eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

With this funding and the new adoption of Common Core State Standards, UCS began exploring blended learning models. In 2012-2013, UCS adopted personalized blended learning in its 80 full-day kindergarten classrooms. Located in a suburb of Detroit, MI, the district had recently passed a bond reserving $28.5

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

With this funding and the new adoption of Common Core State Standards, UCS began exploring blended learning models. In 2012-2013, UCS adopted personalized blended learning in its 80 full-day kindergarten classrooms. Located in a suburb of Detroit, MI, the district had recently passed a bond reserving $28.5

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Blended Learning Case Study iPad Learning 52

EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 9, 2019

The key strategy to get to this level of understanding involves a tried-and-true instructional practice: formative assessments and feedback. So what are some main characteristics of these assessment practices? Students learn to set goals, self-assess, monitor their progress over time. You Need Data to Personalize Learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Pushed forward a few unfunded mandates (Common Core, PARCC) that have taken away precious funds from improving what really matters. For all the hoopla, PARCC has told us nothing we didn't already know from previous assessments. Years later many states have backed away from PARCC.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2019

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, 25 percent of students nationwide are writing on grade level, and 3 percent are considered advanced. The Common Core, in part a response to the poor quality of writing nationwide, pushes length and text complexity. And it’s not the fault of teachers.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Both fourth- and eighth-grade students posted declines on the math section of the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). And another international exam, the 2015 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) showed back-to-back deterioration in math performance among American 15-year-olds in 2012 and 2015.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The math achievement of American high school students in 2015 fell for the second time in a row on a major international benchmark, pushing the United States down to the bottom half of 72 nations and regions around the world who participate in the international test, known as the Program for International Student Assessment or PISA.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

During the last school year, only 40 percent of fourth-graders nationwide scored at a proficient level in a nationwide math assessment. That was the district’s first year taking the PARCC assessment, a college- and career-readiness test mandated by the state of Illinois, and the results were dismal, though not exactly surprising.

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How To Common Core Elementary Report 81

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

The exam, known as PARCC — which stands for Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers — was aligned to the Common Core, a set of national educational standards for what students should be able to do in each grade in English and math. Related: Common Core testing showdown in Massachusetts.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

SimCityEDU , an Educator Innovator partner, is proudly releasing its first game-based learning and assessment product built on the popular SimCity video game platform. SimCityEDU is a first product out of GlassLab (or Games Learning and Assessment). It was established in 2012 with $10.3M in grants from the John D.

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Common Core Game-Based Learning Edmodo Assessment 29

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

In 2012, Maine passed a law requiring that by 2018 all students would graduate with a proficiency-based diploma; the law then went through a major update in 2015-2016. But what exactly are these new kinds of diplomas, and just how difficult a transition do they pose to educators? First, the basics.

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 21, 2016

” New school accountability measures in England and Wales caused a steep drop in vocational course-taking, from 700,000 enrollments in 2012 to 320,000 in 2015. For instance, Pearson recently landed an potentially huge contract last year (upheld after a legal challenge) to deliver common-core tests to PARCC states.

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MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

During the last school year, only 40 percent of fourth-graders nationwide scored at a proficient level in a nationwide math assessment. That was the district’s first year taking the PARCC assessment, a college- and career-readiness test mandated by the state of Illinois, and the results were dismal, though not exactly surprising.

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How To Common Core Elementary Survey 39

Reading By Example

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Teaching Digital Literacies for the Common Core: What Results From New Assessments Tell Us. Forzani, E. Storrs, CT: University of Connecticut. Jenkins, H. Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Johnston, P. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.

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Common Core Social Media Assessment Online Learning 43

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2016

The research was based on how students answered survey questions that accompanied an international test, called the Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA. The result was surprising for two reasons. First, the PISA exam itself is largely a test of applied math, not equation-solving.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2017

Students are now assessed based on their “habits of scholarship” in addition to their mastery of course standards. Related: Personalized learning and Common Core: Mortal enemies? In 2012, Windsor Locks Public Schools was designated as an Alliance District — one of the 30 lowest-performing districts in Connecticut.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

But they stressed that Kansas is reporting its first statewide data from tests that were revised to align with multistate Common Core academic standards, which they view as tougher. Department officials and State Board of Education members acknowledged they’re not satisfied with the overall results.

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Connecting 2 the World

APRIL 29, 2016

While the common core curriculum was designed to address this gap between the academic and workplace skill development, the implementation of K-12 curriculum has focused on assessment and standardized teaching rather than development of the of workplace “soft-skills”. Chronicle of Higher Education (2012).

