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Teacher tricks: Grading & assessment

Neo LMS

My second post examined a number of useful resources for how to create shortcuts in your lesson planning, without sacrificing quality or outcomes. The bottom line is that teachers across the country are expected to assess students according to a range of standards, without reducing teaching to merely “teaching to test”.

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Ensuring Equity for English Learners (ELs)

Catlin Tucker

Therefore, it is essential to assess their language abilities and design instruction that meets their needs. This ensures they are exposed to grade-level academic content while developing their English language skills. ELs deserve access to the same content and curriculum as their peers.

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Tips for Effective Curriculum Development and Implementation in Private Schools

Hubbli

Define Learning Objectives and Outcomes: The first step in curriculum development is to define clear learning objectives and outcomes. Align Curriculum with Standards and Assessments: Curriculum development should also involve aligning the curriculum with relevant academic standards and assessments.

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Acceleration Is Better Than Focusing on Learning Loss. This Unique Summer School Shows Why.

Edsurge

The design of a summer adventure program at Santa Fe Public Schools exemplifies some of the best of these emerging acceleration strategies. Focus on gatekeeper standards. While acceleration strategy encourages exposure to grade-level standards, it also acknowledges that not all standards are created equal.

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Instructure Acquires MasteryConnect for $42.5 Million to Expand K-12 Footprint

Edsurge

With the addition of MasteryConnect’s formative assessment tools, Instructure aims to capitalize on what it sees as a “shift occurring at the state level as they replace high-stakes, end-of-year testing with innovative assessment models,” according to a prepared statement. There are plenty of dollars behind that idea. billion by 2020.

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Looking to Ditch Traditional Grades? Here’s How to Get Stakeholders On Board

Edsurge

Whether they call it competency-, mastery-, or standards-based grading, the movement aims to improve students outcomes sans As, Bs, and Cs. Whether they call it competency-, mastery-, or standards-based grading, the movement aims to improve students outcomes sans As, Bs, and Cs. The MTC is not alone in its mission.

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?Expanding Access to Edtech Isn’t Enough. We Need to Make Sure It Works, Too

Edsurge

School, district, and state leaders make technology decisions every day that will affect student tech fluency, not to mention learning outcomes. The New Schools Venture Fund estimates that K-12 schools collectively spend about $9 billion per year on instructional software, digital assessments, laptops and tablets for students and teachers.

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