eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2023

– K-12 assessment and research organization NWEA released today a new study that takes a deeper look into instructional practices driving high academic growth. Use student discourse as formative assessment 10. PORTLAND, Ore.– Provide targeted practice for foundational skills 7.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 23, 2023

While most of the dialog around AI and education seems to be focused on assessment, I think the implications for instructional designers are critically important, too. Especially if you need to create several thousand assessment items.

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Edsurge

JULY 19, 2023

Between 2010 and 2021, the share of white non-Hispanic children fell to 45 percent of public school students, while the share of Hispanic children grew to comprise 28 percent. She co-founded edtech company LangInnov to address what she saw as a gap in the market for assessing Latino children’s reading abilities.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2022

18, Richmond received an email from the Jefferson County School District: AJ was suspended while the district evaluated his risk of violence, a formal process known as a behavioral threat assessment. Still, policymakers increasingly see the use of threat assessment teams as a viable way to prevent mass shootings.

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Edsurge

MAY 20, 2024

But just before the pandemic, she says she was approached by FreedomWorks, an advocacy group funded by the Koch brothers, big political donors, and associated with the “tea party” movement in favor of libertarian ideas. She had also worked in public schools before launching Mysa.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2022

By July 2021, 72 percent of undergraduates said that their awareness of social justice issues had increased over the preceding year, and just under half reported that their involvement in social justice efforts was impacting their career choices, according to a survey by Best Colleges.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

During the 2021-2022 school year, the latest year for which data is available, the nationwide average was 408-to-1. The Hope Center regularly conducts surveys assessing students’ basic needs. Their advocacy work has already begun, one high school senior at a time. “At It is so opaque,” McKibben said of the college price tag.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

At OHDELA, enrollment more than doubled to about 5,200 students in the 2020-2021 school year, according to state data. million on TV ads in just the first quarter of 2021, up from $1.2 James Rhyu, Stride’s chief executive officer, on an investor call in August 2021. At Stride Inc., Stride spent about $1.8

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

A Tech Exchange employee works in the nonprofit’s warehouse in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In March, 2021, Meredith Kolodner and Sarah Butrymowicz first reported on the way that direct-to-student loans were used by for-profit colleges to bolster their business models while ensnaring students in practices that blocked them from getting jobs or transferring to other colleges.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Data released at the end of the 2021-22 school year showed the district increased math scores by double digits in grades 3-8, outperforming pre-COVID levels. His advocacy for early literacy has been a driving force in shaping curriculum and programs that empower young learners.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2024

Once students are accepted, Sanchez said, Davenport will assess their education and work experience to see what can count toward degree progressions. Students are eligible for the scholarship award regardless of their immigration status, which Davenport does not ask about, he said.

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eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2023

Her advocacy for rich and juicy text and her support for the highest standards in language instruction has inspired not only the Great City School staff and membership, but teachers and researchers the world over. Casserly received the inaugural award in 2021 and Rep. Bobby” Scott (D-Va.) received the award in 2022. “We See CGCS.org.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

The retention policy is part of a state law passed in 2021 that was meant to boost long-lagging reading scores and stem pandemic learning losses. Third graders must now pass the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program, or TCAP, at the end of the year to avoid repeating third grade. Because it is just one assessment.”

Elementary 135

Elementary Policies Advocacy Report 135

edWeb.net

AUGUST 18, 2022

Key Takeaways from 2021-22. Assessments need to evolve: Students don’t need a formal test to assess whether they learned a concept or not. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

A majority of students weren’t mastering the subject, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a test that tracks academic achievement. The researchers continued to meet almost every month during 2021 as their campaign gained momentum.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

3 Advocacy groups, backed by dyslexia authorities at universities, have pushed for dyslexia legislation across the country with these outcomes: 4 40 states now mandate dyslexia screening, and more than 30 list approved screeners that schools must use. This group makes up at least 20 percent of the general population.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2022

Launched in 2019 and established as an independent nonprofit association in 2021, SELPA aims to advance high-quality SEL implementation by bringing together SEL providers for networking, shared learning, collective promotion, and advocacy.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

Why are we not making assessments in the schools better and more comprehensive?” The school district balked at one provider who charged well above the state rate, according to Busby; but in early 2021, after repeated inquiries from Busby, school officials offered up an alternative.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

After the cyberattack, the crisis response is invaluable to assess why the attack happened and develop new protocols if necessary. “It’s In November 2020, Dr. Reid was named 2021 State Superintendent of the Year by the Washington Association of School Administrators. Thiele that quick, knee-jerk reactions are not advisable.

