After eight months of eSpark usage in first-grade ELA classrooms, NWEA reading percentile scores showed no pattern of increasing achievement¶

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q2 i? First-grade students' NWEA reading percentile means declined from fall (76.43) to winter (71.42) and stayed roughly steady in spring (70.74) during eight months of eSpark use, with no pattern of increasing achievement. → Gadgil 2016

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Gadgil 2016¶

Gadgil, S., & Louw, M. (2016). Rapid Cycle Pilots: Improving Ed-Tech Products through Feedback. Learning Media Design Center, Carnegie Mellon University. Report to Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/5364ec3a-0d6d-4252-8885-4484e657fde7

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Analysis of NWEA reading percentiles from fall, winter, and spring assessments for the eSpark cohort at Avonworth. Fall mean percentile was 76.43 (SD 22.49), winter 71.42, spring 70.74; the report states "we do not see patterns of increasing student achievement scores in NWEA data."

"Nevertheless, we do not see patterns of increasing student achievement scores in NWEA data, after eight months of eSpark usage."

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