Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards.

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eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2015

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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Common Core Academic Standards LMS Trends 40

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

Two recent state initiatives are defining a set of non academic work habits that contribute to student success , and developing a statewide performance-based assessment system. After spending a few years thinking deeply about assessment in a competency-based system, Memorial teachers noticed something troubling.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

Teachers need help planning lessons that meaningfully contextualize academic standards. Challenge: In a groundbreaking study led by The Education Trust, researchers found that “across the country, lessons from the Internet labeled as [standards] aligned are being taught again and again, whether or not they are really worthy.”

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. Her disability doesn’t mean she can’t analyze and discuss a text; she can be taught strategies to help her decode words more easily.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. During the last school year, only 40 percent of fourth-graders nationwide scored at a proficient level in a nationwide math assessment. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. BERWYN, Ill. —

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

Progress reports go out on Thursday and the teachers are up in arms because they can’t enter scores into their online gradebook. It’s a mindshift for teachers, especially when it comes to assessment, because scoring is so different. It connects with curriculum and assessment tools to gather evidence of learning.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

He has published over 250 research articles in academic journals, book chapters in edited volumes, research reports, and editorials in major newspapers. She assists education organizations with content strategy and teaches writing at the college level. In addition, Domenech has served on the U.S. Dr. Morton Sherman.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

And Jefferson County Public Schools is trying to bring the strategies driving Field’s success to other schools in the district. State education officials say all students are held to the same academic standards regardless of whether or not they have a disability, but some experts argue that’s not necessarily the case.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

You may dislike standards-based reporting, using labels like “proficient,” or grading with a 1-3 scale. Of more pressing concern is the signage on the walls that focuses on learning strategies and digital citizenship. Yes, you’ve got a pile of academic standards that have to be mastered. This is okay.

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Technology Gamification Digital Citizenship Academic Standards 40

MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. During the last school year, only 40 percent of fourth-graders nationwide scored at a proficient level in a nationwide math assessment. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. BERWYN, Ill. —

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How To Common Core Elementary Survey 39

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

The New York Times has a new education supplement, called Learning, and The Hechinger Report is collaborating with the Times to produce Bulletin Board, a collection of noteworthy ideas and trends in education that will appear on page 2 of the section, which will come out four times a year. The Hechinger Report.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 22, 2015

Until parents have a better understanding of what pure academic work looks like–from the content to the assessment to the reporting–every single bit of this is on the shoulders of teachers. What academic standards do you use, and what do I need to know about them? Your shoulders, then. In the school?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2017

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Nationwide, about 65 percent of public high schools reported offering opportunities for students to participate in work-based learning during the 2007-08 school year, the last year data on the topic was collected by the National Center for Education Statistics. Duxbury, Vt. —

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Teachers can create multimedia assessments and activities for their students, who record and embed their responses. Holzweiss said she avoids outdated book report questions and formats. A key strategy is to curate print and digital library collections that reflect student voice, choice, and identity.

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