Georgia Test Prep

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

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. They can indeed influence how your child progresses through school.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

The average performance of the nation’s fourth- and eighth-graders mostly held steady in math and reading from 2015 to 2017, now marking a decade of stalled educational progress, according to the results of a test released Tuesday. Annual testing of students became a federal requirement after 2001, and that sometimes affected instruction.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. So, what can be done?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2020

of Education, author of 12 books including the recent Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Danger to Our Public Schools; Cindy Cisneros , Vice President of Education Programs at the Committee for Economic Development at The Conference Board; and Gavin Dykes , from England, Managing Director of Cellcove, Ltd.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

They tended to cite a combination of their own optimism coupled with pressure from state officials, who in turn were pressured to meet the federal educational goals set in No Child Left Behind. Educational consultant and former state board member Leslie Jacobs on why charters may have had difficulty reaching projected goals.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2016

In a state in which 43 percent of kids of kindergarten age are not ready to begin school, most of those involved in early education don’t deny there’s a problem, and many agree there is a way to fix it. She traces the current struggle to balance funding for both private and public programs back to an earlier reform in 2001: the Cecil J.

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