eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2022

As part of Utah’s Student Credential Account and Aptitude Assessment , nearly 300,000 middle and high school students as well as teachers, counselors, and administrators will have access to YouScience Discovery in addition to Precision Exams by YouScience.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As a well-respected writer on both the NCTM Focal Points and Common Core State Standards, Fennell served as President of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) from 2006–2008 and was a founding member of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

But visions of a world where every teacher and every student had an internet-connected device, and every student would get personalized assessments for learning, were still just that—visions. Between 2004 and 2011, I worked as an executive in SchoolNet and Kaplan, both of which grew into successful and innovative education companies.

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eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2022

Scott Kinney, CEO of Discovery Education, will continue to lead the Company supported by the existing management team. The Company’s integrated learning platform empowers teachers by offering easy lesson creation, ready-to-use formative assessments, and personalized, data-driven recommendations from a library of educational resources.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2019

His efforts paid off: he boosted his SAT score by more than 350 points and landed a spot in Yale’s class of 2006. Developed with technology by Realizeit, The Edge Prep ’s AI-powered engine continually assesses students’ strengths and weaknesses as they move through a series of exam questions for the SAT, ACT or SSAT.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Jennifer Gonzalez has released her 2018 Teachers Guide to Technology with over 200 education technology tools including tools for assessment, flipped learning, presentations, parent engagement, video engagement and more. We Don’t Have To Choose Between Assessment and Excellent Teaching. The assessment piece is important for kids.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2019

His efforts paid off: he boosted his SAT score by more than 350 points and landed a spot in Yale’s class of 2006. Developed with technology by Realizeit, The Edge Prep ’s AI-powered engine continually assesses students’ strengths and weaknesses as they move through a series of exam questions for the SAT, ACT or SSAT.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

You know, we’re not giving the kids the tools in school along with opportunities to collaborate, that they need on the job, that the companies are asking for. You want to make sure that your formative assessments are based on where the student is at, not some kind of standard that every student in your classroom has to jump through.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. The state’s just reduced that to a requirement of one science, one social studies, one math, and a reading and writing assessment. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show. Bio as submitted.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 13, 2022

Education today has become large and focused on many things beyond the needs of learners, such as tests, curriculum and assessment. Kelly Smith ( @kellysmithinaz ) Prenda Kelly Smith is the Founder and CEO of Prenda (prendaschool.com), an education company that helps people run microschools out of their homes.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2017

I came to the Cobb County School District in 2006. I decided to learn everything I could about mastery-based assessments so that I could start to close the learning gaps. Mastery-based assessment directly addressed this issue. After shifting to mastery-based assessment, the next logical step was 1:1 instruction.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, called in 2006 for learning to be measured and reported publicly. Also in 2006, ministers of education from Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development member nations agreed in Athens to develop a worldwide measure of learning called the Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes.

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eSchool News

MAY 7, 2015

Runners-Up: · Most Likely to Succeed Runner-Up: TAO, Open Assessment Technologies. More than 50 applicants were assessed for the Innovation Incubator program on a broad range of criteria. TAO, Open Assessment Technologies. Most Innovative Runner-Up: 3D Deep-Zoom Interactive Educational Content, Corinth. Vidcode,Vidcode.

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Knowledge Avatars K-12

JANUARY 17, 2021

In 2006, Robinson gave a TED Talk entitled "Do Schools Kill Creativity?" And we run our companies like this. All higher-level thinking skills are difficult to assess. Is it any surprise that our test-driven educational system relies so heavily on multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, one-possible-answer assessments?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2020

From 1997 to 2004, she was a member of the National Assessment Governing Board, which oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the federal testing program. As an executive, Howard was the CEO of a public television operation and several television production companies, and a state government official.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2021

billion in 2019, according to the brand consulting company Kantar, which monitors this. A story about higher education marketing in 2006 was titled “The M Word.”. Straub, executive search and assessment consultant at Russell Reynolds, recalled of those days. Say the word ‘marketing’ and you could hear faculty members gasp,” T.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 5, 2022

Education today has become large and focused on many things beyond the needs of learners, such as tests, curriculum and assessment. After getting a master’s degree in nuclear fusion (MIT), Kelly held engineering and marketing roles at various technology companies. Mara is the international two-time best selling author of HELP!

