Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

2008; Webster-Wright, 2009 ; Accomplished California Teachers, 2012 ). 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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Education Professional Learning Study Case Study 120

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., FY 2009 $269,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $0).

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Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

The second grader attends SpaRRk Academy, a virtual learning program for elementary students created in 2021 by the Rio Rancho School District in New Mexico. A longtime administrator in Rio Rancho, Aaker led the district-wide transition of elementary students to online learning when Covid struck. It wasn’t just a mother’s intuition.

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Elementary Online Learning Report Personalized Learning 95

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 24, 2020

In normal times when students come to my classroom (I provide pull-out services for gifted elementary level kids), I get them doing hands-on activities within minutes of entering into my classroom. I, like many of you, have been doing remote teaching since March, 2020. I am a student-centric, hands on/minds on teacher.

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Examples Groups Google Outcomes 435

MindShift

JULY 10, 2018

Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012.

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Elementary Education Survey Report 39

eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

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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Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2022

Teens who read more paper books scored higher on reading assessments. Even among students of similar socioeconomic backgrounds, those who read books in a paper format scored a whopping 49 points higher on the Program for International Student Assessment, known as PISA. Credit: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. years of learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

Back in 2016, Ben Herold of Education Week reported that grade-school students who took the computerized version of a different test, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), in 2014-15 scored lower than students taking the paper-and-pencil version. Research has shown mixed results.

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Study Analysis Report Assessment 93

Waterford

JULY 6, 2020

Parental involvement in middle school: a meta-analytic assessment of the strategies that promote achievement. Developmental Psychology, 2009, 45(3), pp. Parent Involvement and Children’s Academic and Social Development in Elementary School. Strategies for Strong Parent and Family Engagement. and Tyson, D. Sheldon, S.

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Classroom Secondary Analysis Strategy 299

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

The first was that elementary school students who attended “Core Knowledge” schools – which teach young children a broad core curriculum in many subjects – were better readers. In early April 2023, I started getting emails and messages urging me to take a look at a fresh reading study in Colorado.

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Study Common Core Elementary Report 133

The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2022

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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Analysis Study Report Assessment 143

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

For the past several decades, I have had my feet in both elementary education and teacher training and development. Hands-on and experiential learning is used in some elementary schools but this diminishes as students get older. Engages the senses. More likely to engage emotions. ”( Hands-On is Minds-On ).

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Learning Elementary Training Outcomes 120

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

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. In 2006 I gave up my job as an elementary principal to care for my wife who had Lou Gehrig’s disease.

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Khan Academy Elementary Company Personalized Learning 165

Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

That’s how school district users last year found out about the end of TenMarks, which has provided curriculum, lesson plans, exercises and assessments in math and writing to students in an estimated 11,500 U.S. Across the district’s elementary and middle schools, Yakima had about 8,400 students on the program for the last three years.

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Khan Academy IXL Learning Company Software 117

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Indiana now requires all eighth graders to take a series of self-assessments through the state’s online career explorer or a similar web tool. And Virginia has kids begin work on an “academic and career plan portfolio,” which includes information about their interests, values and skills, as early as elementary school.

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STEM Course Robotics Social Media 140

Tech Helpful

MAY 9, 2019

Simon Sinek originally published his book Start with the Why in 2009. Our elementary school started with a rolling cart of iPads and we have slowly added more and more into the mix for use and a chromebook cart as well. According to wikipedia, the first iPad was released on April 3, 2010 ( [link] ). Oh to have read that book then!

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Technology Chromebook iPad Outcomes 72

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

In Oklahoma, to fill vacancies, emergency teaching certifications have skyrocketed since 2009. Teachers with a science background help students become “competent outsiders to science,” including the ability to assess the credibility of sources that make scientific claims, said Osborne.

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Survey Report Data STEM 118

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

In 2016, our Anna Reynolds Elementary School was the recipient of the National Blue Ribbon Award for high performance , and every school in the district routinely outperforms the competing magnet school on standardized assessments. The secret to our success?

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STEM Personalized Learning BYOD iPad 115

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

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. In fact, assistant Superintendent Shawn Carlson points out the one of the most successful uses of iPads in Boothbay has been in assessments.

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iPad Laptops Classroom Report 101

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Assessment as an Ongoing Act of Learning: A Heutagogical Approach: Melanie Booth. is a type of essentialist, behaviorist education based on the three Rs – receiving by listening to the teacher; responding by taking notes, studying text, and doing worksheets; and regurgitating by taking the same assessments as all other students in the cohort.

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Education Learning Resources Tools 268

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

A Smile is the Teacher’s Game Face This summer, I met Rob Brown , elementary school principal at Southside Christian School in South Carolina. Rob Brown, Elementary School Principal Southside Christian School, South Carolina In brief, I realized this important fact: A teacher’s smile is a teacher’s game face. 24) Jackson, C.

