Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

They outlined key factors that can predict non-submission, using data students put into their Common App profiles coupled with community indicators from the American Community Survey administered by the U.S. Census Bureau and school features from the Common Core of Data maintained by the U.S. Department of Education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 30, 2017

Zap Zap Math is a free gamified way to teach math skills that’s tied to many national and international standards (like Common Core). Teachers can add quizzes that assess student math knowledge by selecting the grade, the topic, one of the suggested Zap Zap Math games, and the duration. What’s changed.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. The average performance of the nation’s fourth and eighth graders mostly declined in math and reading from 2017 to 2019, following a decade of stagnation in educational progress, according to the results of a test released on Oct. were two bright spots in the report. Related: U.S. The post U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

Fourth-graders didn’t improve in 2017 in either subject. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. 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.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Better results for project-based learning were documented on a variety of tests, from Advanced Placement exams in high school to annual state assessments in math and reading in sixth grade. The post PROOF POINTS: Four new studies bolster the case for project-based learning appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2020

This video shows the Thinkster Math interface Students’ skills are first assessed to find strengths and weaknesses, and parents answer a questionnaire on academic goals. Thinkster’s math lessons are aligned to state and Common Core standards. The app is accessible on all devices.

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Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 18, 2016

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, a major designer of common-core tests for states, is looking for a new fiscal agent after the University of California, Los Angeles, said it will no longer do that work. The other major common-core testing consortium, PARCC, is also in a period of flux.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2020

In a report published in May, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics recommended that districts eliminate tracking in middle school math. In her lowest-tier class in fall 2017, seven of the 10 students were Black, Hispanic or multiracial, compared with 25 percent of the school. Still, the research is not unequivocal.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

When they have a whole curriculum, aligned to the state’s common core standards and flexible enough to be adapted for the schools’ own particular students’ needs, she said, teachers can spend the bulk of their time teaching. The post How to sort the good from the bad in OER appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Listen to Jennifer Gonzalez talk about 5 tech tools every educator should try in 2017. Jon’s core PL skills are focused on 1:1 deployment, Common Core, Project Based Learning, social media skills and Lesson Design. The homework could be research reports. I hope you enjoy this episode with Jon Corippo!

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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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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. The district aligned curriculum, instruction and assessment to meet learning standards recently adopted by the state and modeled on the Common Core state standards. In 2017, we raised it again to 99.7 A student raises her hand in a Louisiana high school class.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

The Horizon Report: 2017 K–12 Edition, the goal of which is to identify technology that’s likely to impact teaching, learning, and creativity, identifies makerspaces as having “potential relevance to teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in K–12 education” within the next year.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Photo: Kyle Spencer/The Hechinger Report. as if offended by her cruel self-assessment. Dozens of states have incorporated more rigorous standards through the implementation of the Common Core. Photo: Kyle Spencer/The Hechinger Report. Michael Gallin is a math teacher at Kappa International High School in the Bronx.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 2, 2017

Data drawn from the PISA 2012 database, graph adapted from Foley et al, 2017.). Watch Jo Boaler’s presentation at the 2017 NCSM conference. Related: In Texas, new math standards look a whole lot like Common Core. Here’s the latest research on how appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The survey also revealed more than three quarters (78%) of respondents have taken a financial education course at some point in their lifetimes, and 81 percent of those who took a financial education course in college or as adults report feeling somewhat or very confident in their ability to make smart financial decisions.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2017

TTO is also aligned with Common Core standards and runs on the Chromebooks that the district had invested in. At the end of the session, a personalized five-question assessment (known as an “Exit Slip”) is given to test concepts they individually worked on that day. That's one of the hallmarks on our community.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

As EdSurge and others have reported , these companies greatly concentrate in B2C English and tutoring services (and sometimes a combination of both). policy changes, such as the implementation of Common Core and online-administered standardized tests helped speed up the shift to digital in schools. In the U.S.,

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2018

Photo: Gretchen Ertl for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Gretchen Ertl for The Hechinger Report. That evolution has sped up since 2001, when the state introduced a requirement that students pass a statewide assessment (known as the MCAS) to earn a high school diploma. Photo: Gretchen Ertl for The Hechinger Report.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