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2016

He was named Maryland State Teacher of the Year in 2012. It is difficult for teachers to really understand what data to act on and how assessment results should change their daily practice. Principles such as there should be data from multiple sources and data is only as good as the instrument or assessment from which it is derived.

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Data Analysis Assessment Training 60

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 2, 2017

Data drawn from the PISA 2012 database, graph adapted from Foley et al, 2017.). Related: In Texas, new math standards look a whole lot like Common Core. New research shows that levels of math anxiety have a.75 75 correlation with students’ enjoyment of math, and.64 These are shockingly high proportions.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2016

In 2012, Estonia’s 15-year-olds ranked 11 th in math and reading and sixth in science out of the 65 countries that participated in an international test that compares educational systems from around the world, called the Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA. It has worked.”. Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz.

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Teaching Digital Literacies for the Common Core: What Results From New Assessments Tell Us. Forzani, E. Storrs, CT: University of Connecticut. Jenkins, H. Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Johnston, P. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.

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Common Core Social Media Assessment Online Learning 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2012

Tomorrow, Saturday, April 21st, is worldwide 2012 Social Learning Summit , a one-day virtual conference being held as a partnership of Classroom 2.0 and the Discovery Educator Network. The Summit is from 9:00am - 3:00pm US Eastern Time. This is a free event, with a focus on inclusion and participation--all are welcome!

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Technology Integration and the Common Core by Andrew Miller The CCSS call us to integrate technology in intentional and meaningful ways to have students meet rigorous standards. See examples at varying grade levels of successful PBL projects aligned to Common Core and ISTE NET Standards and for various subject areas.

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Conduct research to explore the educational uses of social media platforms and assess the impact of filtering in schools. Linked to the Common Core Standards for high school. Develop a toolkit for school leaders. Establish a digital repository of Internet filtering studies.

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E-rate Digital Citizenship Libraries Social Media 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

Related: Closing gap for immigrant students under Common Core in Kentucky is a moving target. For example, they will acknowledge that it takes years to learn academic English and, in the next breath, bluster over the “achievement gaps” of English learners with graduation rates and national reading and math assessments.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 1, 2020

Whether schools are 1:1 or still relying on computer carts, the move to online assessments creates new needs from devices to professional development to data privacy policies. Have an instructional framework centered around curriculum design before talking about assessment. Feedback is more than just one assessment.

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Online Assessments Assessment Student Data Privacy BYOD 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

Department of Education for a waiver that would allow it to use the ACT as its high school completion exam and began requiring it of students in 2012. The district also embraced the new Common Core standards, despite controversy elsewhere. So, the district applied to the U.S. That’s our job to figure it out.”. Fair funding.

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Common Core Report Groups Meeting 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

Get to know SnapThought – one of our assessment tools – and the new game Sortify, which adds another dimension to playful assessment. Common Core Camp in UAE , The camps will introduce American curriculum schools, leaders and educators in the UAE who are new to the Common Core Standards. Join here !

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Common Core) for individual students. These taxonomies can be used to plan units, lessons, assessments, and other teaching and learning processes. The process of designing a learning experience for an individual learner, including content, learning model, assessment forms, and mode of knowledge application. ” (4).

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Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

New Hampshire is adopting it, too, and developing a statewide assessment method that would replace most standardized tests. He rejects the notion that students have learned something simply because they can pass a series of assessments. In late 2012, educators at the school were trying to think big. 442, teachers said.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Race To The Top (RTTT) and the subsequent introduction of NCLB waivers in 2012. Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, etc.). The teacher evaluation market has grown dramatically over the last few years, driven by the 2009 implementation of. 2: Create Your Heat Map.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 13, 2014

Friday, August 15th at 10am Google EdTechTeam Summit: Five Skills to Help You Discover, Use, and Share Great Digital Tools for Learning , As technology is integrated into classrooms, teachers need to know how to discover and use quality tools for learning, while meeting Common Core standards. discussion. discussion.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

In between those two jobs, Cardona had the distinction of being the youngest principal in the state at age 28, was named principal of the year in 2012, and served as co-chairman of the Legislative Achievement Gap Task Force. That’s all while getting married, parenting two children and earning a doctorate at UConn’s Neag School of Education.

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wwwatanabe

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

The analogy connects learning to what students know, and it provides the teacher a picture of those connections, which can be used as checking for understanding and formative assessment. Artifact from 1:1 training with AJHS, Feb of 2012. Confession: I wasn''t aware of Creative Commons at the time. Here''s a lesson for that.

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Common Core Groups iPad Assessment 70

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2016

Educators prefer to call the new exams assessments, because they’re so different in form and format from traditional standardized tests. It’s very important for arts to be seen as a subject that can be and should be tested,” said Frank Philip, an arts education assessment consultant. It’s a parity thing.”.

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