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APRIL 13, 2015

Among the challenges of assessment, this concept–as it applies to formal academic classrooms designed to promote mastery of Common Core or similar standards–is near the top. In 2003 in Classroom Assessment Practices and Teachers’ Self-Perceived Assessment Skills , Zhicheng Zhang and Judith A.

Assessment 40

Assessment Data Learning Common Core 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Via Education Week : “Even When States Revise Standards, the Core of the Common Core Remains.” This group of older borrowers collectively hold $247 billion in student debt, an amount that has roughly tripled since 2003.” More shadiness from Thiel in the campus news section below.

Education 47

Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

I mentioned in the previous article in this series that Palmer Luckey, the founder of the VR company Oculus Rift (acquired by Facebook in 2014), had funded an unofficial pro-Donald Trump group dedicated to “shitposting” and spreading hateful memes about Hillary Clinton. The Common Core. Political correctness.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Teachers in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, use a curriculum that mixes teacher-directed whole-class phonics lessons with small-group activities. ” Related: Can Common Core reading tests ever be fair? So in 2015, Butler and her colleagues decided to repeat the study they’d done in 2003. Emily Hanford | APM Reports.

Training 112

Training Elementary Report Study 112

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The former church youth-group multipurpose room had become a shrine to academic achievement, the stained-glass window overshadowed by bold purple banners listing the students’ future college graduation years, the school’s values and the slogan “#RUReady.” If you didn’t get it all done … Friday’s the day you turn it around.”.

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Report Libraries Elementary System 105