Assessing preschool children remotely this school year
Assessing preschool children remotely this school year
November 13, 2020
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Assessment
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myIGDIs
As educators, we were thrown a curve ball last spring, when the COVID-19 pandemic led to widespread school closures and a quick pivot to remote education. Back then, many of us hoped the problem was temporary and we’d get “back [...]
How literacy must be reframed this school year
How literacy must be reframed this school year
November 6, 2020
Categories:
Assessment,
Reading
Emerson wrote that “The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.” For me, this is the case when I read particularly insightful books. The publication of my new book, Literacy [...]
Product Highlights: Promoting educational equity
Product Highlights: Promoting educational equity
October 22, 2020
Categories:
Assessment,
Math,
Reading
Back-to-School looked a lot different this year, with many schools and districts providing instruction remotely either full or part time. While it’s certainly possible for students to thrive in remote- and hybrid-learning environments, educators also face new challenges. Do all [...]
How are kids performing so far this fall?
How are kids performing so far this fall?
October 14, 2020
Categories:
Assessment
Last spring, school buildings had barely gone dark before questions about potential learning loss began to appear. The title of an Education Week article from early April read, “How Schools Will Overcome the ‘Coronavirus Slide:’ Ideas [...]
How we create vocabulary, literacy skills, and Spanish quizzes for Accelerated Reader
How we create vocabulary, literacy skills, and Spanish quizzes for Accelerated Reader
October 2, 2020
Categories:
Reading
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Accelerated Reader
Accelerated Reader includes more than 210,000 quizzes on a wide range of fiction and nonfiction books. The majority of these are Reading Practice Quizzes, which assess students’ literal comprehension of the books they’ve read. In an [...]
6 myths about emergent bilinguals
6 myths about emergent bilinguals
September 25, 2020
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Assessment,
Reading
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Star Spanish
Schools across the US are using Star Assessments in Spanish and English to assess their emergent bilingual students. In a recent webinar, Doris Chávez-Linville and Dr. Carol Johnson describe new features in Star that help educators to better understand what [...]
How to set equitable goals this school year
How to set equitable goals this school year
September 22, 2020
Categories:
Assessment
For many of us, fall screening may look a bit different this year, especially if we’re assessing students remotely. Nonetheless, we’ll soon have—or may already have—our fall screening results. Based on this data, we’ll need to [...]
Transforming student learning and empowering educators with PLCs in education
Transforming student learning and empowering educators with PLCs in education
September 20, 2020
The popularity of PLCs–professional learning communities–in education has grown in recent years, and it’s easy to see why. Educators nationwide are working to reestablish connections and relationships with their students to help them get back on track with learning.
Quizzing at home in Accelerated Reader
Quizzing at home in Accelerated Reader
September 18, 2020
Categories:
Reading
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Accelerated Reader
In spring 2020, educators who use Accelerated Reader had two key questions for us, as they worked to quickly transition from in-person to remote instruction. (1) Does Accelerated Reader support at-home quizzing? (2) If so, can [...]
Assessing emergent bilinguals: Celebra lo que saben
Assessing emergent bilinguals: Celebra lo que saben
September 11, 2020
Categories:
Assessment
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Star Spanish
According to estimates, between 60 and 75 percent of the world’s population speak two or more languages. The benefits of bilingualism are well documented: A larger working memory, better reading and listening skills, greater empathy and openness, and expanded job [...]
