Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2019

-based provider of instructional software and formative assessment tools that is on a buying spree. It spun Schoolzilla out as an independent company in 2013. In the past, it’s focused on pairing assessments with digital instructional materials. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The company claims to service a third of U.S.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

In a recent discussion, I was asked about “common assessments” in a classroom. The thought here is that no matter what classroom you were in, the assessments would look the same. If I ask students to show that they understand the same objective, does the way we assess truly have to be the same?

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 12, 2019

Technology Planning Starts with an Assessment. A free security assessment is the first step to determining whether vulnerabilities exist. An assessment can provide a framework so that IT leaders can start to have these conversations in their districts. Make Sure Faculty and Staff Know the Laws. There are plenty of them.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Since 2013, Glenn has been dedicated to the development and growth of BASE Education, utilizing her 25 years of experience working with at-risk teens to build the company’s online mental health curriculum. As chief science officer, he will lead 7 Mindsets’ work to provide meaningful and actionable assessments alongside its program offerings.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 17, 2013

Thank you, Dara, for attending EdmodoCon 2013 and the compliments! If you would like to contribute and share a EdmodoCon 2013 post, please submit! I anticipate the you and your students will be Olympians in the sport of learning! You can read about Dara''s adventures in elementary education on her blog, Kontemporary Kreations.

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Reading By Example

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

All of this information helped us assess the water quality of the creek. Assessments are then developed for each standard and associated task, which should reveal students’ capacity for that content or skill. We could then report to the community our analysis and our recommendations for environmental improvement. References.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Its latest act: making a strategic investment in Open Assessment Technologies (OAT), a San Francisco-based startup that offers open-source tools for building and delivering digital tests. Besides just being an assessment company, we’re also becoming a learning and navigation company,” Roorda tells EdSurge in an interview.

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EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

It makes sense – when used well they can help scaffold learning, practice skills and help with assessment. Dan Kemp has been the Marketing Director for Book Creator since 2013. We know from the popularity of websites such as Teachers Pay Teachers that worksheets and PDFs are still very popular. He lives and works in Bristol, UK.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2024

Since 2013, according to an analysis , policymakers in 37 states have passed laws or implemented new policies related to reading instruction and stakeholders from scholars and journalists to teachers and parent coalitions have weighed in.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

published by ISTE in 2013), Learning First, Technology Second (published by ISTE in 2017). Liz is also the creator and coordinator of the Triple E Framework ( [link] ), which is an open-source framework for K-12 teachers and administrators to use to assess the effectiveness of technology in lesson plans. Liz runs a blog at [link].

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In 2022, only 22% of students scored “proficient” or higher on a nationwide civics assessment. He is the author of Images of America: Sutton (2004) and Images of America: Millbury (2013). Unfortunately, stats are even worse in other subjects. And one in three scored below basic understanding of the subject.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2023

an innovator in advanced audio conferencing solutions, announces that its Information Security Management System (ISMS) has received ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification , the world’s best-known standard for information security management. Calgary, Alberta — Nureva Inc.,

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

Over time, they have learned that some of the skills that are most critical for success are difficult to teach and even harder to assess. It’s not always as simple as purchasing a curriculum, or even modifying an existing set of assessments, because in many cases, these materials don’t yet exist.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 22, 2021

A teacher’s cognitive engagement is the degree of attention to and investment in their work (Klassen, Yerdelen & Durksen, 2013). Then they can provide students with time in class to work on their own, with a partner, or as part of a group to engage in this self-assessment. What did they do well?

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2024

They administered surveys to teachers and students and developed assessments that were given when the program started and after it ended. The curriculum has been taught to more than 6,000 students in California and Michigan, Schneider says, with close monitoring from researchers. They observed classrooms.

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eSchool News

MARCH 1, 2024

The Skills Employers Demand: An Analysis of the Research summarizes 10 years of studies, from 2013 to 2023, and analyzes job postings in the 16 SREB states. Credentialing can show employers that high school or college students have passed skills assessments. Offer project-based and work-based learning experiences.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. 2013; Parsons, 2012; Vaughn, 2015, ). 2013) investigated the impact of instructional adaptations on student literacy achievement. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2023

Klaus Schwab coined the term in 2013 in his book “The Fourth Industrial Revolution.” The future of education must focus on teaching people how to learn new skills quickly, find information, assess information for accuracy, and make decisions based on evidence. It is also known as Industry 4.0,

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Since 2013, Digital Promise has put research at the center of the micro-credential development, evidence submission, and assessment processes, creating an ecosystem which includes 40 active issuing organizations and more than 400 published micro-credentials.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2023

Klaus Schwab coined the term in 2013 in his book “The Fourth Industrial Revolution.” The future of education must focus on teaching people how to learn new skills quickly, find information, assess information for accuracy, and make decisions based on evidence. It is also known as Industry 4.0,

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 15, 2019

Six years ago, mixed reality game designer Jane McGonigal ’s keynote at the 2013 ISTE conference focused on how video games can boost resilience in real life. K–12 Schools Find Educational Benefits in Cloud-Based Gaming. eli.zimmerman_9856. Wed, 05/15/2019 - 09:59. She referenced about 1 billion gamers worldwide. .

