Your Guide to College Applications
It is the end of November, and officially college application season for high school seniors. The end of the fall semester can be exciting and nerve-racking for students taking [...]
Your Guide to K12 Standardized Assessment
We all remember sitting in that room before end-of-year testing, filling out scantrons and sharpening our no.2 pencils. We remember sitting in silence for hours so everyone could focus [...]
Closing the COVID Gap: Remediation vs. Acceleration
The COVID-19 pandemic has required many industries to experiment with new and innovative approaches to serving the needs of the public. The education industry is no exception. The 2020/2021 [...]
Singapore Mathematics Framework: A National Model for New Mathematics Standards
Schools throughout the United States and around the world share a common goal of producing global citizens. This goal hinges upon making sure students have a solid understanding of [...]
Critical Thinking and College Readiness
What does it mean to make high-school students “college and career ready“? Does it mean that they have memorized a lot of information or have a deep understanding of [...]
A New Frontier: Competency-Based Learning
When we think of traditional education spaces, we picture a classroom filled with children, all around the same age, sitting and raising their hands while a teacher lectures at the front [...]
Lexile-Aligned Passages
Throughout 2021, the Afficient English team has been committed to elevating our English content to meet the needs of learners across the globe. By tracking student data across our platforms and incorporating [...]
FeaGet Verbal: Academic Language Development Starts Young
Last week, we discussed the importance of leveled reading in developing literacy skills. Another essential component to increasing literacy and critical thinking skills is vocabulary development. When I entered [...]
The Importance K-12 Literacy
When I was in third grade, my teacher informed my mother during my parent-teacher conference that I was over a year behind in reading. My mother was shocked because [...]