The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

The schools were recently in the news for their relatively strong performance on what’s known as the Nation’s Report Card, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). military installations are adopting Common Core — but don’t call it that. military for children of members of the armed forces.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

I polled my PLN to find specific tech areas students needed help with in preparing for the Assessments. Pay attention to these and your students will be much more prepared for this Spring’s Common Core assessments: Keyboarding. Common Core requires this. It boils down to five tech areas.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Educators use a variety of resources to meet the needs and interests of individual students, including videos, images, games, non-fiction text and varying types of assessments. Changes in What Teachers Know and Do in the Common Core Era. These are key components to success in the classroom and beyond. Why Do They Want It?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2016

After a summer of relaxation and self-directed professional development (which is the most important type of PD ), I’m ready to return to my classroom to help students discover and refine new skills. My uneasiness is a culmination of years of reflection on my classroom mission.

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Saving Socrates

AUGUST 28, 2013

What Parents Need to Know About the Common Core and How They Can Help Their Children The Common Core is an attempt to nationalize the curriculum creating common core standards in grades K-12. What does this practically mean? This test will be conducted online. This learning curve will need to be addressed.

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Georgia Test Prep

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

If you’ve got a child in the Georgia state school system, then you’ve probably heard of the Georgia Milestones Assessment System and how important it is. This post is a comprehensive guide on what the Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS) is all about. Grades 3 – 8 will take the End of Grade (EOG) assessment.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

50 Free Online Courses For Teachers: Spring 2015. Below is a list of 50 free online courses for teachers for Spring 2015, aggregated by Class Central. Go To Class | Next Session : 2nd Jan, 2015. . Go To Class | Next Session : 5th Jan, 2015. . Go To Class | Next Session : 5th Jan, 2015. . by Class Central.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Online assessments are becoming more common, and students who have strong digital literacy skills often score higher on them. Students who lack these skills may not be able to effectively demonstrate mastery of key concepts in math, reading or writing on online assessments.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

NCES has been administering the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exam since 1969. Graph comparing 2005 state proficiency standard levels with 2015, Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics Graph comparing 2005 state proficiency standard levels with 2015, Source: U.S.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 9, 2016

As you read through them please keep in mind that some were new in 2015. Others were ones that I must have waited until 2015 to discover! Reflecting on 2015… Ten Resources I Found Valuable (This is just a small listing of ten…. A great resource for the digital classroom! My past and future posts will reveal even more!) .

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Graphite Blog

JULY 3, 2015

ELA AND ELL A+ Tools for K-5 Common Core Reading Comprehension. MATH Awesome Digital Tools for K-8 Common Core Math. Looking for great tools to support K-8 Common Core math instruction? But what games are good for classrooms? Blended Learning with Digital Formative Assessment Tools.

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

Utica is one of only 73 districts accepted into this exclusive cohort; 22 new districts were just welcomed in October 2015. With this funding and the new adoption of Common Core State Standards, UCS began exploring blended learning models. 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

Utica is one of only 73 districts accepted into this exclusive cohort; 22 new districts were just welcomed in October 2015. With this funding and the new adoption of Common Core State Standards, UCS began exploring blended learning models. Located in a suburb of Detroit, MI, the district had recently passed a bond reserving $28.5

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

JULY 28, 2015

Here are a few resources to help w/ data / manage standards based learning: @jumpropers @MasteryConnect @MyMetryx — Tom Driscoll (@Mr_Driscoll) July 28, 2015. I want to work smarter, not harder, and not be like Alice falling down the rabbit hole learning a new and managing a new-to-me assessment platform. I don't want another platform.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2015

Summer PD 2015 just ended. It was run like a flipped classroom where class members picked 60% of daily topics, then they read, tested and experimented. Teachers eagerly looked for tech options to traditional ‘fill out this sheet of paper’ approaches to ending class and/or assessing learning. Failed and tried again.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Bob Lenz became CEO of Buck Institute for Education PBLWorks in 2015. He recently authored Transforming Schools: Using Project-Based Learning, Performance Assessment and Common Core Standards. The goal should be a minimum of two high-quality PBL projects every year in every classroom.”. By Kenna McHugh.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

The average performance of the nation’s fourth- and eighth-graders mostly held steady in math and reading from 2015 to 2017, now marking a decade of stalled educational progress, according to the results of a test released Tuesday. The one exception was eighth-grade reading, with the average score rising by one point between 2015 and 2017.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

