The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In the years after the law went into effect, the testing and data industries flourished, selling school districts interim assessments to track student progress throughout the year along with flashy data dashboards that translated student achievement into colored circles and red warning flags.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 10, 2017

Their educational experience is, by comparison, antiquated. Schools that do not prioritize lessons that aid students to navigate the digital landscape risk falling woefully short of producing young adults that are able to critically assess their online experiences and make reasonable, responsible decisions.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

billion in grants between 2010 and 2016. billion between 2010 and 2016 to education nonprofits and researchers for the purpose of developing and testing new ideas in the classroom. Doing rigorous research isn’t easy; you need to set up a group of comparison students who don’t get the intervention and track everyone’s progress.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Founded in 2016, Mrs. Wordsmith aims to “teach every child in the world more words,” says its founder and CEO, Sofia Fenichell. Fenichell seems fine with that assessment, saying that the investment in her company pales in comparison to the billions of dollars that go into producing movies and games each year.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The decline has accelerated, and results from the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have pushed the state into the “learn-from-our-mistakes” category. State-by-state NAEP comparisons are available in this Hechinger Report table.) But today, charter schools are an afterthought in Massachusetts.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Further, the inclusion of pre-built assessments, school-level analytics or data visualizations can provide additional value on top of the digital instructional content. What the Data Tells Us From 2016 to 2018, funding for products that support K-12 educators and learners has remained relatively flat—at around $318 million.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

educator Rebecca Vass, who teaches informational technology with science and social studies integration to fourth graders, uses a data wall so her students can track their progress on a quarterly benchmark assessment the district uses. At South Newton Elementary School In Newton, N.C.,

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Data Student Data Privacy Comparison Outcomes 162

techlearning

MARCH 13, 2018

CSUSA assessed students’ reading abilities in the fall, winter and spring using the computer-administered, adaptive screening tool, NWEA™ MAP®. In comparison, students in the non-Core5 schools increased their RIT score by 12 points on average. Students who met their usage targets in Core5 increased their RIT scores by an average of 15.6

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Auster (2016) integrated screencasts into her Introductory Sociology course, applying what she describes as a supplemental model. The blended learning format enabled the instructor to work individually with students, facilitate small group discussions connected to their texts, and deliver targeted formative assessments.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2018

We have seen students’ scores on pre- and-post assessments rise from a D to a B. They talk about comparison shopping and using coupons to make a $15 allowance go a little further. In addition, nearly 90% of students are taking the knowledge they learn home to the dinner table or using our companion app outside of the classroom. “One

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

To a deeper point, any teacher using an assessment should be able to tell you a) who it’s for and b) why it’s being used. Casas offers a helpful comparison between morale builders and morale killers. Backman offers a concise rationale for why levels are not for kids. A Thousand Rivers by Carol Black ( Carol Black ).

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Maker Movement Comparison Social Media Course 28

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Fights and peer conflicts were minimal for a middle school, and in comparison with many of the other schools I’ve taught in, the classroom behavior here wasn't so problematic. The assessment findings are used to guide our work with students. From my perspective, students were well-mannered and said, “Yes, sir,” and “Yes, ma’am.”

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. Simon and the rest of the district turned their focus to food security , internet connectivity for families in need and online suicide prevention assessments.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

If you’re an educator, chances are you’ve heard the phrase “data-driven instruction,” where you’re asked to constantly assess, analyze, and adjust how you teach students. That's understandable given that how kids performed on state and national assessments can impact funding. How do you collect it?

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The Game Agency

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In 2016, the Association for Talent Development (ATD) estimated that companies spent an average of $1,273 per employee on training. Simply checking a box or using a five-question assessment at the end of a course isn’t effective in measuring learning. Games Provide Data.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Mississippi State Superintendent of Education Carey Wright said she’s received calls from peers across the country wanting to know how Mississippi made the biggest gains in the country on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The state, which has long held the reputation for poor academic scores, should be basking in acclaim.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

A seminal 2016 study sorted through almost 200 well-designed experiments on improving education, from expanding preschool to reducing class size, and found that frequent one-to-one tutoring was especially effective in increasing learning rates for low-performing students. Here’s a rundown of the most relevant research. LOOKING AHEAD.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Yet the performance of American 15-year-olds on the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, has always been lackluster. “I disagree with the inference that not using monetary incentives distorts international comparisons,” Andreas Schleicher told me by email. That 2016 study is here.) Since 2012, U.S.