A big shout out to EdTech Magazine for recognizing this blog on its 2017 Honor Roll. Content is mapped to a variety of levels and standards including common core. You will note that many activities let the teacher see assessment results after student completion of an activity. Mike Gorman ( [link] / ). Quick Notes.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Creating a Song In the summer of 2017, rapper Cardi B dropped the Diamond-certified single, “ Bodak Yellow ”, and my students couldn’t get enough of it. After taking the assessment, our class report revealed that we had achieved almost two years of reading growth. How do we accomplish this?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

For decades as an NPR reporter, I created captivating audio stories. TeachersPayTeachers.com , an online marketplace for lesson plans, reported that their annual downloads of lessons based on podcasts increased 650 percent that year. Podcasting can also address Common Core State Standards, including key speaking and listening skills.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. The Hechinger Report has spent a year exploring the elements of the Summit model, the extensive training process for schools that are new to the program and the twists and turns of implementation. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is one of the many funders of The Hechinger Report.).

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

MARCH 10, 2020

As Martin describes examples of what a competency-based report card/transcript may look like (in particular, the work of the Mastery Transcript Consortium ), you realize how crucial it is to have an effective reporting tool of learning, especially for high school. Martin (2010) Don't let the slim nature of this book (151 pages!)

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

The New York Times has a new education supplement, called Learning, and The Hechinger Report is collaborating with the Times to produce Bulletin Board, a collection of noteworthy ideas and trends in education that will appear on page 2 of the section, which will come out four times a year. The Hechinger Report.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets. The platform supports balanced literacy programs with integrated tools such as embedded assessments, a student recommendation engine, analytics to demonstrate reading growth, and engaging reading practice opportunities.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. Looking ahead, a renewed focus on energy will take place in 2017.

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eSchool News

MARCH 22, 2019

A McKinsey & Company study from 2014 suggested that textbook rentals would cannibalize new-textbook sales by 2017, resulting in a reduction in new-book sales of 5 to 10 percent by 2020. About 10 years ago, in 2010, when Common Core was launched in the U.S., It’s this third piece that we are finally embracing.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2019

In addition, kindergarteners who took advantage of state-funded pre-K in Quitman ranked among the top five performers on an assessment of school readiness skills, state data released in November show. million in 2017. Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report. I’m glad that we’ve been able to put in the resources that we have.”.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Here are some reports from her travels: Via Chalkbeat : “What is Betsy DeVos ’s ‘rethink school’ initiative all about? ” Via Chalkbeat : “‘ Common Core ’ no more: New York moves to adopt revised standards with new name.” (National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

To the entrepreneur who wrote the Techcrunch op-ed in August that ed-tech is “ 2017's big, untapped and safe investor opportunity.” Remind co-founder Brett Kopf was replaced as CEO by Brian Grey, formerly CEO of the Bleacher Report. These are just the ones that were reported by the press, of course.).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The Horizon Report. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

pic.twitter.com/gOvmSOjcSf — Shelly (@ShellySometimes) February 14, 2017. ” asks The Hechinger Report. Edsurge reports that NewSchools Venture Fund is running another competition – this one to fund entrepreneurs who build PreK–12 special education apps. ” asks The Hechinger Report.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

There was some talk that, despite being vociferously anti-union , Michelle Rhee’s support for the Common Core was allegedly a deal-breaker. Of course, DeVos has supported groups that back the Common Core in the past, including Jeb Bush ’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. She serves on its board.)

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

Dan Patrick (R) told reporters on Tuesday that he is sending letters to every superintendent in the state advising them not to follow the Obama administration's recently issued guidance on transgender students.” Via Education Week : “New Test Pitched As Alternative to Common Core-Focused High School Exams.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

In fiscal 2017, the office was funded to employ 569 staff members, according to the department’s budget request from earlier this year.” link] — Chris Lehmann (@lehmannchris) November 16, 2017. ” “ Google Is Being Investigated By Missouri Attorney General,” Fortune reports.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Via The Hechinger Report : “Why Betsy DeVos ’ vision of education does little to ensure equity.” Also via Education Week : “Under New Leadership, FCC Quashes Report on E-rate Program ’s Success.” ” A copy of the report has been archived on Doug Levin’s website.

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