Close the ELL Gap Before WIDA and TELPAS Testing
WIDA ACCESS test scores in many states dropped again in May 2019. Now the latest NAEP Math and Reading scores are also showing stagnation or slight downturns. The 2020 testing window will soon be upon us. Now is the time to act and make a...
Product Update - October 2019
Speak Agent version 1.9.6 is a minor release that cleans up many small issues and adds several enhancements requested by some of our favorite teachers!
Transforming the STEM Classroom at WIDA
How can we better support diverse learners in STEM content areas? Our WIDA Annual Conference session tomorrow will explore practical, research-based strategies for explicitly teaching the language of learning math and science. We will examine Speak...
How We Pilot with K-12 School Districts
When we first launched Speak Agent, we offered schools and teachers a self-serve classroom trial. This did not get results. Then we began to offer a pilot program with our full suite of support services. That worked so much better! This article...
Product Update - August 2019
Speak Agent version 1.9 comes hot on the heels of our major July release. We've been kicking it into overdrive to make the 2019-2020 school year a great experience for your students! (Sleep is overrated...) Here are the details:
Speak Agent Badges... Collect Them All!
Ever since we launched Speak Agent, elementary students have been asking us "When are we going to be able to win some cool Speak Agent badges?" Well, the answer is "NOW!"
Product Update - July 2019
Speak Agent version 1.8 adds one new activity type and two major new features: multi-language support and learning badges. Here are the details:
Welcome to Our Summer STEM Fellow!
A warm welcome to Jaclynn Emig, our new summer STEM Fellow! Jaclynn is First Grade Teacher at Drew Model School in Arlington Public Schools, Virginia. She joins us thanks to the generous support of the 2019 Arlington Community Foundation (ACF) STEM...
Speak Agent Adds Support for 20 World Languages
So there we were, knee-deep in our first trilingual implementation, tailoring supplemental math, science, and dual-language immersion programs in English, French, and Spanish... And our poor heads were spinning. Then a couple of audacious Speak...
Academic Language Webinar #1 on EdWeb Last Week
Last week Digital Promise hosted our first-ever professional learning webinar Achieve Transformative Results by Teaching Academic Language on EdWeb.net. (Follow the link to watch it!) We were so pleased to hear that it was the #1 live webinar on...
