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Scott Sterling

Scott Sterling is a former English teacher who worked in Title I middle and high schools in St. Petersburg, Florida who is now a freelance writer who focuses on education. He is also a stay-at-home dad to his 4-year-old daughter Lily, who will soon be starting her own educational journey.

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Helping Students See This Year’s Growth

Making it through a school year in itself is an accomplishment. The years may fly by for you as a teacher, but there were points where the students believed that June would never get here. Although all they may want to do is look forward, it’s important for your students to see how they’ve grown in their skills during the course of the year and celebrate their successes, no matter how small.

Avoiding the Post-Assessment Coast

While the stakes might not be as high, there is still valuable work to be done that can set your students up for success next year and beyond, as long as they can focus. Here are some things to consider for a productive post-assessment period.

Identifying Students for Summer Intervention

Summer is a valuable time to help students who have struggled this year. The problem is that you may not know who they are until your end-of-year testing results come back. . . next fall.

[Budgeting] New & Creative School Funding Sources

Funding will always be front of mind for school leaders, no matter what the political situation may be. Every dollar counts.

8 Last-Minute Steps Districts Can Take to Improve Test Scores

There comes a point when a district has done all it can to prepare students for end-of-year testing, but that time is the morning before the test.

10 Classroom and School Tips to Improve Test Scores

As your curriculum runs down and anxiety ramps up, you may think that there’s nothing more you can do to prepare your students for test day. But, there are always ways to help students.

[Test Preparation] 3 Classroom Strategies to Support English Language Learners

There are plenty of strategies and tools you can equip your ELLs with in the weeks leading up to testing that can lessen anxiety and help them put their best foot forward on high-stakes exams. Here are three of our favorite approaches.

Making the Most of Bad Weather Days for Elementary Students

We recently discussed ideas for making bad weather days for secondary st