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Talented Students Are Kept From Early Algebra. Should States Force Schools to Enroll Them?

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Relying on teacher recommendations or parent advocacy to decide which students are ready, many schools have not been able to get enough talented students from disadvantaged backgrounds into seats in algebra classrooms. The guidance is connected to MAP Growth , one of the nonprofit’s assessments.

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Transforming Reading Instruction to Include the Science of Reading

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Thompson has found that leadership can take many forms and work on multiple levels, and the transformation process works best when there is a unified movement toward a shared vision, which includes the development of professional relationships, growth as a team, and collective advocacy based on dialogue and collaboration. Moving Forward.

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Students Are Slipping Through the Cracks of Special Education. Schools Must Do Better.

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The Power of Assessment Digging through Jason’s files and coming up empty reinforced my belief that, if we had a true district-wide RTI framework with a uniform approach to assessment, we would have uncovered Jason’s needs sooner. Although the RTI framework includes many components, Jason guided my focus on assessment.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

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SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download. These assessments might be used to engage learners in discussion before an inquiry. For more information.

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On paper, teens are thriving. In reality, they’re not

The Hechinger Report

More focused, community-based assessments may do a better job at capturing some of these more subjective measures than the large-scale national models currently in use, Anderson said. There are still plenty of steps schools, educators and parents can take to address the clear problems facing young people.

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The newly reimagined Empire State Information Fluency Continuum

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Different sections provide a PK-12 continuum of skills, identification of priority skills for every grade level, and graphic organizer assessments for the priority skills. The ESIFC includes a rich repository of downloadable graphic organizers to support assessment. The heart of the ESIFC is our students.

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Connecting SEL with Academic Achievement to Achieve True Education Equity

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In this role, she works to fill current gaps in research, policy, and advocacy to ensure that schools holistically support the well-being and development of students, and especially for low-income students and students of color. Nancy is a P-12 Research Associate and leads the Social, Emotional, and Academic Development work at EdTrust.