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Indian Prairie School District 204 pilots new middle school English curriculum
Chicago Tribune
The Indian Prairie School District curriculum is being built around an instructional program called CommonLit. The CommonLit 360 curriculum for grades 6-12 is a high-quality, research-baked, and standards-aligned curriculum made by teachers for teachers.
May 21, 2024
Read moreBeyond the Numbers: Stories of Impact from Our Grantees
Overdeck
CommonLit is designed to function as a core program for English Language Arts teachers, offering curriculum, benchmark assessments, instant data to gauge student progress, and expert-led professional development for teachers. Today, the nonprofit has helped over five million students become proficient readers—1.5 million in the 2021-22 school year alone.
October 5, 2023
Read moreFast Forward 🤝 tech nonprofits
Reid Hoffman
The Fast Forward Growth Accelerator is matching bold philanthropists with high-growth tech nonprofits to drive exponential impact. Among this cohort is CommonLit, who has digital reading platform dedicated to closing the literacy gap.
September 27, 2023
Read moreStudy of CommonLit 360 Shows Gains on Reading Achievement
Overdeck Family Foundation
This is a retrospective correlational study of student academic performance based on data from 113,825 students in 313 schools who had access to CommonLit 360 instructional materials, including School Essentials PRO student assessment materials (e.g., professional development, administrator data dashboards, benchmark assessments), during the 2021-22 school year.
July 25, 2023
Read moreLeveraging AI to Create Moonshots in Literacy
The Learning Agency Lab
There’s been much ado about ChatGPT and its impact on academic writing. If this thing can write essays all on its own, will students ever write again? Will teachers be able to tell the difference between a student’s writing and the computer’s writing? The short answer is yes.
July 20, 2023
Read morePhilipsburg-Osceola to switch middle school reading and literature curriculum
The Progress
Philipsburg Area Middle School teachers piloted CommonLit 360 after noticing their curriculum was out of date, not engaging, and did not properly prepare students for state exams. In a survey conducted by teachers, students preferred CommonLit 360 to Spring Board in all four categories — relatability, presentation, learning experience and equipment.
April 26, 2023
Read moreCommonLit publishes guide for teachers to respond to AI plagiarism
EdWeek
CommonLit published a guide to help teachers determine what to do when teachers suspect AI-plagiarized written work. CEO Michelle Brown describes the tips in EdWeek.
February 21, 2023
Read moreCommonLit and GSU Researchers Publish Open Source Readability Algorithm
Georgia State University
CommonLit worked with top Natural Language Processing (NLP) experts at Georgia State University feature a new, open source readability algorithm that accurately predicts the AI-written writing 80 to 90% of the time.
January 27, 2023
Read moreCommonLit and Quill create AI detection tool for teachers
Education Week
Quill.org and CommonLit.org created an AI detector platform designed with teachers in mind called AI Writing Check.
January 27, 2023
Read moreCommonLit and Quill launch free tool to detect AI-written student work
Fast Company
The ChatGPT detector comes as educators sound the alarm about students using bots to do their homework.
January 25, 2023
Read moreCommonLit Awarded High Profile Department of Education Grant for Innovation and Research
U.S. Department of Education
CommonLit was awarded EIR funds to advance a blended learning curriculum for grades 6-12. The curriculum will include aligned PD, assessments, and school district support framework. Through digital assessments, teacher professional learning, and cultural and technology-based supports, CommonLit helps students improve their English Language Arts skills.
January 13, 2023
Read moreSolvay Interview with CommonLit Founder Michelle Brown
SOLVAY
In this podcast, CEO Michelle Brown discusses her Latinx roots, the founding of CommonLit, and journey from the classroom to becoming a technology entrepreneur.
January 11, 2023
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