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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. Phillips set out to map NAEP benchmarks onto international assessments in science and mathematics. . emphasis added].

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Most families have given up virtual school, but what about students who are still thriving online?

The Hechinger Report

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. The district assigned 10 full-time teachers to provide live, online classes via Zoom. The district assigned 10 full-time teachers to provide live, online classes via Zoom.

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Experiences in Self-Determined Learning: Moving from Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0

User Generated Education

Embracing Opportunities for Self-Directed Learning in Formal Learning Environments: Bernard Bull. Assessment as an Ongoing Act of Learning: A Heutagogical Approach: Melanie Booth. New Pathways to Knowledge and Learning: Rónán O’Beirne. Applying Heutagogy in Online Learning: The SIDE Model: Eric Belt.

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Personalized learning: How kids are getting into college by mastering their skills

The Hechinger Report

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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Former educators answer call to return to school

The Hechinger Report

Related: Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids? 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.

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

In tiny Foster, Rhode Island, teachers at Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School use high-tech methods to teach a largely rural, off-the-grid population. Down Route 6, not far from the Shady Acres Restaurant and Dairy, is Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. PROVIDENCE, R.I. The George W.

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‘You can’t help but to wonder’: Crumbling schools, less money, and dismal outcomes in the county that was supposed to change everything for black children in the South

The Hechinger Report

State and federal education leaders have feted Mississippi’s four-year stretch of improvement on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Related : Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids? Constructed in 1908, Durant Elementary in Durant, Miss. The town square anchors downtown Lexington.

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