Opportunity for all

whitePaper | December 28, 2021

I’m pleased to share this special McREL research report on student engagement, which is unique in several ways: It was researched and written by students supported by McREL researchers, and it is an artifact of a unique moment in modern history, the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020.

whitePaper | August 15, 2020

Given the upheaval the pandemic has inflicted on public education this year, school and district leaders will have their hands full as they prepare for the fall. Summer is typically the time when educators reflect on the past year and plan for the next — building schedules, establishing professional learning plans, and deciding how to monitor teaching and learning. But this summer, of course, educators will also be dealing with understanding the depths of learning loss, trauma, and the social emotional needs students face due to the COVID-19 crisis. They will also be developing teaching plans to accelerate learning trajectories and fill in the gaps.

whitePaper | August 3, 2020

There’s no getting around the fact that administering assessments during distance learning is tough. However, if you have decided that your district will administer athome assessments in fall 2020, we urge district leaders, building administrators, teachers, and families to work in partnership to create a detailed assessment plan. Your approach to proctoring and administering an online assessment, such as the i-Ready Diagnostic, will be central to this plan.

whitePaper | December 22, 2022

While the meteoric rise of digital commerce has opened new opportunities for retailers and brands, it also presents a new set of challenges: How to cope with increased online traffic, connect in-store with eCommerce for maximum efficiency and create omnichannel journeys. As many brands still rely on monolithic commerce platforms and lag on cloud-native infrastructure, they struggle with legacy systems that lack flexibility, scalability and agility for the next wave of growth.

whitePaper | March 30, 2023

Launched in November 2022, ChatGPT is an advanced large language model developed by OpenAI. This generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot was trained on massive amounts of text data from the internet using machine learning algorithms. ChatGPT is capable of answering prompts and invites users to interact in a conversational way—it can even answer follow-up questions.

whitePaper | September 15, 2022

Today, many of us are recognizing that there is more to education than teaching basic skills. With the escalating levels of stress, anxiety, and depression among young people, we need Positive Education to promote greater happiness and well-being (Seligman,et al, 2009).