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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

” 2010 was also the year that the Common Core Standards Initiative was enacted in response to numerous indicators of low student academic performance. Globally, edtech spending is predicted to reach $252 Billion by 2020. ” 1:1 + Common Core = $$$$$. All Common Core testing will be done online.

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Everything You Need To Know About the Georgia Milestones Assessment System

Georgia Test Prep

If you’ve got a child in the Georgia state school system, then you’ve probably heard of the Georgia Milestones Assessment System and how important it is. This post is a comprehensive guide on what the Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS) is all about. Grades 3 – 8 will take the End of Grade (EOG) assessment.

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The Reading League Journal – The Perfect Storm: Mississippi’s Momentum for Improving Reading Achievement

ExcelinEd

The following excerpt was originally published in The Reading League Journal – May 2020 Edition and is shared with permission. A perfect storm is a “combination of events or circumstances creating an unusually bad situation” (“Perfect Storm,” 2020). Go big or go home. Mississippi was once in the middle of a literacy crisis.

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Savvas Learning Company’s enVision Mathematics Honored with Gold Stevie Award

eSchool News

When coupled with the Savvas Math Screener and Diagnostic Assessments , enVision Mathematics provides a powerful, seamless solution that offers an easy, fast, and reliable way to diagnose students’ math proficiencies to help get them back on track and accelerate their learning.

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18 Distance Learning Tools with Sound Privacy Practices

Graphite Blog

Clever animated videos, activities, and games for elementary and middle school Price: Free through the end of the 2019-2020 school year due to the coronavirus pandemic Platforms: Web Grades: K–3 (BrainPop Jr.) Magically easy way to create and publish digital books and multimedia Price: $4.99 BrainPop and BrainPop Jr. Khan Academy.

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Confused by your kid’s math homework? Here’s how it all adds up

The Hechinger Report

He has two sets of videos specifically on the Common Core, in which he talks about the kindergarten and the third grade standards. Sylvia Majdoch, 9, pictured here during a remote school day at her home in Florida, is the fourth in her family to take on math using the principles of Common Core.

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Colleges Are Missing Out on Students Who Start — But Don’t Finish — Their Applications

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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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