Standards-Based Testing

Comprehending Standards-Based Testing: Exploring Constraints, and Examining its Influence on Equity Traditional standards-based testing has long been the primary method for assessing K-12 students in the classroom. State standards provide a framework for teachers to instruct and students to learn. Administrators use temporary assessments, often provided by the states or other benchmark tests,

By |2024-02-06T03:06:22+00:00February 1st, 2024|Math Assessment|0 Comments

Kindergarten Math Assessment

What is Kindergarten Math Assessment? Kindergarten is often the first contact children have with a formal education system, and it’s important for teachers to quickly discover where children stand in their emergent academic career. Children at this age often show a wide variety of academic progress thus far, and many schools use screening

By |2024-01-23T23:26:33+00:00December 6th, 2023|Math Curriculum|0 Comments

Why Middle Schools in the United States Struggle to Teach Their Students Math

Why Middle Schools in the United States Struggle to Teach Their Students Math Middle school math can be challenging for many students due to a variety of factors. It is important to understand these factors in order to find the best approach in systematically applying a solution, whether at the

By |2023-09-11T17:43:04+00:00September 5th, 2023|Math Assessment|0 Comments

Universal Design for Learning

What is Universal Design for Learning (UDL)? Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an educational framework created by David H. Rose, Ed.D. of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST), that seeks to provide all learners with access to an inclusive learning environment. The guiding principle

By |2023-04-18T02:34:33+00:00April 18th, 2023|Education Reform|0 Comments

Special Education Law—Perez vs Sturgis

One of the most significant special education court cases in several years has been decided by the US Supreme Court this week. The case, Perez vs. Sturgis, clarifies the circumstances in which a disabled student has the right to sue a school district for failing to provide a “Free Appropriate Public Education” (FAPE). Students

By |2023-03-28T02:29:20+00:00March 23rd, 2023|Special Education|0 Comments

IEP Accommodations

What are IEP accommodations? Individualized Education Plan (IEP) accommodations are an important part of individualizing a student’s education plan. Accommodations are changes made to enable a student to achieve learning in their own way. Unlike modifications, accommodations do not alter the learning expectations, only the manner in which the learning goal is taught.

By |2023-02-28T04:31:16+00:00February 28th, 2023|Special Education|0 Comments

Cognitive Load Theory: How to Optimize Learning

What is Cognitive Load Theory (CLT)? Cognitive load theory (CLT) is an instructional design principle at the intersection of psychology and education which helps teachers optimize the learning potential of their students. CLT divides the storage in our brains into 2 fundamental buckets, short-term and long-term memory, and helps define instructional procedures and

By |2023-02-28T23:13:42+00:00February 22nd, 2023|Education Reform|0 Comments

Motivations for Students and Reluctant Learners

What is a Reluctant Learner? How do educators find motivations for students and reluctant learners? Virtually everyone has encountered students who experience some degree of motivation challenges. A wide variety of complex reasons help explain "reluctant learners", including problems at school, problems at home, confidence challenges, and illness. And student engagement plummeted during

By |2023-05-05T02:21:14+00:00January 19th, 2023|Education Reform|0 Comments

Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators

Common Core Math Standards and Fractions The myth that Common Core is “new math” can spell disaster for teachers, kids, and parents. For one thing, Common Core has been around since 2010, so it’s hardly still in its infancy. We call the math  NEW because we still don’t know how to teach the

By |2023-01-26T19:46:32+00:00January 18th, 2023|Math Curriculum|0 Comments
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