Marketplace K-12

MAY 18, 2016

million for scoring 2015-16 assessments in Tennessee after the state terminated a contract in April with Measurement Inc. Pearson, a global education company that counts assessments as less than 10 percent of its total revenues , will score about 1.8 Pearson has been awarded a contract worth about $18.5 million tests.

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Pearson Common Core Assessment Academic Standards 69

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2017

In this ever-dynamic landscape, “common” standards for education seemingly get a bad rap, but they’re useful, particularly for the development and distribution of open education resources (OER). When OER curation was in its infancy, there were few common standards in place for vetting and cataloging this content.

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OER Academic Standards Policies Common Core 74

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 9, 2015

Educators often wonder how they are going to meet all the demands of Common Core. One important point is that the standards require more depth and less breadth. Meeting these standards can be done by doing less, not more. Combine Assessment Prep Into Daily Learning. by Renee Rubin , Ed.D.,

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Common Core Strategy Elementary Assessment 40

Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Do teachers use Seesaw to teach live, like with Zoom or Google Meet? In addition, teachers can also use Seesaw to create a class blog, communicate with students and families, create and curate activities from a robust and ever-growing library, and assess student work via digital portfolios. How can families use Seesaw? What is Seesaw?

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Google Android Video Accessibility 98

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

During the last school year, only 40 percent of fourth-graders nationwide scored at a proficient level in a nationwide math assessment. That was the district’s first year taking the PARCC assessment, a college- and career-readiness test mandated by the state of Illinois, and the results were dismal, though not exactly surprising.

How To 82

How To Common Core Elementary Report 82

eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

Higher standards are right. The president went on to add, "What hasn’t worked is denying teachers, schools, and states what they need to meet these goals. Furthermore, No Child Left Behind’s one-size-fits-all method of evaluating schools has been criticized as incentivizing low academic standards.

Policies 40

Policies Blended Learning Education EdTech 40

MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

During the last school year, only 40 percent of fourth-graders nationwide scored at a proficient level in a nationwide math assessment. That was the district’s first year taking the PARCC assessment, a college- and career-readiness test mandated by the state of Illinois, and the results were dismal, though not exactly surprising.

How To 39

How To Common Core Elementary Survey 39

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

With more college students now considered nontraditional than traditional, higher education institutions have been scrambling to shift their models to better meet their needs. All 50 states have standards for their students to meet — most use, at least in part, the Common Core standards.

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Competency Based Learning Common Core Personalized Learning Study 78

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Although advisory was required for my students to accumulate elective credits and meet graduation requirements, I wasn’t provided thoughtful or engaging curriculum. Being standards-based, we support CASEL’s SEL competencies and we encourage our teachers to track them in tandem with academic standards.

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Resources How To Academic Standards Personalized Learning 60

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2019

In addition, kindergarteners who took advantage of state-funded pre-K in Quitman ranked among the top five performers on an assessment of school readiness skills, state data released in November show. In 2017, Mississippi met nine of those 10 standards. Four of Show’s students were counting to 100, surpassing their end-of-year goal.

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Elementary Data Training Report 61