associates.

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How Districts Can Develop a Comprehensive Plan for Remote Learning Come Fall

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The United States ranked 36th in math and 13th in reading among 79 countries and regions that took the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2018. Hoping to improve our standing, researchers have been calling for a new approach to education for nearly a decade—one that combines in-person and virtual instruction.

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How Much Longer Will Schools Have to Scrape Together Technology Funding?

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Since the shift to remote learning in spring 2020, schools in the U.S. Only 21 states have any kind of dedicated state funding for technology, and this can range from just digital instructional materials (e.g. In 2020 alone, venture capital firms invested $2.2