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May 01, 2019

Behind the Scenes: How Edmentum’s Study Island Development Team Uses Educator Feedback

At Edmentum, we have worked hard to embody our mantra of “Educator First.” This simple idea of listening to the educators who use our programs and responding to their needs has permeated every leve

Hugh O'Donovan

Apr 23, 2019

Meeting and Exceeding North Carolina Graduation Requirements

Graduation rates have always been a prime indicator of education success. Reaching this bar, however, is about more than just checking a box and receiving a diploma.

Allison Ireland

Apr 08, 2019

[Research] Edmentum Test Packs in Support of ACT Preparation

In 2018, the Edmentum Research and Design team completed a study that was set in an Oklahoma school district. This district used Test Packs to structure instruction and prepare high school juniors for the ACT test, which is a portion of the state’s accountability system for high school graduation. The district requested support from the Edmentum Research team to examine the relationship between usage of Test Packs and student performance on the ACT test.

Dr. Michelle Frost

Mar 07, 2019

[Research] Using Study Island to Support State Assessment Achievement

Student scores and performance-level classifications on state tests are an important part of school accountability under federal and state governments. When schools invest in programs like Edmentum’s Study Island, they want to know that the programs work. During 2018, the Edmentum Research and Design team completed three studies set in three different districts (Reading, Allentown, and an Arizona district) that examined how using Study Island affects students’ performance on state tests. Here’s a summary of the results.

Dr. Michelle Frost

Nov 14, 2018

[Research] Student Academic Growth in State Educational Accountability Systems

In a recent Edmentum research study titled State-Level Student Growth Strategies, we provide descriptions of commonly used growth models and information about school accountability systems to examine how the growth models contribute to the system. For this blog post, we’ve synthesized some of that work to help illustrate the value of growth strategies in state accountability measures, and we include examples of models found across 20 different U.S. states.

Jinah Choi

Sep 11, 2018

[Research] Courseware Usability Study Feedback-Influenced Updates

Educator feedback is the most critical component that we consider when strategizing on improving and streamlining Edmentum programs.

Fabiola Garcia

May 24, 2018

It’s All About Context: What We Learned at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Conference

Being an #EducatorFirst company requires that we surround ourselves with educators. When it comes to math teachers, specifically, there is no better opportunity to do this than at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Annual Meeting and Exposition.

Joseph Durand

Jan 16, 2018

The Research Is In! Using Reading Eggs to Support Elementary Literacy in South Carolina

This blog is the first of two posts on research recently completed by a Reading Eggs customer in South Carolina, Fairfield Magnet School for Math and Science (FMSMS). Today, we’re excited to share a post guest-written by the FMSMS educator who led this initiative, Dr. Latisha Lowery.