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Reading and the Impact of Cognitive Skills Training

ET Magazine

We emphasized that comprehension is the ultimate purpose of reading and that, while educators measure decoding and fluency separately, the point is that they are assessing progress towards reading and reading includes comprehension. In an ORF assessment, students read a grade-appropriate passage for one minute.

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Study: Instructional Mode Played No Significant Role in COVID-19-Related Learning Loss in Indiana Public Schools in 2020-21

eSchool News

What Contributed to COVID Learning Loss in Indiana’s Schools? ,” a recently published study from Ball State’s Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER), utilized Indiana Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network (ILEARN) test scores from Spring 2019 to Spring 2021 as a measure of learning for Indiana public K-12 schools.

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Reading and the Impact of Comprehensive Integrated Cognitive Skills Training

ET Magazine

We emphasized that comprehension is the ultimate purpose of reading and that, while educators measure decoding and fluency separately, the point is that they are assessing progress towards reading and reading includes comprehension. In an ORF assessment, students read a grade-appropriate passage for one minute.

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Short Answer- Build better k12 writers through social, engaging writing activities

iLearn Technology

What it is: Short Answer is a k-12 formative assessment and writing instruction tool that capitalizes on the learning potential of adaptive comparative judgment. Big congratulations to the Short Answer team, who was just named as a YASS Prize semi-finalist!) It makes writing feedback more social, engaging, and effective for students.

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The Countdown is On! 5Sigma Launch: The Power of Student Agency (featuring keynote speaker @gcouros)

iLearn Technology

We are in full-on countdown mode for our yearly education conference, 5Sigma. Each year we work to include educators who have inspired our work. Re-imagining assessment? It’s hard to believe that it is just 10 days away! This year our theme is Launch: The Power of Student Agency. This year is no exception. for Art Class!

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Prodigy: Virtual world of math

iLearn Technology

From the teacher dashboard, you can use the assessment feature to diagnose where students are, and align math content to what you are teaching in class. Tips: Prodigy is completely free for you to use as an educator with your students. Because Prodigy is aligned to the Common Core, it is easy to navigate.

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Using Agency to Empower Students: What is Sacred in Education? #5Sigma

iLearn Technology

We are in full on count down mode for our yearly education conference, 5Sigma. This year our theme is Using Agency to Empower Students: What is Sacred in Education. Each year we work to include educators who have inspired our work. Re-imagining assessment? I could not be more excited for our third annual conference!