Renaissance Learning

A California federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action accusing education software company Renaissance Learning Inc. of unlawfully collecting and sharing students' personal information, finding that the families' allegations did not support thei

Alignment in education is a simple idea to describe yet often difficult to achieve. Alignment exists everywhere around us. Whether in nature, music, athletics, or leadership, success often depends upon multiple parts working together toward a common purpo

There was a moment during a school visit in Barbados that has stayed with me, since it carries an important lesson related to literacy and student engagement. I had spent less than an hour working with a group of students using music, rhythm, storytelling

Over the last four decades, Accelerated Reader has become one of the most widely used reading programs in K-12 schools. Clearly, a lot has changed over the years-in education, in publishing, and in technology. Yet AR remains a mainstay, helping students f

When we first began working with curriculum-based measurement, or CBM, decades ago as school psychologists, we were drawn to its practicality. CBM was originally developed by Stan Deno and colleagues in the 1970s to help educators answer a question that i