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Use Personalized Learning Tools to Boost Classroom Equity

EdTech Magazine

Assessment is meaningful and a positive learning experience for students. Learning outcomes emphasize competencies that include application and creation of knowledge, along with the development of important skills and disposition. Classroom Technology Strengthens Competency-Based Assessment. by Wendy McMahon.

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Students Are Slipping Through the Cracks of Special Education. Schools Must Do Better.

Edsurge

The Power of Assessment Digging through Jason’s files and coming up empty reinforced my belief that, if we had a true district-wide RTI framework with a uniform approach to assessment, we would have uncovered Jason’s needs sooner. Although the RTI framework includes many components, Jason guided my focus on assessment.

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Teachers at Two Rivers Roll Up Their Sleeves to Build Assessments from Scratch

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Two Rivers Public Charter School welcomed its first class of students in the fall of 2004, after more than three dozen parents from the Capitol Hill neighborhood came together to write the charter. Over time, they have learned that some of the skills that are most critical for success are difficult to teach and even harder to assess.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

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 ).

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Higher Ed’s Credit Transfer System Is Broken. Here’s a Better Way.

Edsurge

From 2004 to 2009, transfer students on average lost 43 percent of their credits—basically a semester’s worth. In an education world driven more by inputs than learning outcomes, it’s hard to prove the case one way or the other. But as they move, their credits don’t always follow. We were running out of metaphors anyway.

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The Lessons Learned Online That Will Shape Education After the Pandemic

Edsurge

When we began our residential summer learning program in 2004, we wrapped our curriculum around a “team model” that reflects the collaborative way that the world works. A curriculum that has been created, albeit, out of necessity, and we are very pleased with the engagement and outcomes we are seeing.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

FY 2004 $695,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $700,500,000). In addition, using technology to improve student outcomes is a key priority in the Race to the Top and Investing in Innovation (i3) programs. State Educational Technology Directors Association ( SETDA ) annual reports of program implementation: 2004.

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