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A pop quiz is an unannounced, graded assessment given without prior notice, often used to check whether students are keeping up with assigned material. Pop quizzes are usually given in the hopes of having a class keep current on learning.
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A new study reported on in Education Week found that a widely-used phonemic awareness program (the oral-only Heggerty curriculum) did not improve gains in word reading or oral reading fluency, although it did significantly improve phonemic awareness skills.
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In some respects, our movie The Dyslexic Advantage reflects our desire to present a fuller answer to the question, “What is Dyslexia?” – and of course it is only the briefest glimpse in a remarkable segment of the world’s population.
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By the time students reach middle school, math begins to shift gears from concrete arithmetic to the abstract world of algebra. For many dyslexic students, this transition brings new challenges that aren’t about intelligence or effort but about how the brain processes and holds information.
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Accommodations are essential supports that level the playing field, allowing students to demonstrate their knowledge without being held back by the barriers of their disability. Should accommodations remain fixed or should they evolve over time?
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