But with so much happening in our individual classrooms, we teachers often don’t take our own good advice. Common Core math standards and Next Generation Science Standards were being implemented, and subjects were becoming more interconnected. Although we’d love to have one huge classroom, we just don’t have the space.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Mobile App Top 50 Sites/Apps of 2015 * Seesaw - Excellent free mobile app (Android/iOS) for students creating digital portfolio w/ educational portal. Help Teaching - A very nice site for educational resources, printables, assessments, and more. Xtranormal) by typing a script.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The districtwide shift towards blended learning began in 2015 when Erica Hartman was hired as Supervisor of Technology Integration. Teddie Salas, a 4th grade teacher for the district, believes computer-based blended learning is the key to keeping her classroom “as inclusive as possible.” Embracing Blended Learning. Hispanic/Latino 42.1%

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

A few years ago, she could see that some of her fifth graders struggled with second grade math skills, while others were capable of eighth grade content on the NWEA Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment. For example, KIPP students are assessed three times a year on the NWEA MAP test. The resulting 1.0 Ok, just kidding.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

Researchers say many high-poverty kindergarten classrooms don’t teach enough math and the few lessons on the subject are often too basic. During the last school year, only 40 percent of fourth-graders nationwide scored at a proficient level in a nationwide math assessment. It’s not just about teachers teaching.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Teachers often spend many hours at night or on weekends searching the internet for good instructional materials – or just good ideas about how to meld online learning into their classrooms. Along with quality classroom materials, there’s an urgent need for quality curricula, Kockler said.

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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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eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2015

The MimioMobile app will now be compatible with any device with a supported web browser, so educators and students can access and use the application’s assessment and collaboration features from nearly any device, including Chromebooks and Windows surface tablets. MimioProjector 280T.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 29, 2015

Lesson planning used to mean filling in boxes on a standard form with materials, goals, expectations, assessments–details like that. While Common Core and NGSS Standards seem fully fleshed out, other state and international standards aren’t. It’s not as scalable or flexible as I’d like.

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eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2015

Through an intuitive, streamlined, color-coded interface, educators can plan and track the frequency of lessons taught and assessed against each standard, as well as measure proficiency levels by class at anytime, from anywhere. The Standards Tracker is available for the 2015-16 school year.

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Create Multimedia eBooks in a 1 iPad Classroom by Wesley Fryer Enhanced eBooks on iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches can include audio, video, and interactive animations in addition to digital text, images and links. Learn how to evaluate digital games for effectiveness in the classroom and learn the difference between an App and a Game.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2017

Traditional grades no longer exist, children get extra help based on their individual learning needs and classrooms run very differently. Sitting quietly at the back of the room is no longer an option in classrooms that prize student engagement. But the classroom visit persuaded Picard. All of us deciding together.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

NEW YORK — Michael Gallin, a 34-year-old math teacher at KAPPA International High School in the Bronx, was winding his way through the cluttered aisles of his algebra classroom listening for sighs of frustration. as if offended by her cruel self-assessment. Photo: Kyle Spencer/The Hechinger Report. 2 – 1.44(x+x^3)

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 21, 2016

Pearson today announced that it is responding to rocky conditions and poor performance in international markets by laying off 4,000 workers and putting a greater focus on adaptive courseware and classroom products, as well as blended and online learning. Ramping Up Online Programs. See also: Tough Choices for PARCC as States Drop Out.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Educators can sign up for a free account starting today to collaborate on classroom projects with their students. The platform features a catalog of reusable Common Core-aligned projects and assignments (such as George Washington and the Issue of Slavery ) developed by other teachers and the Project Pals staff.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Incorporating social-emotional learning and character education into K-12 classrooms improves students’ lives—measurably. Yet at the individual classroom level, the simple ways to describe, organize and teach the skills students need to be future ready are still a little nebulous. Higher test scores. Better graduation rates.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 24, 2015

” As many schools prepare for a return to the classroom in the coming weeks, more than 40 states are moving forward with plans to evaluate teachers and principals in part on how well their students perform on standardized tests. People in the online poll were mostly split on the intensely debated Common Core education standards.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 8, 2015

I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over half full. The Connectory – This is a new STEM opportunity that will open in April 2015, so visit the sight and sign up for their newsletter now. Its goal is to help educators with the creation of assessment rubrics for a wide variety of student activities.

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Connecting 2 the World

APRIL 29, 2016

My colleague, Diane Crosley, an instructor in Natural Sciences at Spring Arbor University, and I gave a presentation at the Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching and Learning in Traverse City, MI last October (2015) entitled, "Bridging the skills gap: Preparing Higher Education students for the 21st century workplace."

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MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

Researchers say many high-poverty kindergarten classrooms don’t teach enough math and the few lessons on the subject are often too basic. During the last school year, only 40 percent of fourth-graders nationwide scored at a proficient level in a nationwide math assessment. It’s not just about teachers teaching.

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