eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2023

(CAE), a leader in designing innovative performance tasks for measurement and instruction of higher order skills and for subject area assessments, today announced a multiyear collaboration with Project Lead The Way (PLTW), the nation’s leading provider of PreK-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curricula.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In 2020 and 2021, Congress passed the CARES and ARP Acts, which created and added to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Program ( ESSER ). Despite this flexibility, districts must spend their ESSER dollars by September 2024, before this infusion of federal funds winds down.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2023

CCSD used Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds (ESSER) to implement the programs. The programs will play an important role in CCSD’s strategic plan, Focus: 2024, which aims to have all the district’s schools rated three stars or higher on the Nevada School Performance Framework.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2022

2020 and 2021 saw $190 billion in federal relief funds go to schools through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). Districts received funds based on their Title I funding, and ESSER funds must be spent by September 2024. But why aren’t schools spending the money?

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

7 Given the screening mandate, some publishers have fashioned screeners out of their reading assessment instruments designed for the typical population. 12 The latter can be identified with norm-referenced measures in state and standardized reading assessments. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 45 (3), 217-231. State of Dyslexia.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The news is sobering,” says Kristen Huff, vice president of assessment and research at Curriculum Associates, an assessment company that recently published research showing that the nation’s youngest learners, especially, are still struggling to rebound from the pandemic’s disruption to learning and development.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The billions of dollars in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding that Congress allocated in the wake of the pandemic provides a key opportunity for schools to invest in early screening and intervention tools to help close math achievement gaps. 30, 2024–or else they risk losing this important opportunity.

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

APRIL 25, 2023

The Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE) has named Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready Assessment for Reading an approved assessment for the state’s Missouri Read, Lead, Exceed literacy initiative.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2024

But how are we addressing the ways that the system has failed our secondary students when they first learned to read? Conversations about the science of reading are happening primarily with elementary and early childhood educators. Those conversations are preventing further literacy injustice and disenfranchisement.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2024. What are the projections for edtech?

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

The imminent end of ESSER funding has pushed school districts to a critical juncture, compelling them to confront budget deficits for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year before the “fiscal cliff” hits in 2025-2026. For three years, school districts nationwide have relied on a temporary financial cushion to soften the blow from the pandemic.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2023

According to EdWeek Market Brief , 60 percent of all districts plan on spending more on SEL in 2023–2024 and 67 percent of all Northeast schools will increase their SEL spending, while 0 percent will decrease their spending. Social-emotional learning (SEL) is poised to remain a major focus for districts nationwide.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2023

Established in 2004, all 11 schools across the state are accredited by the Arkansas Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Following their successful debut in LISA Academy classrooms, the charter district renewed the following Discovery Education services for the 2023-2024 school year: Discovery Education Experience.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 2, 2021

billion went to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). There are opportunities here for assessment companies. In the third round, the federal government made its largest contribution to K-12 education: $130 billion to be spent by 2024. Thus, of the $30.7 billion designated for education, only $13.2

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 24, 2023

ESSER, which stands for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief , was first established as part of the CARES Act, where additional funds were added to ESSER II and III. have been granted an extension to spend ESSER I funds (March 30, 2024). What is ESSER?

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Sponsored by ClassLink Each year, CoSN conducts a national survey among education technology leaders to assess the current state of technology innovation across multiple school systems. Quakertown Community School District (PA) kicks off an AI taskforce this year, piloting it with 50 – 60 secondary teachers.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Schools and districts can continue to benefit from the federal government’s stimulus dollars through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) of 2021, the third iteration of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). September 30, 2024 is the ARP obligation deadline. What the Dollars Support.

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eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2024

7 Given the screening mandate, some publishers have fashioned screeners out of their reading assessment instruments designed for the typical population. 12 The latter can be identified with norm-referenced measures in state and standardized reading assessments. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 45 (3), 217-231. State of Dyslexia.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2018

If the state doesn’t find a way to hold on to its shrinking number of students — or persuade more workers to move to Vermont — it won’t be able to fill the jobs left vacant by retiring baby boomers, with more than 100,000 new job openings projected by 2024. The tax base will diminish, and the state will wind up with budget deficits.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 5, 2024

Our first Learning Revolution summit on AI: " Teaching and Learning with AI ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, June 27th, 2024, from 12:00 - 2:30 pm US-Pacific Time. You can see the currently submitted proposals, which we are in the process of evaluation, below. There are over 4,500 participants registered so far.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 17, 2024

Our first Learning Revolution summit on AI: " Teaching and Learning with AI ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, June 27th, 2024, from 12:00 - 2:30 pm US-Pacific Time. We have just added a new keynote panelist, and you will also find the list of current session proposals below. There are over 3,000 participants registered.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

The district relied on individual schools to call families, while its department of research, assessment and data conducted surveys at individual school sites to find out whether families had an internet connection and computer access. The ESSR funds expire in 2024. We didn’t even have infrastructure on tracking devices,” Thomas said.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As a bonus, these sessions can allow educators more opportunities to measure student achievement through informal assessments, potentially providing new holistic accountability measures. While COVID-19 relief funds provided targeted funding for high-quality tutoring, those funds are set to expire at the end of 2024.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Here’s what they had to say: In the coming year, K-12 leaders will begin finalizing how they can maximize any remaining ESSER funds ahead of the deadline in 2024 and we can expect clean air solutions to be represented in those obligations. Assessments should create opportunity – not squash it.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Here’s what they had to say: In the coming year, K-12 leaders will begin finalizing how they can maximize any remaining ESSER funds ahead of the deadline in 2024 and we can expect clean air solutions to be represented in those obligations. It’s not enough just to assess students; we actually have to do something about what’s going on.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

“Characteristics of improved formative assessment practice.” “Testing the effectiveness of classroom formative assessment in Dutch primary mathematics education.” “How Teachers use Formative Assessment Strategies during Teaching: Evidence from the Classroom.” Andersson et al. link] Sello E.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

These questions were put in front of some of the nation’s top female school district leaders at the 2024 Women Leading Ed Summit. We send out attendance letters that are secondary four times a day. What should district leaders keep in mind, especially in times of rapid change? Here’s what they had to say. Parents are partners. “As

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ET Magazine

MARCH 17, 2025

Understanding educators challenges According to NAEP, only 31 percent of all 4 th grade students are performing at or above proficiency levels on reading assessments. This includes only 17 percent of Black students and only 20 percent of Hispanic students performing at or above proficiency levels.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2025

As 2024 moves into 2025, educators greet a new year with uncertainty. Go back to 2024’s predictions to see which came true and which have yet to materialize.) The thoughtful integration of AI, particularly voice AI technology, will transform assessment from an intermittent event into a natural part of the learning process.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

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