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4 challenges–and solutions–around assessments and accountability

eSchool News

A new report examines some of the biggest challenges related to assessments and accountability, and offers recommendations for educators and policymakers as they move past spring 2021 and aim to improve student success rates. The overall goal?

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What School Leadership Can Learn From 2020

Edsurge

It has also forced school leaders to become more creative, outspoken and innovative in their advocacy and leadership—lessons they will take with them to help drive change in 2021. We are going to need to focus in 2021 on finding them and to accelerate their learning. We also must continue assessing students.

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Prioritize Your Professional Development This Year with These New Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

Many of the micro-credentials we launched in 2021 focus on topics such as learner variability, digital fluency, STEM, flexible mindsets, early literacy, and more. NAGC’s mission is to support those who enhance the growth and development of gifted and talented children through education, advocacy, community building, and research.

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New NWEA Study Points to Instructional Strategies Driving Academic Growth

eSchool News

– K-12 assessment and research organization NWEA released today a new study that takes a deeper look into instructional practices driving high academic growth. Use student discourse as formative assessment 10. PORTLAND, Ore.– Provide targeted practice for foundational skills 7.

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Latest NWEA Research Shows K12 Educational Gaps Still Wide, but Show Signs of Stabilizing

eSchool News

22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — NWEA — a not-for-profit, research and educational services provider serving K-12 students — today released new research that illustrates the scale and disproportionate nature of the disruption in student learning resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. PORTLAND, Ore.,

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Are Latino ‘Systems of Knowledge’ Missing From Education Technology?

Edsurge

Between 2010 and 2021, the share of white non-Hispanic children fell to 45 percent of public school students, while the share of Hispanic children grew to comprise 28 percent. She co-founded edtech company LangInnov to address what she saw as a gap in the market for assessing Latino children’s reading abilities.

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Smoothing the path for immigrants to finish their college degrees

The Hechinger Report

Once students are accepted, Sanchez said, Davenport will assess their education and work experience to see what can count toward degree progressions. Students are eligible for the scholarship award regardless of their immigration status, which Davenport does not ask about, he said.