Academic Achievement

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Student Well-Being What the Research Says One Way to Set Students Up for Success: Let Them Sleep
New federal research suggests students' poor sleep hurts their academic and mental well-being.
Sarah D. Sparks, March 20, 2023
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Mathematics Q&A How to Boost Students' Missing Math Skills and Still Stay on Grade Level
Teacher trainer Christina Tondevold shares ways to accelerate students' math learning to make up for skills lost during the pandemic.
Sarah D. Sparks, February 22, 2023
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Mathematics Students' Data Literacy Is Slipping, Even as Jobs Demand the Skill
And fewer teachers report placing a “moderate” or “heavy” emphasis on the topic.
Sarah Schwartz, February 14, 2023
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Data Spotlight Spotlight on Leveraging Data for Student Success
This Spotlight will help you learn how data can help schools target resources, explore how to improve instruction with data, and more.
February 1, 2023
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Student Achievement What the Research Says Accelerate Learning: Takeaways From Other Countries
Amid a persistent global lag in student achievement, here's what some countries are doing to help students catch up.
Sarah D. Sparks, January 31, 2023
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Student Achievement What the Research Says Global Academic Loss Persists Nearly Three Years Into the Pandemic
An analysis of data from 15 countries finds students are still behind by more than a third of a year of schooling.
Sarah D. Sparks, January 30, 2023
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Student Achievement Why Districts’ Initial Learning Recovery Efforts Missed the Mark
Research suggests schools struggled to meet initial targets, regardless of the intervention recipe they selected.
Caitlynn Peetz, January 10, 2023
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Student Achievement What the Research Says Students' Academic Skills Are Rebounding, But Not Enough
New results suggest that students may not fully recover academically before federal aid runs out in two years.
Sarah D. Sparks, December 6, 2022
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Student Achievement COVID Hurt Student Learning: Key Findings From a Year of Research
Our cheat-sheet tells you what the most important studies have found—and what we still need to know.
Sarah Schwartz, November 30, 2022
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Classroom Technology Remote Learning Linked to Declines in Achievement, Enrollment
Districts that stuck longer to fully remote learning have seen larger enrollment and learning losses, a study finds.
Mark Lieberman, November 28, 2022
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Student Achievement In Their Own Words Students in Military Schools Lead the Nation on NAEP Scores. One Teacher Explains Why
Reading and math scores for Department of Defense students ranged from 15 to 23 points higher than corresponding national average scores.
Madeline Will, November 22, 2022
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Student Achievement Q&A The 3 Teachers on the NAEP Panel Say It’s Time to Act on Drops in Scores
The results caught the public's attention—but the teachers say that hasn't yet translated into direct action to support schools.
Madeline Will, November 21, 2022
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Families & the Community How to Help Parents Understand Students' Academic Needs Post-Pandemic
Transparency and authentic engagement can get everyone on the same page.
Caitlynn Peetz, November 17, 2022
3 min read
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Personalized Learning Opinion To Combat Learning Loss, Schools Need to Overhaul the Industrial-Age Paradigm
One educator-turned-entrepreneur argues that innovative content providers can—and should—do more to sustain learning for students and teachers.
Rick Hess, November 17, 2022
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