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3 essential components of math motivation

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3 essential components of math motivation

July 8, 2022
Categories: Math

Last year, Renaissance released Trip Steps for Mathematics, which are essential math skills that are also disproportionately difficult for students to learn. The Trip Steps begin in pre-K, with the skill Count on with numbers 1 to 10, and [...]

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Phonics assessment built on the Science of Reading

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Phonics assessment built on the Science of Reading

June 24, 2022
Categories: Assessment, Reading

What are assessments for phonics? Phonics assessments are diagnostic tools that are specifically designed to provide an informal evaluation of a student’s phonics and reading skills. These assessments allow educators to identify both the skills a student has mastered and [...]

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Developing culturally relevant items for Star Assessments

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Developing culturally relevant items for Star Assessments

June 10, 2022
Categories: Assessment | Products: Star 360, Star CBM, Star Custom, Star Math, Star Phonics

At Renaissance, we’re committed to providing students with access to engaging content that is inclusive and representative of the students and diverse communities we serve. Our content developers aim to provide students with both a “mirror,” so they may see [...]

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Understanding Tier 1: Instructional strategies that support an engaged classroom 

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Understanding Tier 1: Instructional strategies that support an engaged classroom 

June 2, 2022

One of the most common topics of conversation in schools is improving the quality of Tier 1 instruction. This is because the relationship between a teacher and a student and what’s happening at school is one of the most important [...]

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Supporting oral reading fluency with myON

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Supporting oral reading fluency with myON

May 27, 2022

The myON digital reading platform provides students with 24/7 access to thousands of fiction and nonfiction books. Most myON texts include natural-voice audio narration to model fluent reading. With Back-to-School 2022, myON will also allow students to record themselves [...]

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The educator’s guide to universal screening in education

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The educator’s guide to universal screening in education

May 26, 2022

As educators, we know that many of our students are struggling. But waiting for a referral from teachers or parents before providing the needed support can be detrimental to both learning and social outcomes—and referrals aren’t able to predict learning [...]

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Prevention: The key to managing student behavior

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Prevention: The key to managing student behavior

May 12, 2022

Most teachers enter the field of education because they enjoy working with students and they love learning. But too often, student behavior—and addressing misbehavior—can seem to derail a teacher’s best efforts at doing the thing they love. What if we [...]

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Product Highlights: Prioritizing learning recovery this year

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Product Highlights: Prioritizing learning recovery this year

May 6, 2022

Our recent How Kids Are Performing report shows that students at most grade levels are making gains in both reading and math this school year. However, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact student learning, especially in the early grades.

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Beginning with the end in mind: How to use backward mapping to enhance learning

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Beginning with the end in mind: How to use backward mapping to enhance learning

April 14, 2022

Assessment and instruction are intrinsically linked. As educators, we know that when we construct high-quality assessments and are strategic in their delivery, we have the right data at the right time to help make better decisions about instruction. But exactly [...]

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Providing authentic assessment with Star CBM Lectura

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Providing authentic assessment with Star CBM Lectura

April 8, 2022

In 2020, Renaissance introduced Star CBM Reading, which assesses K–6 students’ literacy development in English. For Back-to-School 2022, we’re releasing the new Star CBM Lectura to assess K–6 students’ literacy development in Spanish as well. We recently had the [...]

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