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Policies Groups Elementary Study 237

eSpark

APRIL 18, 2016

Since arriving at Elizabeth Forward in 2009, district leaders Dr. Bart Rocco and Dr. Todd Keruskin have focused energy on establishing a culture of innovation within the district. Read on for a look at the many ways a few of our Digital Promise district partners are boosting student engagement and academic growth. Elizabeth, PA.

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iPad Differentiated Instruction Elementary Meeting 40

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. Venture funding in the edtech sector has increased from $385 million in 2009 to an expected $2 billion this year. We've rolled out other programs this way.

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EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

EdTechTeam

APRIL 24, 2017

With the Common Core State Standards launching in 2009 and textbook publishers having to recreate their curriculums, many districts were left with their teachers having to come up with their own curriculum that met the new state standards. Ann-Marie Skaggs has been teaching elementary school in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2005.

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Blended Learning Common Core Learning Data 45

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 19, 2016

A student-centered personalized-learning model known as competency education has gained traction over the past five years as states have developed policies to promote its adoption in both elementary and secondary schools. Students refine these skills based on goal-setting, ungraded feedback known as the formative assessment.

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Personalized Learning Learning Policies Assessment 40

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 10, 2018

Dr. Sean Nank’s research shows that the single biggest method for improving learning with iPads is to use online formative assessments. However, his formative assessments have a twist — students are all answering DIFFERENT math questions. Masterful Math: Randomizing Formative Math Assessment. We created Assessment Items.

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iPad Assessment Moodle Company 224

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2018

In 2009, just over 50 percent of children entering Immokalee’s six elementary schools were considered “kindergarten ready,” as determined by Florida’s kindergarten screening exam, the Florida Assessment for Instruction in Reading. The center has received $13.7 million from the foundation since 2003.

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Elementary Report Accessibility Assessment 56

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

Key to that success, Johnstone says, was that the district had already started teaching math differently back in 2009. In the lower grades, teachers get on the floor with their students to work with brightly colored blocks and chips to assess their mathematical thinking and problem-solving strategies.

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Common Core Elementary Groups Robotics 40

The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 24, 2015

I’ve covered the ASCD conference as a member of the press (read: education blogger , it’s not really that fancy) since 2009, and I always view the major conference themes as an indicator of the direction that American schools are currently moving. ” 3) Nimble grit. 6) The effect of relationships on motivation.

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Conference Trends Edcamps Social Media 40

MindShift

OCTOBER 14, 2019

When I visited Maya Lin, an elementary school in Alameda, California where art is at the center of learning, third graders were in the middle of a multi-week project on climate change. Before it was called Maya Lin, this school was known as Washington Elementary. Maya Lin’s Journey to Arts Integration Was About Equity.

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Learning Elementary Study Mobility 53

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

The school, where more than 90 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and 14 percent are counted as homeless, was founded in 2009 to teach skills valued by the booming technology sector. The document also covers assessments for interpersonal skills and habits of mind.

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Report Study Software Meeting 66

EdTechTeam

MARCH 29, 2017

Students have more computing power in their cars and even their phones than the Apollo 11 systems (Computer Weekly, 2009). Alternative Assessments: Ask students to demonstrate their understanding of a concept in their own way. The big change is teaching them how to take this information by the reins and become masters of it.

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Mobility Google Libraries Groups 40

Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

" But the answers to that question are, of course, bound up in our beliefs and practices and expectations, in our assessments of what "preparedness" even means. In elementary schools, between 7 to 13% of instructional time was spent watching television. The Hagerstown CCTV project began in 1956 with a $1.5

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Education Report Khan Academy Examples 140

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2018

Related: How one Mississippi elementary school improved to an A rating. percent were proficient in math based on assessments for grades three through eight. He taught Language Arts in Jackson for 29 years before retiring in 2009. 184 teaching positions in Jackson Public Schools are being filled by long-term subs.

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Education Report Groups Classroom 71

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

In regard to Creativity, check out my last post, which covers facilitating and assessing Creativity in the classroom. The very first time I heard the idea of integrating the Arts into STEM education was while watching a 2009 keynote made by Daniel Pink at the NECC Conference in Washington DC… yes prior to ISTE Conferences!

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STEM Resources OER Conference 207

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2023

Some of these reasons according to Blazer include: - Review and reinforce materials learned in class - Check students understanding and assess their skills and knowledge - Enhance students study skills - Provide students with learning opportunities where they can use their newly acquired skills to explore new insights. Robinson, J.

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Study Elementary Analysis Mobile Learning 145

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2020

In 2009, Mike was selected by the Marth Holden Jennings Foundation as the Ohio Superintendent of the Year. He has delivered state national keynote addresses based on his research, which focuses on stress management, the dynamics of effective relationship building, personality assessment, and emotional intelligence.

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Conference Education Groups Industry 41