There are over 8,000 edtech products used in K-12 schools (LearnPlatform Top 40 Report, 2021) and fewer than 1% have earned the Digital Promise Research-Based Design Product Certification since 2020.… Read More »LXD Research Supports 95 Percent Group Digital Promise Certification
Parents, teachers, and experts widely agree that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted student learning. But exactly how much did student achievement decline? You may have seen or heard some of… Read More »Five Things You Should Know about the NAEP Results (But May Have Missed)
LXD Research provides EdVestors with an innovative research deliverable Originally published on the EdVestors’ Blog Attendance! Teacher Retention! Test Scores! Community Partnerships! When EdVestors awarded the James Otis Elementary School… Read More »Academic Family Engagement Toolkit
“Push in” and “pull out” are both common intervention model approaches that allow a reading specialist to provide group instruction in or outside the classroom. Another option is an “in-class”… Read More »A “Walk-to-Read” Reboot?
Free product guides for evaluating edtech tools are now available from ISTE. How do you distinguish between edtech products that are built well vs. those that are not? Which products… Read More »Making Decisions about Digital Curriculum, Assessments, and Platforms
Educators: Would you rather use an intervention program that sometimes helps students a great deal but requires an additional 90 minutes a week or one that helps students improve their… Read More »A Beginner’s Guide to Reading Research Articles
Co-written by Nathaniel Hansford, teacher and author of The Scientific Principles of Teaching and Pedogogynongrata.com and Rachel Schechter, PhD, head of LXD Research and former research leader at HMH and… Read More »Five Steps to Finding Research Studies
A free evaluation guide and rubric to support skill acceleration and equity Guest author: Kathleen Richards, LXD Literacy and Language Learning Scientist ELA core programs are one-size-fits “most” learners. They… Read More »Filling in the Gaps with a K-3 Supplemental Phonics Products
The number and type of research review organizations, often going by acronyms and initials, are proliferating. K-12 research review organizations launch and produce smart guidance to help educators compare products’… Read More »WWC? E-ESSA? ISTE? EdReports? Decoding the Alphabet Soup of Research Review Organizations
Let’s start with the good news. K-3 Literacy Programs are dynamic – the content and goals of K-3 Literacy Programs shift in response to the needs of local stakeholders and… Read More »Your key to unlocking evidence-based K-3 Literacy programs