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Vet What You Buy

A Principal's Reflections

What has resulted is a pursuit of ways to work smarter, not harder, while still improving outcomes for all learners. I also see plenty of investments in materials from Teachers Pay Teachers. I am all for teachers selling lesson plans, assessments, support materials, and other resources to their peers.

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CoSN 2019: K–12 Schools Address Digital Equity with Curriculum Framework

EdTech Magazine

Teachers spend seven or more hours per week, or 250 hours per year , creating or finding instructional materials for the general classroom, said Clark. For students who do not have appropriate materials in K–12, it can cost an additional $3,000 to earn a bachelor’s degree. .

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IXL Approved by Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as a State-Approved Supplemental Literacy Solution for Grades K-5

eSchool News

PRNewswire/ — IXL, the award-winning personalized learning platform used by 16 million students, has been named a High Quality Evidence-Based Instructional Material for Early Literacy by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.

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Help Build an OpenSciEd Research Agenda

Digital Promise

As such, OpenSciEd has several unique benefits relative to typical, commercially produced instructional materials. Further, research studies can guide districts to strengthen their implementation of the curriculum materials. As an open educational resource, OpenSciEd is under an open license for people to use, remix, and share.

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Introducing Savvas PathMaker, a Complete Learning Solution for College and Career Readiness

eSchool News

Combining the latest technology with decades of educational research to adapt to every learner’s needs, the Savvas PathMaker portfolio of courses gives students the immersive learning experiences they want and the outcomes they deserve.

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Curriculum Associates and Corwin Partner on i-Ready® Assessment and Professional Learning Services

eSchool News

Additionally, Hattie will now serve as a technical advisor for i-Ready Assessment, bringing over 30 years of research on what works best to improve learning. Professor Hattie’s Visible Learning research and our i-Ready Assessment program are a natural complement to one another.

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

The Hechinger Report

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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