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3 Months, 3 Micro-credentials, 1 Teacher: Building Performance Assessment Capacity in Georgia

Digital Promise

In that capacity, she is participating—along with eighty or so of her Henry County colleagues—in the Assessment for Learning micro-credential project , led by the Center for Collaborative Education (CCE). In June, she submitted evidence for and earned all the micro-credentials in the full stack , “Leading a Performance Assessment Community.”

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Why All Educators Need SAMR And TPACK

The Web20Classroom

Moving a written assignment to a digital document is substitution. Sharing that digital document with a partner is augmentation. Applying the SAMR model the use of this digital tool would be a substituted (perhaps augmentated) use of formative assessment. I can do formative assessment without technology.

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6 reasons to improve teacher and principal evaluation policies

eSchool News

Despite increased state adoption of evidence-based evaluation policies over a decade ago, the most recent data documents a continued decline in the number of states with teacher and principal evaluation requirements in place that research shows have the potential to drive significant improvements in student learning.

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PROOF POINTS: It’s easier and easier to get an A in math

The Hechinger Report

Department of Education documented rising grades on high school transcripts between 2009 and 2019, while 12th grade math scores fell on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). However, neutral observers have also found strong evidence of high school grade inflation.

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

Doug Levin

Please feel free to comment if you believe I’ve missed a key document or piece of crucial information, or if you have a question regarding the context of a specific statement or document. In any case, do not be surprised if I periodically return to this post to update or add key facts and documents. FY 2010 $100,000,000.

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Digital Portfolios + Micro-credentials = Massive Impact for Students & Teachers

Digital Promise

Assessment. Research reveals that students ubiquitously perceive assessment as something that is “done to them [sic] by someone else — and is out of their control.” New Assessment Beliefs for a New School Mission, Phi Delta Kappan, p.22-27. Evaluation. Retrieved from [link]. [3] 3] Patrick, S., Worthen, M., 2016, May).

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PROOF POINTS: New evidence of high school grade inflation

The Hechinger Report

Today, A students make up a majority of ACT test takers, some of whom are not college bound and take the test as a required high school assessment. points from a 3.0 – a B – in 2009 to 3.11 Just as ACT scores declined, so did 12th grade math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a national achievement test.

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