Progress Monitoring That Actually Supports Instruction Top 3 Key Takeaways The shift from periodic benchmarks to continuous, granular diagnostics provides real-time instructional support. The "overlay" mechanism bridges the gap between baseline data and daily assessments to ensure substantive compliance. Prioritizing learning acceleration over traditional remediation significantly increases student mastery of grade-level standards.
Getting Ready for End-of-Year Testing: What You Can Do This Week Top 3 Key Takeaways Focus on the biggest gaps, not everything: Use diagnostic data to zero in on the highest-impact skills. Keep practice targeted and low-stress: Short, focused sessions outperform cramming. Use adaptive tools for last-minute growth: Platforms like Let’s Go Learn
How AI Helps Special Educators Keep Up During IEP-Heavy Months Top 3 Key Takeaways AI reduces IEP workload by automating data collection, progress monitoring, and reporting, giving special educators more time for instruction. Diagnostic platforms like Let’s Go Learn provide IEP-ready data instantly, aligning assessment results directly to goals and present levels. AI-powered
How to Create an Effective Individualized Education Program (IEP) Top 3 Key Takeaways Effective IEPs begin with high-quality diagnostic data that clearly defines a student’s present levels of performance (PLAAFP). Tools like DORA and ADAM provide granular, skill-level insights that strengthen goal-setting. Goals must be measurable, standards-aligned, and instructionally meaningful, allowing teachers to
How to Assess and Adjust Mid-Year Academic Goals As we find ourselves at the midway point of the academic year, it becomes increasingly important to pause and reflect on the goals set at the beginning of the school year. Whether you're a student navigating the challenges of coursework, an educator guiding a classroom,
During the second week of July, 2022, Let’s Go Learn had the privilege of joining other special education advocates from the private sector to help lobby the U.S. Congress for special education needs during the 2022 Special Education Leadership Summit (SELS). Let’s Go Learn’s CEO Richard Capone and Dr. Kurt Hulett, formerly Let’s Go
Introduction The ultimate goal of our educational system is to provide students with equitable school experiences that integrate academics, positive behavior, and community collaboration. But just a quick look at the graphic below from 2019 NASBE survey findings illustrates the conundrum that all teachers face – too many priorities and too little time
Efforts to find the best way to teach students involve many personalized learning strategies. One such strategy is to determine the “zone of proximal development.” The zone of proximal development is the sweet spot for personalized learning, where the subjects and rigor are ideally suited to an individual student’s optimal learning. Ideally, this is the
