Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

On Saturday, I shared why I was not at ISTE 2016. We used three strategies to assess growth from fall to spring: Instructional walk trends, student engagement surveys, and digital student portfolios. At the younger ages, our assessment system is built so that students are seeing steady progress with benchmark books.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

On Saturday, I shared why I was not at ISTE 2016. We used three strategies to assess growth from fall to spring: Instructional walk trends, student engagement surveys, and digital student portfolios. At the younger ages, our assessment system is built so that students are seeing steady progress with benchmark books.

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Elementary Classroom Survey Assessment 40

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

She has also worked on projects with researchers at Education Testing Service (ETS) and interned with consultants at the Center for Assessment. Smith began his tenure as superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) on July 1, 2016 and is now in his second term as superintendent.

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Education Secondary Policies Professional Learning 63

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In addition to employing qualified elementary, middle and high school music teachers, David Douglas offers inexpensive instrument rentals ($25 per year), a library of musical scores, connections to reduced-price or free private lessons and a closet of free marching band uniforms and orchestra dress blacks, among other necessities.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

Under this initiative, children who will be starting kindergarten in fall 2016 will receive a free summer subscription to Smarty Ants®, an effective, research-based literacy program designed specifically for young learners. Smarty Ants is not the only Achieve3000 solution currently implemented at Virginia Beach.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

As the largest school district in Rhode Island, Providence Public Schools makes up 25% of the state’s entire elementary and secondary student population. This case study was originally published on Getting Smart. Looking Ahead While Instituting Change. In partnership with.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

SRA FLEX Literacy Projects Jumpstart promotes critical skills for at-risk elementary, middle and high school students, extends benefits of project-based learning to more U.S. FLEX Literacy Projects resources for either Elementary (3-5) or Secondary (6 and above) classrooms. classrooms.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., ” How would the program operate?

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techlearning

JULY 10, 2018

A 2017 survey of VHS participants found a 94 percent retention rate of VHS member schools in the 2016-17 school year, indicating strong educator and student satisfaction with the quality of instruction being delivered. Since 1996, the organization has set the standard for quality online education.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2018

In this May 12, 2017 photo, registered nurse Samantha Marz checks a student at Rundle Elementary School in Las Vegas. While numbers have grown over the years, among the 125,000 plus primary and secondary schools in the U.S., AP Photo/John Locher. only slightly over 2,300 have a school-based health center.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

A Smile is the Teacher’s Game Face This summer, I met Rob Brown , elementary school principal at Southside Christian School in South Carolina. Rob Brown, Elementary School Principal Southside Christian School, South Carolina In brief, I realized this important fact: A teacher’s smile is a teacher’s game face.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In 2008, a few years after Hurricane Katrina, school officials in Louisiana asked aspiring charter-school leader Andrew Shahan to consider taking over the failing Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward. Related: When a hyped school model proves difficult to replicate.

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Elementary Report Meeting Advocacy 66

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2016

Fifth-graders at Konguta Kool – an elementary school in a small Estonian village – prepare for a math lesson in the computer lab. Estonian students are among the highest performers in Europe on international math, reading and science assessments. Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz. But there’s an overlooked member of the list: Estonia.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 5, 2015

I am now booked through the end of December and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. YouTube has devised an interactive curriculum aimed to support teachers of secondary students (approximately ages 13-17). This link showcases some elementary free resources on digital citizenship. Check out my Booking Page.

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Digital Citizenship Resources Classroom STEM 60

Reading By Example

DECEMBER 24, 2015

For the past five years, our K-5 elementary school has focused on the relationship between reading and writing. Our students’ work, collaboratively assessed through grade level and vertical teams, has shown great gains. ” Our collaborative self-assessment led me to investigate other data points.

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Common Core Elementary Assessment Secondary 28

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

At the outset a survey was conducted to assess the needs of schools, families and communities. Say Yes also credits its partnerships for a K-6 summer camp program that served 2,500 students in 2016. “It Are our students completing post-secondary education? Dedecker said the No. Photo: Amadou Diallo.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 6, 2016

In February, we want to energize you to make the rest of 2016 more awesome with the 5Sigma Education Conference. A fresh approach to assessment- Explore the goals of assessment and how we’ve re-thought assessment. ” (If you haven’t shared it with your kids…you should!). Inquiry learning.

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ePortfolio How To Conference Assessment 28

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2019

Morales started out as an elementary-school teacher, then switched to academic counseling, which she’s done at LA High for the past eleven years; Martinez worked there, too, teaching history and social studies, until six years ago, when he was transferred to another high school in the district.

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Report Study Elementary Secondary 111

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Pat Farenga: Trusting Every Child's Unique Learning Path THE AERO CONFERENCE Yong Zhao Keynote at the 2016 AERO Conference Peter Gray: Self Directed Education. Webinar #2: The Elementary-School Years Webinar #3: What Will We Do Now That We’re Learning at Home? What Is It, How Does It Work? More to come.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As a bonus, these sessions can allow educators more opportunities to measure student achievement through informal assessments, potentially providing new holistic accountability measures. 15 These increases in achievement show great potential for using high-dosage tutoring as a school improvement strategy.

