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The science of catching up

The Hechinger Report

Significant setbacks are especially likely for the most vulnerable students — kids with disabilities and those living in poverty, who didn’t have a computer, a reliable internet connection or a workspace to learn at home. When the No Child Left Behind law was first passed in 2001, schools got extra money to tutor students who were behind.

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PROOF POINTS: Should parents value academic achievement or academic growth in a school?

The Hechinger Report

By contrast, data about how much kids learn at school each year — how fast test scores grow — nudged survey respondents to prefer school districts that are poorer and less white. A fourth group, which saw only the demographic and income data, was used as a comparison. children in a school year.

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An introduction to Bloom’s taxonomy

Linways Technologies

In simple words, Bloom’s taxonomy is a teaching methodology that revolves around 6 levels to measure achievement of learning outcomes. The student begins from the most basic level; remembering what has been taught, onto the higher levels as learning progresses. These six levels are: Remember. Understand. The second level: Understand.

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The ultimate guide to Bloom’s Taxonomy

Linways Technologies

revolves around 6 levels to measure achievement of learning outcomes. begins from the most basic level; remembering what has been taught, onto the higher levels as learning progresses. begins from the most basic level; remembering what has been taught, onto the higher levels as learning progresses. The student. The student.

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NCLB’s legacy: As the ESSA era begins, have policymakers, educators learned from the past?

The Hechinger Report

President Bush promotes his “No Child Left Behind” education agenda during a visit to Kirkpatrick Elementary School in Nashville, Tenn., Many states either were not tracking them at all or were using widely disparate formulas that made state-by-state comparisons impossible. Monday, Sept. Photo: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite.

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Education Technology and 'Fake News'

Hack Education

See, what might be even more significant than how frequently (or infrequently) Americans learn about science news (or how well that science is explained) is how their personal beliefs influence whether or not they believe that science to be valid. ” Sites of indoctrination , not learning. “ Government schools.”

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Making ‘Big Data’ useful rather than scary for teachers

The Hechinger Report

At least since 2001, when No Child Left Behind set strict student achievement benchmarks based on standardized tests, teachers have had reason to fear data. One tab teachers can select when they log into their dashboards is a comparison of schools based on the Georgia state tests. Read more about the Future of Learning.

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