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Struggling Teenagers Left Out in New Push to Overhaul Reading
The New York Times interviewed Rebecca Kockler, who leads Reading Reimagined, an Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF) program,
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RAND and AERDF Release New Report: What’s Missing from Teachers’ Toolkits to Support Student Reading in Grades 3–8
RAND and AERDF released a new report examining teachers’ perspectives on what is needed to help older K-12 students with reading. The
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Why Do Literacy Retention Policies Target 3rd Grade?
We know that every kid can learn to read. The burden is on our system to figure out why 70
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EF+Math R&D team Fraction Ball combines physical activity and math to help third-to fifth-graders understand fractions and decimals through basketball games.
Used in 18 southern California schools, the program has led to improvements in students’ rational number understanding and executive functioning
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A Conversation with Auditi Chakravarty of AERDF on Education Research and Development Measuring EdTech’s Impact
Tom Vander Ark was recently at ISTE 2024 where he got the chance to sit down with Auditi Chakravarty, CEO of
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Students Headed to High School Are Academically a Year Behind, COVID Study Finds
The NWEA results show achievement gaps continuing to widen. For example, Asian students are showing some growth, but made fewer
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Auditi Chakravarty on Evidence-Based EdTech Innovations
In a interview leading up to ISTELive 24, AERDF CEO discusses R&D strategies for new learning techniques and speaks about
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Celebrating Achievements of AERDF Co-Founder Dr. Melina Uncapher
Over the past 14 months we at AERDF have been fortunate to be able to work with so many visionary
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Older Students Who Struggle to Read Hide in Plain Sight. What Teachers Can Do
“We think about 40 to 50 percent of middle and high school students in America cannot perform this skill at
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AERDF Honored as one of Fast Company’s 2024 World Changing Ideas
From a solution to repurpose cold plasma to treat seeds to 3D printed living seawalls, the eighth annual awards honor
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How To Help Older Students Who Struggle To Read
How can we help older students who struggle to read? Forbes writer Natalie Wexler interviewed Advanced Education Research and Development