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Survey Data Report Assessment 105

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

In 2016 schools earned the 25-point incentive for a total of only 41 students citywide; the 2017 total was worse, a mere 17 students. All through elementary school, she’d excelled in the classroom, though she spent a lot of time in the principal’s office. “My Related: A little girl’s school helps her deal with trauma at home.

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Dropout Policies Report System 53

iLearn Technology

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Sign up TODAY, Woot Math is totally free for the 2015-2016 school year! Here you can print out student login cards, assign an initial topic, and the program will adaptively generate and assess thousands of interactive problems. Do all of your students have access to a technology device?

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Adaptive Learning Learning Chromebook iPad 28

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. The problem is that many American elementary schools aren’t doing that. “We never looked at brain research.

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Training Elementary Report Study 112

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Fellows receive monthly stipends that start at $450 and rise each year, up to $700, in an attempt to combat steep post-secondary dropout rates — 33 percent of black college students drop out after one year of college, often because of financial shortfalls. But Albert’s struggles with speech lasted all through high school. “I

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techlearning

MAY 16, 2018

The adaptive Apex Learning Tutorials for intervention, remediation, and preparation for high-stakes assessments were proven to improve students’ performance on the Tutorials from pretest to posttest by more than 50% and by an average of 23 to 26 percentile points during the 2016–2017 school year. It adapts to the need of the student.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Elementary Years ? Testing and Assessment ? Steve Steve Hargadon steve@learningrevolution.com [link] @stevehargadon CURRENT SESSION LIST: Abigail Ekangouo Awanga : Emoji grading a fascinating effect on low proficiency learners AERO : Yong Zhao Keynote at the 2016 AERO Conference AERO : Peter Gray: Self Directed Education.

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Conference Learning OER Blended Learning 34

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2017

During the past 50 years, no segment of elementary education has prospered against the odds more than homeschooling. That number likely topped two million in 2016, meaning more American students are now homeschooled than enrolled in parochial schools. 11, 2014 in Wake Forest, N.C. Wire photo: © Harry Lynch/TNS/ZUMA Wire. million, or 3.4

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Although the divide between the haves and the have-nots in this country has been widening for years, the 2016 presidential race and, in particular, the surprising victory by Donald Trump underscored the growing discontent caused by unequal access to the American Dream. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.

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Accessibility Secondary Education Broadband 83

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2017

In 2016, I visited 41 elementary and secondary teachers in Silicon Valley who had a reputation for integrating technology into their daily lessons. But—and there is always a “but”—even those who have thoroughly integrated new technologies into their lessons reveal both change and stability in their teaching.

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Technology Policies Education Academic Standards 78

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

This article first appeared in the Data & Society publication Points in September 2016. Bush’s presidency: No Child Left Behind , the 2001 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This data collection goes far beyond standardized test scores, making assessment an ongoing and incessant practice.

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Education Data Policies Secondary 51

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2017

Trump listens as Betsy DeVos speaks at a “USA Thank You Tour 2016” event at the DeltaPlex in Grand Rapids, Mi. A Detroit Free Press investigation published in August 2016 found that 61 percent of the 370 charter schools in Michigan had contracted with full-service, for-profit EMOs. President-Elect Donald J. on Friday, Dec.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Teachers can create multimedia assessments and activities for their students, who record and embed their responses. While these roles were drafted to appeal specifically to university and college librarians, they are universal enough to be relevant to school librarians working in primary and secondary school media centers, too.

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 94

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Under a Trump administration: I very much want ed-tech companies and schools to reconsider collecting so much data about students — Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) November 10, 2016. 2016 underscored that security flaws aren’t solely a problem of educational institutions and government agencies.

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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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Technology Education Common Core Company 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

As many as half of working parents chose informal, unregulated care for their young children, according to a 2016 study of the cost of child care by Child Care Aware, a nonprofit organization that tracks child care trends and advocates for more generous child care policies. Educare is tiny, serving fewer than 5,000 children nationally.

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Report Policies Data Trends 85

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2017

Jennifer Merritt’s first-graders at Jefferson Elementary School in Pryor, Oklahoma, were in for a treat. Abandoned by the school bus, Pete walks to Petroville Elementary in his pajamas. “It A 2016 study confirmed that America’s youth receive mixed messages on climate change. It was reprinted with permission. While it spent $3.5

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Industry Education Company Groups 53

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” Via DelawareOnline : “The first step to reducing violence among young people is to have police officers assigned to elementary and middle schools, says a coalition of state officials, education administrators and police.” ” CSS pic.twitter.com/JYyabJDAS3 — Owen Williams ⚡️ (@ow) June 6, 2016.

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