The CoolCatTeacher
JULY 7, 2016
Assessment strategies that show what students have REALLY learned From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Assessments should cover what is taught and address important learning goals. Thomas Guskey reflects today on what makes a good assessment. The are the keys to effective assessment?
Digital Promise
DECEMBER 17, 2019
What is equitable evaluation? As funders, government agencies, and service providers become increasingly focused on program evaluation results to make evidence-based decisions, evaluators and other researchers seek to answer this question. Why does equitable evaluation matter? .
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The CoolCatTeacher
MARCH 23, 2016
Advice From a Student Assessment Researcher About What is Fair and Unfair in Today's Grading Systems From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. With almost 9,000 downloads and counting, this show is the most popular episode on Every Classroom Matters in 2016 so far.
Doug Levin
APRIL 21, 2016
Federal Program Evaluations and Program-Related Reports: The First-Year Implementation of the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund in Five States (American Institutes for Research, 2000). ” How would the program operate? FY 1999: $425,000,000 (President Clinton’s request: $475,000,000). FY 2001: $450,000,000.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
In a study published in July, we found suggestive evidence supporting the need to address bias in the classroom. Notably, these biases are implicit because the IAT assesses individuals’ automatic associations of white and Black people with certain attitudes using high-speed computerized tasks. Sign up here for Hechinger’s newsletter.
User Generated Education
MAY 21, 2017
Here are some example blog posts from 6th grade students: Blogging, as opposed to keeping a hand-written journal of classroom experiences, has unique advantages in my classroom: Learners can easily include photos of their work. Because my classroom activities are high engagement, learners become totally immersed in the activities.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 20, 2020
In some places, principals and administrators consider themselves well-equipped to assess research claims, ignore the bunk and choose promising products. They don’t have the skills to assess whether promising findings with one group of students may realistically translate to their own buildings. The results were stark.
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