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Inside Tips for Successfully Implementing Online Assessments

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Whether schools are 1:1 or still relying on computer carts, the move to online assessments creates new needs from devices to professional development to data privacy policies. Have an instructional framework centered around curriculum design before talking about assessment. Feedback is more than just one assessment.

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Key Questions and Recommendations for Online Assessment

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Even in today’s tech-heavy environment, before moving to online assessments, leadership needs to ask: Should we? During their presentation, “Online Assessment: An Evolving Landscape and New Opportunities,” they discussed the lessons they learned when they made the transition and what they would change if they could.

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Should Career Counselors Use Digital Personality Tests to Help Students Choose Majors?

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Colleges have long relied on pen-and-paper assessments purporting to measure students’ personalities, interests and values, Donnelly says. The system offers students a short online assessment of their interests , then matches them with Butte degree programs that may be a good fit for them.

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Network Essentials for School Board Members

Education Superhighway

With that in mind, here’s a guide to assess school district network needs and implement affordable broadband upgrades. While there are other factors that may affect the amount of bandwidth your district needs—cloud-based applications, storage, online assessments, etc.—having School Network Structure.

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Top Web Links, Tweets & Instagram Posts from 2016

Learning in Hand

It looks like 2016 was the year of online assessment tools. My most popular tweet and post featured 15 formative assessment tools. Check out my top links and posts from 2015 and from 2014 for more awesome tips, tools, ideas, and resources. This means I can easily see the most popular links I shared during 2016.

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State Testing Disruptions Likely Produced Dips and Gains in Student Scores, Study Says

Marketplace K-12

The disruptions in online assessments that roiled Montana, Nevada, and North Dakota in the spring of 2015 appear to have had both negative and positive effects on individual students’ test scores, according to a new analysis. See also: Assessment Fallout: Texas Fines ETS, Nevada Says DRC Misses Deadlines.

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Global K-12 Market for Personal PCs to Contract in 2016, Experts Project

Marketplace K-12

While the rate of growth is lower than in 2014 and 2015—when the market was fueled by a national trend away from paper and pencil and toward online assessments —lower average selling prices and a replacement market for outdated devices continue to drive volume, according to a release issued by the consulting firm.

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