The importance of agency in successful edtech adoptions
Education is changing because the world is changing. During the pandemic, teachers and students rapidly adopted new tools to pivot to remote and hybrid learning.
Assessments
Riverside Insights Debuts CogAT.com Portal to Support Strengths-based, Differentiated Learning that Helps All Students Thrive
ITASCA, Ill. – Riverside Insights®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today introduced www.CogAT.com, a new microsite to ... Read more
Personalized Learning: A Critical Role for Tutoring Now & For the Future
Personalized learning that relies only on adaptive assessments and differentiated lessons are just one part of the solution to boost ... Read more
3 strategies to streamline K-12 data management
Educators won’t find all the critical student data they need in one place in most districts. Everything is siloed. Nothing is centralized. Access is limited. They can react…
What’s the state of K-12 assessment?
The majority of educators believe their school or district has an assessment-focused culture, but there are gaps in K-12 assessment literacy and familiarity with state standards.
CAE and Otus Team Up to Provide Assessment Tool for K-12 Educators to Improve Student Outcomes
NEW YORK – The Council for Aid to Education, Inc. (CAE), a leader in designing innovative performance tasks for measurement and instruction of ... Read more
Aperture Education Launches Two New Solutions to Cultivate Students’ Social and Emotional Competence
Charlotte N.C. – Aperture Education, the leading provider of research-based social and emotional learning assessments for K-12 schools, has added ... Read more
4 engaging assessment ideas for middle and high school
As an educator and leader who grades holistically, it becomes important to consider how to create well rounded assessments that offer students myriad different opportunities to demonstrate their…
Cae Announces Multiyear Partnership with Project Lead The Way
NEW YORK – The Council for Aid to Education, Inc. (CAE), a leader in designing innovative performance tasks for measurement and instruction of ... Read more
Texas Education Agency Names Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready® Assessment as an Approved Grade 7 Reading Instrument
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass. — The Texas Education Agency (TEA) recently named Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready Assessment to its Commissioner’s List of Approved Grade ... Read more
Aperture Education Honors 15 Districts and 19 New York City Schools for Focus on Social-Emotional Learning
CHARLOTTE, NC – Aperture Education, the leading provider of research-based social and emotional learning (SEL) assessments for K-12 schools, honored ... Read more
Lumio and Canva for Education Announce All-New Integration to Bring Immersive Digital Learning to Life
CALGARY, AB – Lumio, the digital learning tool used by millions of teachers and students worldwide, is pleased to announce ... Read more
We need a new approach to student assessment
All around the country, school is ending for students and summer break is underway. In many schools, students spent the last few weeks of the year sitting for…
Outsourcing student assessments can revitalize teaching
As a restaurant manager, how would you feel if you were suddenly tasked with inspecting the food in your own kitchen? Or as a gymnastics coach, how would…
Riverside Insights and Thrively Team Up to Help Children Discover Their Inner Genius
ITASCA, Ill. – Riverside Insights®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today announced a partnership with Thrively, a ... Read more
HMH Completes Acquisition of NWEA
Learning technology company HMH announced that it has completed its acquisition of assets from research and educational services organization NWEA. ... Read more
3 ways ChatGPT can reduce teachers’ workloads
Everybody's talking about ChatGPT and how it's going to impact K-12 and, generally not in positive terms…!
Windsor Public Schools Transform Culture, Build Coherence Through High-Quality SEL Program
Charlotte N.C. – Aperture Education, the leading provider of research-based social and emotional learning (SEL) assessments for K-12 schools, and ... Read more
Renaissance Completes Acquisition of GL Education, Positioning Renaissance as a Global Education Leader
BLOOMINGTON, MINN. (PRWEB) — Renaissance, a leader in pre-K–12 education technology, completed the acquisition of GL Education, a provider of formative ... Read more
Aperture Education Launches Annual SEL Impact Award
Charlotte N.C. – Aperture Education, the leading provider of research-based social and emotional learning (SEL) assessments for K-12 schools, debuted ... Read more
What do superintendents really think of the NAEP?
