Resource Format: Web-based Content
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What are Evidence-based Practices?
An overview and general description, step-by-step instructions of implementation, an implementation checklist, and the evidence-base which includes the list of references that demonstrate practices meeting the NPDC’s criteria for evidence-based practices.
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Research-Based Strategies for Effective Remote Learning: Student Engagement
REL Appalachia (REL AP) staff, in partnership with education leaders from districts in eastern Tennessee and representatives from the Niswonger Foundation, developed a train-the-trainer workshop series to share the most effective methods for delivering online instruction to students in grades K–12. Participants in these workshops will learn about what can work best for students and…
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How to Boost Math Skills in the Early Grades
This story about early math instruction is part of a series about innovative practices in the core subjects in the early grades.
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Should We Test Reading or DIBELS?
Educators often complain about the intrusive accountability testing imposed by politicians and bureaucrats who wouldn’t know the difference between a textbook and a whiteboard. But many of the dumbest decisions made by teachers and principals are in pursuit of the tests we ourselves impose.
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Promising Practices to Accelerate Learning for Students With Disabilities During COVID-19 and Beyond
The report highlights that children who have faced barriers academically, whether due to a disability, lack ofEnglish language proficiency, or other factors, rarely “catch up,” regardless of whether they receive additionalsupport and services. Too often, these students are on a parallel but different trajectory from their peers whoare performing at grade level.
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ED COVID-19 Handbook Volume 1: Strategies for Safely Reopening Elementary and Secondary Schools
“This is the first volume in the U.S. Department of Education (ED) COVID-19 Handbook, a series intended to support the education community as schools reopen. This series will provide tools to aid educators in implementing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools through Phased Mitigation (K12 Operational Strategy) by…