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You already know it’s important to evaluate your students periodically. But what’s the best way to assess? And how do you interpret the data? Assessments aren’t the end of the learning process. Once you’ve evaluated your students, it’s time to start remediation based on the data gleaned from assessments.

To play or not to play? That seems to be the perennial question in early education

Teachers of the world, today is dedicated to you! It’s World Teachers’ Day

You need better writers in your classroom, better test scores for your district, less remediation, and improved literacy skills. Simple, right?

It’s that time of year again! As you get swept away into the excitement (and madness) of the back to school season, we’re here to help make life easier for you with a few simple tips for maximizing your first-month-of-school productivity and efficiency. Use this list as a checklist for ensuring a successful school year. And remember, you’ve got this!

Do you remember the first time you were taught to write? Think of your teacher’s instructions when you learned to create a paragraph by writing a topic sentence, three supporting sentences, and a concluding sentence. Now, after you wrote your first paragraph or even essay, were you completely fluent in writing or did you still struggle to exemplify unified thoughts across different types of writing?