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Adaptive learning has long been a staple in educational technology. I took the GRE more than 20 years ago, for example, which was when the computer-administered exam first started using algorithms that adjusted subsequent test questions based on the test-taker’s...
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Teaching algebra has been a topic of debate for decades. It was often at the center of the “Math Wars” that were fueled by the release of the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics in 1989. There were hotly contested debates about what grade is too...
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Summer is a time when most students are out of school and often have the opportunity to use that time for different activities. For this blog, we’d like to highlight the importance of using some of this time to engage in summer learning. While summer is...
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Students across grade levels have had their learning negatively impacted by the pandemic and it is the middle school mathematics students that have taken the biggest hit. The results from the 2022 NAEP mathematics assessment make this abundantly clear. In his article...
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Have math scores dropped or are we just behind schedule? The answer is that both parts are true. The Wall Street Journal reported that there were “sweeping declines” in mathematics test scores between 2019 and 2022. It comes as no surprise that student...
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When the results of U.S. national mathematics assessment (NAEP) were released earlier this school year, they confirmed what most educators already knew — that students would not do as well as they normally would on their mathematics assessment. If we had not...