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

achieved National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) proficiency in fourth grade reading. Preliminary research from the nonprofit assessment group NWEA suggested that students would retain only 70 percent of last year’s gains in reading when they returned for the 2020-21 academic year compared with a typical school year.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2023

Klaus Schwab coined the term in 2013 in his book “The Fourth Industrial Revolution.” The future of education must focus on teaching people how to learn new skills quickly, find information, assess information for accuracy, and make decisions based on evidence. It is also known as Industry 4.0,

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Industry Learning Robotics Technology 104

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 2, 2017

I first met Office Mix a few years ago, before I had the required Office 2013 or higher. You have to have MS Office 2013 or above to run Mix. In a flipped class, use Mix to share required resources, preparation steps, and assessments for an upcoming class. This isn’t really a “con”, more of a warning.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In 2013, just months after I started working as CIO of Bridgeport School District in Connecticut, my biggest fear about the job became reality: The district firewall was attacked. I developed the disaster recovery system for Bridgeport schools back in 2013. Hey, IT Leaders: When Disaster Strikes, Will Your School Be Ready?

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Public schools are attended by students from various cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic backgrounds, having different assessed levels of cognitive and academic ability. Students who are not performing at grade level in the core subject matters (Dove & Honigsfeld, 2013, pp. Who Are the Not-So-Common Learners?

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EdTechSandyK

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Apple has an online SAMR assessment survey (FREE) that will help teachers self-assess where they are in their technology learning. People are notoriously bad at assessing their own skills, however. Could this be done in a blended or fully online space?

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Digital Promise

MARCH 6, 2018

According to a 2013 study featured in School Library Journal, which was based on an assessment of student performance in Pennsylvania, “Consistently, reading and writing scores are better for students who have a full-time certified librarian than those who don’t. This is especially the case with striving readers.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The two companies are no strangers: Workbench has been integrated with Google Classroom, which allows educators to assign Workbench projects to students, and track, review and assess their progress. Founded in 2013 (and originally named cwist), Workbench has raised $3 million in funding.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Today is day four of the 2013 Global Education Conference. Hard to believe we''re almost at the end! During the conference opening sessions we brainstormed as set of grassroots global education projects that we could bring to our personal learning networks to try to get started.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

Nearly 2 out of every 5 eighth graders don’t even have the most basic math skills, according to the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). On the international Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) , American 15-year-olds rank toward the bottom of economically advanced nations in math achievement.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 6, 2015

Hypothetically, effective mobile learning can empower learners by enabling them to better assess and select relevant information, redefine their goals, and reconsider their understanding of concepts within a shifting and growing frame of reference (the information context).” — Marguerite L. Cristol, D., & & Gimbert, B. mLearn, 15.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

All components: student books, lesson cards, digital learning, reading response journals, sound-spelling activities, and formative assessment cards work together to provide ample opportunities for children to read, talk, and write—all vital steps on the path toward successful reading. For more information, please see www.lwtears.com.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

billion dollars out-of-pocket nationally and $920 million at two-year colleges during the 2013 to 2014 school year to take developmental courses—courses in which just more than one-in-four students prove to be successful. This, understandably, presented a grave concern for business and industry, legislators, educators and ultimately students.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 21, 2018

Ottenbreit-Leftwich in their 2013 study of authentic technology-enabled learning, highlights the main challenge coaches face when trying to support teachers using technology. Support your teachers in using the right technology-enhanced assessments for their students and in analyzing the assessment data. Ertmer and Anne T.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

One of those competitors is LTG, which has been rapidly expanding its suite of workforce learning tools since its founding in 2013. To date, Instructure has acquired four companies, the most recent of which was Certica Solutions, a provider of K-12 assessment and analytics tools that it scooped up in a transaction last December.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2022

In addition to enabling the assessment and synthesis of information drawn from a wide variety of sources, humanities practices equip us to diagnose — and devise methods to address — the conditions that hinder the achievement of a fully just and equitable society.

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