2004 Assessment Elementary Report 
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 27, 2024
Yet the change isn’t happening fast enough for many parents and researchers who say the tests remain deeply ingrained in the work of school psychologists, in particular, and that they are still regularly misused to gauge young children’s potential and assess whether they are “worthy” of extra help or investment.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
In 2004, as a new Ph.D., Credit: Austin Anthony for The Hechinger Report Speaking comes naturally to most children, being a gift of human evolution, but reading and writing are inventions that must be consciously and painstakingly learned. No one is born with neural circuits for connecting the sounds of speech to squiggles on paper.
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Digital Promise
JUNE 15, 2016
Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).
Doug Levin
APRIL 21, 2016
For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., the more detailed program rules, as determined by the U.S.
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 12, 2016
Learning Space Toolkit by North Carolina State University has a system for needs assessment and space planning. Clever Classrooms: Summary report of the HEAD project. Classroom Caboodle’s elementary Classroom Layout. This doesn’t have as many modern elements as MyKaplan, but is simple and requires no login.
Edsurge
JULY 7, 2016
Now, as has been reported , a number of districts have opted to move back to laptops from iPads. Over one-half of participating school districts allowed students to take home their laptops by 2004; a second RFP was issued in 2006; and the MLTI program expanded into high schools in 2009. So, what happened?
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 15, 2019
But a large survey of 2,000 elementary schools in three states found that not much advanced content is actually being taught to gifted students. And annual state assessments may not do a good job of measuring this kind of depth, creativity or critical thinking. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.
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