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Below Grade Level Skill Gaps

Teachers and tutors lack tools to diagnose and remediate students who arrive far below grade level in basic literacy and numeracy.

In their words

All I want is like 30 seconds of silence without someone calling out my name to ask for help.

r/AustralianTeachers on Reddit

I was looking for something longer-form, rather than a bunch of individual articles, to create a more cohesive thematic unit of sorts.

r/ELATeachers on Reddit

Nothing works, everyday is like groundhog’s day.

r/Teachers on Reddit

the teacher dashboard is way too cluttered, and it takes them too many clicks just to assign a simple module or check a student's progress

r/edtech on Reddit

the expectation is that we get as many students through their classes as possible.

r/Teachers on Reddit

I feel like if the library suddenly disappeared, nothing would really change at the college where I work.

r/Libraries on Reddit

It’s starting to feel less like mentoring someone to develop their teaching practice and more like teaching the basic language and school knowledge needed to participate in the classroom

r/AustralianTeachers on Reddit

A low language assessment score does not a communication disorder make.

r/slp on Reddit

Why is it that simple apps can build better experiential learning than enterprise edtech companies charging $20k a year?

r/edtech on Reddit

for weeks, every working day for me has been about 4-5 hours of sitting in exam rooms doing nothing

r/TeachingUK on Reddit

I can't catch up *every* student that is 5 years behind in a single year.

r/mathteachers on Reddit

we have a great database with practice tests for many of the common standadized exams... It is hardly ever used

r/Libraries on Reddit

They need frequent, direct feedback and an environment that more or less requires them to commit to studying until mastery or to quit early

Hacker News

In introductory courses, students basically stopped coming to help sessions.

Hacker News

Teachers and tutors

Where they talk

  • r/Teachers
  • r/Professors
  • r/ELATeachers
  • r/AustralianTeachers
  • r/AskTeachers
  • r/mathteachers
  • r/NYCTeachers
  • r/historyteachers

Tools they use today

  • Chromebooks
  • Excel
  • Canvas
  • Google Classroom
  • audiobooks
  • HMH
  • iPads
  • iReady

Why those fall short

  • students intentionally bomb early tests to fake growth later
  • interventions designed for small groups cannot work with 30 students
  • students still fail to engage or retain the information
  • Students ignore resources; tools don't teach thinking or catch nonattribution
  • students still do not get it; no time for proper remediation