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Inside Tips for Successfully Implementing Online Assessments

edWeb.net

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. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Key Questions and Recommendations for Online Assessment

edWeb.net

Even in today’s tech-heavy environment, before moving to online assessments, leadership needs to ask: Should we? During their presentation, “Online Assessment: An Evolving Landscape and New Opportunities,” they discussed the lessons they learned when they made the transition and what they would change if they could.

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Should Career Counselors Use Digital Personality Tests to Help Students Choose Majors?

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The system offers students a short online assessment of their interests , then matches them with Butte degree programs that may be a good fit for them. The assessment Butte uses incorporates Holland’s theories with a shortened version of the Strong Interest Inventory.

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Network Essentials for School Board Members

Education Superhighway

While there are other factors that may affect the amount of bandwidth your district needs—cloud-based applications, storage, online assessments, etc.—having One of the greatest benefits of the E-rate’s 2014 modernization was the inclusion of billions of dollars in Category 2 funding , which covers the costs of Wi-Fi implementation.

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Top Web Links, Tweets & Instagram Posts from 2016

Learning in Hand

It looks like 2016 was the year of online assessment tools. My most popular tweet and post featured 15 formative assessment tools. Check out my top links and posts from 2015 and from 2014 for more awesome tips, tools, ideas, and resources. This means I can easily see the most popular links I shared during 2016.

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Global K-12 Market for Personal PCs to Contract in 2016, Experts Project

Marketplace K-12

While the rate of growth is lower than in 2014 and 2015—when the market was fueled by a national trend away from paper and pencil and toward online assessments —lower average selling prices and a replacement market for outdated devices continue to drive volume, according to a release issued by the consulting firm.

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State Testing Disruptions Likely Produced Dips and Gains in Student Scores, Study Says

Marketplace K-12

The disruptions in online assessments that roiled Montana, Nevada, and North Dakota in the spring of 2015 appear to have had both negative and positive effects on individual students’ test scores, according to a new analysis. This year’s round of state tests were overwhelmingly problem-free, he said.

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