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Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 17, 2015

An inevitable comparison was made between the earlier cMOOCs (which were largely connectivist and student centred in their ethos) and the later xMOOCs (which are more commercially oriented and arguably less student centred). Some debated the merits of MOOCs, high attrition rates and the legitimacy of participating without completing a course.

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MOOC E-rate Blended Learning Flipped Classroom 28

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 20, 2016

I am now just about booked through the end of March and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. There are other areas that also come to mind including student grouping, assessment, and interest. Also, check out Newsela for Elementary and note there is a also a comparison of a free and paid version. Check out my Booking Page.

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Resources Tools Differentiated Instruction Learning 60

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

John Jones asks a question to his students in AP Human Geography on August 18, 2016. There are pockets of poverty in the county that rival the Delta while Starkville is, by comparison, a wealthy town,” he said. Every fall, each student is tested to assess any gaps in skills and knowledge. Photo: Nicole Lewis.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2017

The alternative diploma, attained through the LEAP Alternate Assessment, Level 1 (LAA1) graduation pathway, allows students with severe disabilities to forgo typical academic expectations and requirements, and it doesn’t end with the high school diploma. My favorite comparison I see a lot is about asking a fish to climb a tree.

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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. Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz.

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MindShift

AUGUST 11, 2016

Researchers looked at course grades, course completion and in some cases scores on common assessments across 14 colleges and 19,500 students. ” Copyright 2016 NPR. The creators of one of the products looked at in this report compared the technology to “a robot tutor in the sky that can semi-read your mind.”

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Outcomes Software Learning Study 28

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The government does not have comparison figures from 2012 to show the precise rate of growth.). Half of the country’s 96 mainland “departments”—geographic regions akin to counties or school districts—have reached the goal of enrolling 30 percent of 2-year-olds from the priority networks.

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How To Education Training Classroom 66

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

This is the last public talk I’ll deliver in 2016, and I confess I am relieved (I am exhausted!) His 2010 book was called What Technology Wants , as though technology is a living being with desires and drives; the title of his 2016 book, The Inevitable. 2016 – the phones in their pockets. Either way. Inevitable.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2019

The comparison control group, of course, kept the low achieving readers and their low scores, making the intervention look more successful. Developers often create their own yardsticks for measuring student success, devising their own assessments to go along with their programs. Related: The ‘dirty secret’ about educational innovation.

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Education Study Analysis Industry 111

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2016

His 2010 book was called What Technology Wants , as though technology is a living being with desires and drives; the title of his 2016 book, The Inevitable. Take, for example, the founding editor of the technology trade magazine Wired , Kevin Kelly. We humans, in this framework, have no agency, no choice.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2023

In 2016, XQ Institute spent more millions on a public awareness campaign to promote its ideas about reforming education, papering its branding on buses and bus stops. For comparison, in its 2022 fiscal year , D.C. But that’s not always easy to assess. Building Partnerships XQ Institute launched with a bang.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations. However, at each level—middle school, high school, and college—these variations paled in comparison to a stunning and dismaying consistency. That was certainly the case in our experience.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

More than 60 percent of American fourth-graders are not proficient readers, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and it’s been that way since testing began in the 1990s. More than 60 percent of American fourth-graders are not proficient readers, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

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Training Elementary Report Study 112

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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Education Assessment Guidelines Elementary 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The most trumpeted new approach focuses around a complaint system and a separate GI Bill comparison tool that flags schools the department determines are in trouble. A series of changes in 2011 and 2016 meant to clarify oversight roles has only muddled things, according to the VES report. Photo: Peggy Peattie for The Hechinger Report.

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Neo LMS

JULY 26, 2022

As such, the tools that we need to teach our students are the same ones that we use to help them to assess information and conduct their own research for assignments. . The News Comparison exercise. What all three descriptions have in common is the attempt to confuse and misdirect. I love this one. True or False?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2018

According to a 2016 poll by Gallup and Google , more than 90 percent of parents think computer science is a good use of school resources, but less than half of schools offer even a single class. Although an improvement from previous years, this still pales in comparison with the emphasis on so-called core subjects like math and reading.

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Training Software Comparison STEM 107

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

The total dollars invested in 2016 are off by about $2 billion from this time last year; the number of deals are down by a third; and the number of acquisitions are off by about 20%. Or lack thereof – see “ The 2016 Ed-Tech Dead Pool.”). Funding has shrunk. ” You are a fool. “ Tweaking the business model.”

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