The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2019

With scarcely a month left in the school year, why was it worth spending time making videos rather than covering the next academic standard? Plus, evidence-based assessments could improve the overall quality of project-based learning by helping educators tailor projects to specific skills and vet a lesson’s overall effectiveness.

Assessment 111

Assessment Education Academic Standards Report 111

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

Earlier this month in New York City, the AT&T Aspire Accelerator, AT&T’s program that finds, develops, and invests in promising edtech companies from around the world, hosted an afternoon of mock board meetings with its 2018 cohort. How do they stack up with other companies in their space, against whom they’re competing for customers?

EdTech 83

EdTech Company Outcomes Academic Standards 83

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2019

It proved useful in finding teachers to help develop our lesson plans, assessments and professional development. Hiring outside and field sales reps is another geographic consideration when selling to specific states. We primarily used Craigslist for all hires except sales and software development. We covered topics such as number of U.S.

Company 128

Company EdTech How To Meeting 128

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

to learn how to make the shift from traditional time-based systems … towards one that is truly organized around the learner.”. The courses are still based on California state standards, and students continue to complete external assessments such as iReady. The post How to do online learning well?

Online Learning 128

Online Learning How To Competency Based Learning Learning 128

Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2019

“You can’t actually function in a purely academic zone without also developing the sensibilities, orientations, behaviors and strategies that all of us use to navigate our everyday lives.” That project explored the opportunities and barriers for educators and decision-makers looking to thread SEL throughout their work.

Learning 167

Learning Strategy Academic Standards Groups 167

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

So in 2018, when Empower was pressured by a large district customer to support a different open data standard— IMS Global’s OneRoster—the company was reluctant. It’s a mindshift for teachers, especially when it comes to assessment, because scoring is so different. In 2018, there were 32 OneRoster certified products.

Data 108

Data LMS Company Education 108

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

That’s the idea at least behind the latest summative assessments from Project Lead the Way , a project-based STEM curriculum, which is introducing new tech-based question types to measure a raft of noncognitive skills from collaboration to general problem solving (in addition to subject-specific questions about engineering or coding concepts).

Assessment 78

Assessment STEM Academic Standards Course 78