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Can “playful assessments” tell us whether maker education works?

The Hechinger Report

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.

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OPINION: How top charter schools became an ‘afterthought’ in one state

The Hechinger Report

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. Academic standards were the next to go. Then, in 2019, the bottom fell out. State SAT scores rose for 13 consecutive years.

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How International Rankings are reshaping Indian Higher Education

Linways Technologies

This is from Oct 15, 2019. This is from an article published on Oct 15, 2019. If you would like to know more about the Indian accreditation standards like the NBA and NAAC, check out our blog series on those: NBA – Free ebook and blog series by Linways. What do these have in common? It’s obvious. Our blogs series on NAAC.

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OPINION: Four ways that Mississippi is teaching more children to read well

The Hechinger Report

Mississippi’s gains came as students in many states did worse in 2019 than they did in 2017 on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) — to the disappointment of leaders, educators and parents across the United States. The Magnolia State has been making steady progress on NAEP since 2005.

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FETC Future of Educational Technology… Orlando Florida… Please Join Me!

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

W021 | Making Makers Mainstream … Connecting Curriculum Standards and the 4C’s. Sunday, January 27, 2019 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM. Sunday, January 27, 2019 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM. Explore various models of PBL that allow for standards-based learning while facilitating the 4C’s. Venue: Orange County Convention Center.

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Acceleration Is Better Than Focusing on Learning Loss. This Unique Summer School Shows Why.

Edsurge

The “Fate and Fortune” game used by Santa Fe embeds ten key standards that correlate most closely with Algebra I success. Finally, in the wake of the pandemic, districts are working to include non-academic standards, such as social-emotional learning or character education, into their learning models.

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Who Should Bear the Cost of Data Interoperability in K-12 Education?

Edsurge

It’s a mindshift for teachers, especially when it comes to assessment, because scoring is so different. But in a competency-based model, teachers must assess and record a student’s performance on each academic standard within and across subjects. Currently, as of 2019, there are 244.

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