The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

Since the biennial test, called the National Assessment of Educational Progress or NAEP, was first administered in the early 1990s, student achievement, particularly in math, steadily improved until the late 2000s, then flatlined. . Every state has its own annual assessments, but they vary in difficulty and how they are scored.

Education 110

Education Common Core Report Academic Standards 110

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2016

That part of the story is over, and the new part of the story (is one) with a new assessment and a more typical life cycle.” ” The final accountability ratings for the 2015-2016 school year reflect a new scoring system MDE put in place in September.

Academic Standards 40

Academic Standards Report Assessment System 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

April 27, 2016 Photo: By Michael Clevenger, the Courier-Journal. Most educators agree the Common Core standards are rigorous enough that students who meet these guidelines will be adequately prepared to pursue a career or a college degree after they graduate from the public school system. But we do.”.

Common Core 53

Common Core Education Tablets Academic Standards 53

eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

Furthermore, No Child Left Behind’s one-size-fits-all method of evaluating schools has been criticized as incentivizing low academic standards. These harsh punishments lead some districts to “teach the test” and prioritize third party assessment scores over student engagement and learning.

Policies 40

Policies Blended Learning Education EdTech 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

In 2016, Lindsay Unified, a school district in California’s Central Valley, asked the city of Lindsay if the district could locate antennae on the community’s tallest buildings to expand its own network in order to provide free community Wi-Fi. “I came from a grades-based system,” he said. Then they installed hotspots on 500 homes in Lindsay.

Online Learning 128

Online Learning How To Competency Based Learning Learning 128

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

While seven of those 27 schools were able to reach 70 percent student proficiency in either English or math in 2016, none had attained 80 percent. At Arise, the school whose name begins with Achievement, not even 40 percent of students were proficient in 2016, based on composite scores for English and math.

Elementary 66

Elementary Report Meeting Advocacy 66

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

At the time, Wireless Generation was expanding from its roots in K-3 reading assessment into new areas: intervention, professional development, and data systems. We focused on the essential needs of the market—curriculum, assessment, and intervention—which aligned with our core competencies and interests. Sometimes very hard.

Instructional Materials 135

Instructional Materials Case Study Assessment Company 135

Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2019

Soft-launched last summer, the library currently houses more than 100 educational apps, which teachers can browse by subjects or categories (like assessment or presentation tools). In early 2016, it launched Co-Pilot to give schools free 30-day trials of edtech software built by other companies.

EdTech 117

EdTech Libraries Software Company 117

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2017

There’s a difference between the promises of “personalized learning” and the policies that school leaders enact—whether through changing academic standards, testing tools, teacher accountability and technology implementation—to make them a reality.

Technology 79

Technology Policies Education Academic Standards 79

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2017

Between September 2016 and June 2017, the number of licensed work-based learning coordinators in Vermont increased from 38 to 53. Before students can earn academic credit, they must complete a final project, which is then assessed by a highly-qualified teacher in that content area.

Classroom 87

Classroom Report Academic Standards Company 87

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Teachers can create multimedia assessments and activities for their students, who record and embed their responses. As the National Center for Education Statistics stated, as recently as 2016, “ 95% of elementary schools and 82% of secondary schools had a library or media center.”

Libraries 94

Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 94