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Integrate OUR Curricula into Your Kiddom Digital Platform

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Open Up Resources (OUR) is a series of free c ompetency-based Common Core-aligned curricula (math, ELA, and reading). They received excellent ratings from EdReports , a leader in evaluating textbooks and curricula for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. Who is Open Up Resources?

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Alma releases new standards tracker

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Alma Technologies, a provider of a holistic student engagement platform for K-12 schools, has added a standards tracking tool intended to empower educators more effectively teach to proficiency against any set of academic standards. The Standards Tracker is available for the 2015-16 school year.

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Understanding ESSA: How the Every Student Succeeds Act will Change U.S. Educational Policy

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Furthermore, No Child Left Behind’s one-size-fits-all method of evaluating schools has been criticized as incentivizing low academic standards. These harsh punishments lead some districts to “teach the test” and prioritize third party assessment scores over student engagement and learning.