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Much ado about NAEP

Dangerously Irrelevant

Scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are down after the pandemic. Indeed, it’s so aspirational that most states are not trying to reach that level with their annual assessments. But that’s a hard case to make, judging by a 2007 analysis from Gary Phillips, former acting commissioner of NCES.

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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

eSpark

These elements are: differentiation, adaptivity, student engagement, direct instruction, practice, formative assessment with immediate feedback and student explanation of learning. Though the students are continually assessed throughout the program to adjust to their skills, this initial reading sets them on a path tailored to their needs.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. In a meta analysis of 169 studies stretching over five decades of research on the effectiveness of environmental education for children and adolescents, Wetering et al. A meta-analysis.

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

Doug Levin

Consider this post (light on analysis, heavy on the archiving of primary source material) one for the wonks, students, and historians. This change remained in appropriations language from FY 2007 through FY 2011. FY 2007 $273,100,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). the more detailed program rules, as determined by the U.S.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Performance assessments that integrate evidence of teaching practices and student learning measured in a variety of ways (such as student work, lesson plans, assignments, in-person or video observations based on standards, and/or National Board assessment).

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OPINION: Six decades later, Brown v. Board of Education ruling is still only an aspiration

The Hechinger Report

Students at Barnard Elementary School in Washington, D.C., Nearly 68 years ago as a third-grader, Linda Brown was denied access to an all-white elementary school in Topeka, Kansas. Nearly 68 years ago as a third-grader, Linda Brown was denied access to an all-white elementary school in Topeka, Kansas.

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Five Learning Strategies that Work

Digital Promise

Whereas a Google search for “learning techniques” returns over 400 million results, researchers Dunlosky, Rawson, Marsh, Mitchell, and Willingham (2013) culled through hundreds of studies to provide a “curated” analysis of the 10 most effective learning techniques commonly used by students. Dunlosky et al.

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