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TCEA 2019: Where Is Your K–12 District on the Security Map?

EdTech Magazine

TCEA 2019: Where Is Your K–12 District on the Security Map? Tue, 02/05/2019 - 10:39. JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Follow @EdTech_K12 on Twitter for continued TCEA 2019 coverage! MORE FROM EDTECH: Three ways K–12 schools can improve their cybersecurity in 2019. Update Security Assessments Routinely to Measure Progress.

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5 Ways K–12 Teachers Can Take a New Approach to Computational Thinking

EdTech Magazine

Wed, 01/23/2019 - 16:34. Learner: Teaching computational thinking is as much a learning exercise for educators as it is for their students. Facilitator: According to ISTE, teachers can facilitate computational thinking through a balance of student empowerment, and formative and alternative assessments. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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The Pandemic Makes Dyslexia a Greater Challenge. But We Know How to Solve It.

Edsurge

When researchers at my company, Lexplore, compared the fall 2019 and spring 2021 assessment results of more than 57,000 Swedish students in grades 2 to 6, they found that students in 2021 were, on average, 10 percentile points, or seven to eight months, behind the 2019 students in reading ability.

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Renaissance Learning Acquires Schoolzilla to Marry Assessment and School Data

Edsurge

based provider of instructional software and formative assessment tools that is on a buying spree. In the past, it’s focused on pairing assessments with digital instructional materials. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition marks an expansion in Renaissance’s offerings. The company claims to service a third of U.S.

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Q&A: Matthew Mugo Fields on the Current State of Data Analytics in K–12

EdTech Magazine

Wed, 07/24/2019 - 08:28. Some schools administer a diagnostic benchmark assessment that students take at the beginning of the school year to give a broader view of their learning profile. . Others will use formative assessments in the classroom on a daily basis, although I think both should be applied. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Leadership for Deeper Learning: Excerpt 05

Dangerously Irrelevant

We interviewed leaders at 30 different ‘deeper learning’ schools around the world in 2019 and 2020. The Biology teacher might give an assessment after 20 minutes of her 60-minute class, dismiss the twenty students that have the concept down, and work with the other ten students for the remaining time.

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A Principal's Reflections

The brain needs regular stimulation to properly function and this can come in the form of exercise or movement. These include the level of questioning, authentic and/or interdisciplinary contexts, rigorous performance tasks, innovative assessment, and improved feedback. Here’s to a fantastic 2019!

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