Tabula Rasa Publishing Services, Inc.

12/23/2024

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01/03/2021

THIS is why our kids are falling behind in math!

08/05/2020

It might be tempting in these times of shrinking state budgets to trim spending on education, but history teaches that the impact can be extensive. This study found that reductions in per-pupil spending not only reduce average performance on assessments and lower college-going rates, but lead to even wider scoring gaps between black and white students.

https://www.educationnext.org/costs-cutting-school-spending-lessons-from-great-recession/

Lessons from the Great Recession

07/14/2020

Online Penalty? Just what we need now, eh?

Switching from paper to online administration of high-stakes testing showed significant drops in students' scores, particularly among those from lower-income families and English-language learners. The performance gap did narrow after the first year, but definitely something that needs to be considered as we prepare for a new normal of learning.

https://www.edutopia.org/article/standardized-tests-students-face-online-penalty

Switching from paper to online standardized tests caused significant drops in students’ scores—and vulnerable students were hurt the worst.

07/02/2020

Excellent and well-researched paper from the Center on Reinventing Public Education (Univ of Wash): "Learning as We Go: Principles for Effective Assessment During the Covid-19 Pandemic"

The panel cautions that poor diagnostic tests and their misuse will do our students more harm than good. Highlights just how important qualified and experienced assessment development is. Tabula Rasa Publishing Services has just that experience, authoring the pilot and field test items for Smarter Balanced, along with thousands of quality high-stakes state and national assessments since.

Download the complete paper from our website here: https://tr-pub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/final_diagnostics_brief_2020.pdf.

06/29/2020

From NCTM - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics President on our roles in facilitating change in math teaching and learning:

https://www.nctm.org/News-and-Calendar/Messages-from-the-President/Archive/Trena-Wilkerson/Being-a-Catalyst-for-Change-in-Mathematics-Teaching-and-Learning/

What does it mean to be a catalyst for change? Many questions come to mind when considering being a catalyst for change in mathematics teaching and learning.

06/22/2020

Everybody duck! Looks like the pendulum (finally?) might be swinging back . . .

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/06/21/it-looks-like-beginning-end-americas-obsession-with-student-standardized-tests/

Here are the trends.

06/11/2020

The National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics ) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics ) have published a joint document to provide guidance for mathematics teachers and leaders at all levels to make informed decisions for next steps due to COVID-19.

You can find it on our website here:https://tr-pub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/NCTM_NCSM_Moving_Forward.pdf

06/01/2020

Tabula Rasa Publishing Services is thrilled to announce a new strategic partnership with Beehive Editing. This partnership will allow us to provide our clients, for the first time, with additional development support in ELA and Science. Beehive Editing

https://tr-pub.com/2020/05/new-strategic-partnership-announcement/

Having been top educational publishers’ go-to source for expert Mathematics content development for over 15 years, Tabula Rasa Publishing Services is thrilled to announce a new strategic partnership with Beehive Editing. This partnership will allow us to provide our clients, for the first time, wi...

05/29/2020

In honor of its centennial year, NCTM is presenting webinars on 100 select dates between April and October. They can be attended live via Zoom, and they're also recorded and made available the next day.

Lots of great content there. Enjoy!

https://www.nctm.org/100-Days-of-Professional-Learning/

100 Days of Professional Learning

05/21/2020

Excellent insights into student performance from a white paper from our colleagues at NWEA:

"While it is difficult to speculate on what missing months of school may mean for student achievement, research on seasonal learning and summer learning loss can offer insights that help educators, policymakers, and families understand, plan for, and address some potential impacts of this extended pause in classroom instruction."

You can download the paper here: https://info.nwea.org/the_covid-19_slide_brf.html?utm_medium=advertising&utm_source=ascd-smartbrief&utm_campaign=brf-the-covid19-slide&utm_content=news1&utm_term=5-20-20

When students, educators, and administrators return to school after the COVID-19 closures, classrooms will be a changed landscape, one likely marked by larger equity gaps, substantial learning loss for many students, and continued economic turmoil for marginalized families.

05/19/2020

A good response the next time your kid/student asks, "Why do I even need to learn math?!" 🤔

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sianbeilock/2020/05/18/americas-math-anxiety-is-making-the-covid-19-crisis-worse/?ss=education

When people are afraid of numbers, they give up on trying to understand them.