Over the past few months, we’ve been running a beta test on our new feature—the Dream Point Booster. Teachers often tell us that guessing behaviour is a major frustration with digital education tools: what good is practice, even with the best programs, if students are just clicking through without really
Over the past few months, we’ve been running a beta test on our new feature—the Dream Point Booster. Teachers often tell us that guessing behaviour is a major frustration with digital education tools: what good is practice, even with the best programs, if students are just clicking through without really engaging the content? The Dream Point Booster was designed to address that challenge, to boost student accuracy while discouraging and demotivating guessing, all without taking the fun out of the game. We’re really excited to share some early results from the beta. What is the Dream Point Booster? The Dream Point Booster is a meter that is tied to a students (recent) question accuracy. At it’s most basic, the more accurate students are when they answer questions, the higher the arrow will climb and when they get questions wrong, the arrow will dip. Depending on what zone the arrow is
We’re excited that it’s finally time to share the long awaited update to our admin dashboard. Our new admin dashboard (still in beta), is a
We have developed a NWEA MAP Score to Shoelace alignment document to help guide you in choosing from our vast assignment library based on their
We often hear variations of “how much should my students play?” Well, we have an answer for you. For the best results, aim for your
This is a guest post by Josh Wittenberger, a 4th grade teacher at Newaygo Elementary School in Michigan. He reached out to us to see
Every teacher knows that look: the sigh, the slouch, and the question: “Do I have to read this?” Reading often feels like a chore, especially
Many schools have successfully laid the groundwork with the Science of Reading—students are decoding words with fluency and accuracy. But decoding is just the beginning. The next step is helping students make meaning from what they read. That’s where Shoelace Learning steps in.
Shoelace bridges the gap between reading the words and understanding them. Our game-based platform supports comprehension skill-building through adaptive learning, engaging content, and real-time insights for educators. Whether it’s making inferences, identifying main ideas, or connecting background knowledge, Shoelace equips students to think critically about texts—and enjoy the process.