Last October, newspapers around the country reported the results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation’s Report Card. And just like in previous…
12 things superintendents say they could do with better data access
Data access is critical when educators need to make informed decisions about curriculum, assessments, academic and social-emotional interventions, and more. So how are superintendents using data--and can they…
Mathletics Announces US Winners of 2023 ‘World Math Day’
NEW YORK – On March 8, 2023, 296,090 students from around the world took part in ‘World Math Day’, an ... Read more
Conga Empowers Edmentum to Boost Operational Efficiency and Increase Contract Processing Speed by 75 Percent
BROOMFIELD, COLO. – Conga, the global leader in Revenue Lifecycle Management solutions, has partnered with Edmentum, a global education leader ... Read more
Is the ‘Growing Your Own’ pipeline working for special education teachers?
District leaders report that one of the biggest challenges they face is a shortage of teachers, and in particular, a shortage of special education teachers. New data shows…
Riverside Insights and Kognito Partner to Offer Intervention Professional Development for School Health Providers
ITASCA, Ill. – Riverside Insights®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today announced a partnership with Kognito, a ... Read more
5 ways educators can leverage ChatGPT
Artificial Intelligence is currently walking itself through the hallways of our schools and some teachers may not be leveraging this tool to enhance their teaching methods.
How a major MD district boosted middle math achievement
Improving math achievement has long been a sticking point for U.S. schools, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic's negative impact on learning. Now, one Maryland school district is seeing…
How to use alternative assessments in the classroom
Did you know that a 5th grade teacher is expected to guide students to mastery of 200 standards each year? Given a typical school year of 180 days,…
Curriculum Associates Names 31 Exemplar Teachers to Its 2023 Class of Extraordinary Educators™
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.—Curriculum Associates recently named its 2023 class of Extraordinary Educators, an annual program that celebrates and connects exemplar ... Read more
Risk assessments are awful, but necessary
Between 2021 and 2022, 56 percent of K-12 education organizations were hit by ransomware, a nearly 25 percent increase from the previous year. That’s a staggering number, and…
Foundational literacy is key to reversing post-COVID reading declines
Our first look at long-term trends in reading and math assessments since the pandemic began affirm what many education professionals were anticipating. The National Association for Educational Progress…
4 blended learning strategies for better student engagement
A 2019 Gallup study that included 128 schools and more than 110,000 students found that student engagement and hope were significantly positively related to student academic achievement progress…
Riverside Insights Wins Excellence in Equity Award for Accessibility Features
ITASCA, Ill. – Riverside Insights®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today announced that it won Best Accessibility ... Read more
Learning Without Tears Showcases Assessments to Guide Instruction for Get Set for School®
Washington, DC – Showcasing as part of its new literacy solution at the NAEYC (National Association for the Education of ... Read more
Riverside Insights Continues to Lead Innovation in Assessments for English Learners
ITASCA, Ill. – Riverside Insights®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today announced the launch of the Battelle ... Read more
What matters most for our special education teachers?
We all know the problem. There is a frightening shortage of special education teachers and it’s getting worse. Even prior to the pandemic, 98 percent of school districts…
Teachers’ helper: Edtech as TA’s
In this episode of Innovations in Education, hosted by Kevin Hogan: 6 classroom tech tools that help educators’ mental health; 8 questions for educators as they use assessments…
Learning Without Tears Announces Assessments to Guide Instruction; Expanding Impact of Get Set for School®, a Complete Multisensory, Early Childhood Curriculum
Washington, DC – Learning Without Tears’ acclaimed Early Childhood curriculum, Get Set for School® (GSS), will now include the new ... Read more
With Rising Concerns About Dyslexia in Young Learners, Riverside Insights Introduces First-of-its Kind Playbook to Streamline Evaluations
ITASCA, Ill. – Riverside Insights®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today debuted a new Assessment Playbook focused ... Read more