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2017

Collaboration Edtech companies frequently boast that their tools allow students and teachers to collaborate as they write, record, design, and create. It went viral thanks to Karl Fisch ’s 2006 presentation, blog post , and video, created in collaboration with Scott McLeod , titled Did You Know? Shift Happens.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 16, 2022

Education today has become large and focused on many things beyond the needs of learners, such as tests, curriculum and assessment. After getting a master’s degree in nuclear fusion (MIT), Kelly held engineering and marketing roles at various technology companies. Mara is the international two-time best selling author of HELP!

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

He has also been selected as a Master Educator by the education technology company Course Hero , which produced a ten-minute film that features Stepanic and his crowd-pleasing class. Hellsing Ultimate" (2006–2008, 2012, 2014; created by Kohta Hirano) 2. Blade" (1998; directed by Stephen Norrington) 3.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2014

When Ben Slivka decided to create his own interactive learning software in 2006, the online options for students, parents, and teachers were pretty bleak. We have deeply integrated assessment into learning. CHAPTER 20: Slivka’s Sci-Fi Software Gets Shipped. February 2009: Bellevue, Washington.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Testing, Testing… “Big changes ahead for how California assesses school performance,” KPCC reports. The company said that the Department of Education’s decision to bar it from federal financial aid forced it to do so. Employees claim they were not notified that the company would be closing.

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edWeb.net

MAY 17, 2021

Located in the suburbs north of Seattle, and close to the headquarters of high-tech companies such as Microsoft and Amazon, the Northshore School District’s students are 60% White, 17% Asian, and 13% Hispanic, with another 9% identifying as mixed race. Systems, Strategies, and an Equity Framework.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

I wrote “an explainer” of sorts on Thiel and his politics, and I listed the education companies that he’s invested in. Have any ed-tech companies, particularly those funded by Thiel or Zuckerberg or Y Combinator, spoken out about this? women of groping and sexual assault.

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 4, 2017

Having been involved in leading the Google Teacher Academy from its inception in 2006, EdTechTeam was responsible for managing the revamped Google for Education Innovation Academy in 2016… and also helped to organize and fund the free 10 year anniversary celebrations in Sydney, London, New York, and Mountain View. as a separate company.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 30, 2011

He held this position from March, 2006 until June, 2008. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment called Future Visions. He was the Chief Research Officer and also the director of External Technology Relations for the WMU College of Education.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

The work is also supported by companies including Apple, Google and Expedia, as well as education organizations including the CollegeBoard, Teach For America and STEMx.” Others have argued the recent rash of layoffs at tech companies belies concerns there’s a worker shortage in that sector.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

” Via Education Week : “ FCC Revokes Decision Allowing Companies to Provide Low-Income Families With Subsidized Broadband.” Related via Buzzfeed : “133 Tech Companies Say Trump’s Immigration Order Is Unconstitutional.” The learn-to-code company with the derogatory name has previously raised $730,000.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

In October of 2006 , Gartner said that Apple’s “best bet for long-term success is to quit the hardware business and license the Mac to Dell.” The very next day, Apple shares hit $97.80, an all-time high for the company. The markets, according to the press releases, are always growing.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

In 2006 I described and recommended the community-based model to support sustainable OER-based pedagogy. Some individuals, government agencies, community-based networks, non-commercial organizations, and for-profit companies share these values. Is it the improvements we’ve made to the IMathAS quantitative assessment platform?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

VLACS is headquartered in a former high school in Exeter, New Hampshire — a brick edifice used for a century until the town opened a new high school in 2006. During the interview, Bramante sat beside her laptop, awaiting an upcoming “discussion-based assessment” with one of her students. Relationships Matter.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Zovio, Ashford’s parent company, declined to discuss Baca’s case unless he signed a waiver, but generally denied assertions that it improperly told veterans they were not eligible for GI Bill benefits. Formerly Bridgepoint Education, the company now called Zovio has raised eyebrows for years. Former Sen. Photo: Scott J.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

As he and his wife, Jennifer, walked into the parking lot outside the E E Butler Center in Gainesville, Georgia, that day in 2006, the two could picture a different future for Caleb. Developed by a company now called Edgenuity , the platform is available for all K-12 subjects. “It Photo: Jesse Pratt Lopez.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

The island has faced corruption and mismanagement in local government, billions of dollars in debt and mass emigration that has caused a critical loss of professionals and essentially halved the island’s student population in 15 years, from almost 550,000 in 2006 to 276,413 in 2021. On the math test that children all over the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

A 2015 Pew Research Center report revealed that the disconnected included 5 million households with school-aged children, who either couldn’t afford home broadband or lived in rural areas avoided by for-profit internet companies. A central issue when granting private use of a public resource is assessing the public benefit.

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