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Redesigning the educational model after COVID

eSchool News

Instead, equity should be defined as ensuring ALL students are moving forward with a pathology that dismantles systems disparities while providing opportunity and access to achieve their full potential. When interrogated with depth and breadth, achievement assessments are inequitable by structure and design.

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Broadband Provides More Equitable Access to Education and Workforce Preparation

edWeb.net

Digital learning not only plays a crucial role in preparing today’s students for the jobs of tomorrow, it also has an important role in providing equity and access to education, especially in smaller and remote school districts. Broadband’s Big Picture. Links to Local Learning. This edWeb broadcast was hosted by SETDA and sponsored by ENA.

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ISTE 2018: 5 Best Practices for Adhering to Federal Privacy Laws

EdTech Magazine

The Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) was established in 2001 with the No Child Left Behind Act and is known for its provisions dealing with surveys and assessments. Tell parents how that information is being used, who’s accessing it and what return for that they can expect to see.”. by Jena Passut.

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Everything You Need To Know About the Georgia Milestones Assessment System

Georgia Test Prep

If you’ve got a child in the Georgia state school system, then you’ve probably heard of the Georgia Milestones Assessment System and how important it is. This post is a comprehensive guide on what the Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS) is all about. Grades 3 – 8 will take the End of Grade (EOG) assessment.

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OPINION: Resuming universal standardized testing in America’s public schools would be ‘foolhardy’

The Hechinger Report

s middling performance on international assessments to claim a “ rising tide of mediocrity ” in American education. Writing in September , though, she announced that states could not count on waivers for the 2020-21 school year, and should plan to assess their students with the customary tests.

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Higher education in India is moving ahead on the global stage.

Linways Technologies

To make sense of what this means, higher education system with GER less than 15% is considered elite, where access to higher education is limited and is viewed as a privilege. India has seen a massive expansion in the higher education sector – an almost four-fold increase in enrolments and institutions since 2001.

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National Network Launches to Connect Students in Crisis

eSchool News

With $250,000 from ECMC Foundation and a matching grant from Strada Education Network, the Emergency Coaching Network will provide up to 5,000 students at participating institutions with support from InsideTrack coaches specially trained to assess and support across a range of challenging situations.