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edWeb.net

MAY 7, 2021

Over time, the need to quickly adapt led to heightened online student engagement, according to a CatchOn survey of 47 school districts from January 2020 to January 2021. Following this assessment is the design of an implementation plan centered on anticipated program outcomes. Student engagement suffered.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

The law requires that by 2021, students graduating from Maine high schools must show they have mastered specific skills to earn a high school diploma. By 2021, schools must offer diplomas based students reaching proficiency in the four core academic subject areas: English, math, science and social studies.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

But many hurdles must still be overcome by lawmakers and policymakers, before they can assess the effectiveness of the curriculum and its impact, if any, on healing societal wounds. of all district students) enrolled in a K-12 New York City Public School in 2021-2022. 175,340 Asian American students (comprising 16.6%

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eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2024

3 Advocacy groups, backed by dyslexia authorities at universities, have pushed for dyslexia legislation across the country with these outcomes: 4 40 states now mandate dyslexia screening, and more than 30 list approved screeners that schools must use. This group makes up at least 20 percent of the general population.

Differentiated Instruction 52

Differentiated Instruction Training Analysis Assessment 52

N2Y

OCTOBER 12, 2020

It’s likely that more students will experience a greater degree of regression in the 2020–2021 school year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Her general education and special education teachers have tried two different interventions in small groups, but her scores on all assessments show a plateau or a regression.

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ExcelinEd

AUGUST 3, 2020

Last week , Excel in Ed hosted Commissioner Morat h and Jennifer Esterline , founder and director of Educate Texas’ Texas Education Grantmakers Advocacy Consortium , for a deep dive into about the state’s COVID-19 strategy and approach.? ? . Assessing Anticipated Learning Loss. Designing New School Models.

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Digital Divide E-rate Laptops Assessment 28

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

During the 2021-2022 school year, the Reading School District saw over 13,000 ebooks and audiobooks checked out through the Sora K-12 reading app. Teachers can create multimedia assessments and activities for their students, who record and embed their responses. This was more than the number of print books borrowed.

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 98

Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2024

Only about 14 percent of families eligible for the child care subsidies are actually enrolled in the program, according to a report from the First Five Years Fund, a child care and early learning advocacy group. Farias said changing billing practices during the pandemic was transformational for the health of her business.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. Your stories. When given the opportunity, then they will succeed. And so we always talk about it as ‘unfinished learning.’ ”.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2021

In May 2021, Selma Casagranda, 18, and Annika Nilsson, 17, ride the Nilsson family ATV along Lost Creek — the stream that floods Nilsson’s neighborhood in Seward, Alaska, each fall — and point to where a house once stood before flood waters made the property useless. per $100,000 of assessed real or personal property values.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2022

The Schenectady district fortified its five-year-old diversion program in 2021 when it started to see more students, even those in middle school, landing in long-term suspension because of post-pandemic behavior problems after they returned to in-person learning.

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Groups Report Meeting Elementary 143

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2023

She said it was confusing, poorly written, and not vetted by the board’s legal counsel (instead it was reviewed by the anti-LGBTQ Christian legal advocacy group, Alliance Defending Freedom). The day after the election, with the reality of the mixed board clear, Hall offered a sober assessment. “My The policy ended up passing 4-0.

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Elementary Report Meeting Policies 142

The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2021

We’ve run into challenges where legislators are reluctant to pass an unfunded mandate,” said Nicole Gibson, the senior director for state policy and grassroots advocacy at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. He said he usually doesn’t handle that many evaluations over the course of an entire school year.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 28, 2021

million homes, according to the climate advocacy organization Generation180. The best assessments of the physical conditions facing American schools come from the Government Accountability Office or the American Society of Civil Engineers, she added.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2025

National pride in America is at a record low, coinciding with desperately low scores on the nations civics report card from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Since 2021, many politically diverse states have followed Illinois lead, strengthening K-12 civics instruction and incentivizing students civic development.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The announcement was met with approval from various education advocacy groups, school and adolescent mental health groups, and lawmakers. As of September 19, the U.S. has seen at least 50 school shootings–13 were on college campuses and 37 were on K-12 school grounds.

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Advocacy Exercises Report Assessment 134

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2025

You’re talking about millions of dollars worth of investment just vanishing because someone canceled a contract too early without knowing what they were doing, said James (Lynn) Woodworth, who served as the commissioner of the agency, known by the acronym NCES, from 2018 to 2021. 19, 2021, the day before Biden took office.

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Data Education Report Assessment 143