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CAE Presents Case For Authentic Assessment To Improve Student Outcomes At Beyond Multiple Choice Seminar

eSchool News

Experts in performance-based assessment share research on student engagement and effort. June 3, 2021, NEW YORK – The Council for Aid to Education, Inc. The challenges of COVID-19 highlighted already existing perceptions of assessment deficiencies.

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Can AI Help Teachers With Grading?

Edsurge

We wondered about the role of AI in one specific teaching practice: assessing student learning. To compare AI scores and feedback with those given by actual teachers, we hosted an in-person convening of 16 middle school writing teachers who had used the platform with their students during the 2021–22 school year.

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PROOF POINTS: One city hits a high school graduation record but few ninth graders are predicted to end up with a college degree

The Hechinger Report

Almost half the students in the district – 48 percent – were absent for 10 percent or more of the 2021-22 school year. Seven years of academic progress were erased in math: only 19 percent of third through eighth graders met grade-level expectations in the subject in 2021-22, down from 31 percent before the pandemic. A majority of D.C.

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More high school grads are rejecting 4-year pathways

eSchool News

Key points: More than half of surveyed students say they will opt out of the traditional four-year undergraduate path This decision to pursue alternative post-secondary options hints at an evolving postsecondary landscape. By arming our students with aptitude-based guidance and insight into a wider variety of potential careers.

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Resources For Teachers and Instructional Coaches – January 2021

Edthena

Teachers who take time daily to reflect on what is working in class and what is not can better assess areas for improvement and make the necessary adjustments. The report suggests the creation of a national repository for Child Development Associate training options. Optimize project-based training. Redefine credentials.

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As Schools Move to Change How Kids Are Graded, Some Families Push Back

Edsurge

Instead, like an athlete training for a big game, practice is seen as what it takes to get ready for the final match, and what happens on game day is what matters. It’s teaching to the test — the assessment is all that matters,” Whitehouse said. And there’s a lack of, or not sufficient training on, what this is all about.”

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Online Courses from Vector Solutions Help Schools Address Pandemic-Related Behavioral Challenges

eSchool News

Tampa, FL – September 20, 2021 – For many students, the stress and challenges of the pandemic may have caused regression both socially and emotionally and in terms of their behavior. Our new courses provide valuable training to help teachers and administrators safely address these behaviors and help students focus on learning.”.

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