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Can Common Core reading tests ever be fair?

The Hechinger Report

Her favorite books are from “ The Magic Tree House ” series because, “I can imagine I’m in the places they’re talking about,” she says. Esteves’ teacher gives her books to take home, part of the school’s push to keep students reading outside of school. . — Yandilixza Esteves’ face lights up when she talks about reading.

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Integrate OUR Curricula into Your Kiddom Digital Platform

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It makes learning organic, part of life rather than something that must happen from a certain book or room. The problem is trying to blend them effortlessly into a class LMS or learning platform without lots of extra clicks and logins. To me, the growing popularity of web-based curricula is no surprise. Who is Open Up Resources?

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Does Common Core Ask Too Much of Kindergarten Readers?

MindShift

For states adopting Common Core, the standards apply to kindergarten, laying out what students should be able to do by the end of the grade.* There’s a wide age range for learning to read,” said Nancy Carlsson-Paige on KQED’s Forum program.

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Digital Badges: Better Than Grades?

Education with Technology

(tuttle, https://eduwithtechn.wordpress.com/2007/02/09/classroom-grades-dont-reflect-student-learning/ ). The final grade in a course or even a ten week grade probably does not reflect the actual academic learning.These grades may not reflect the academic standards (Common Core, standards or proficiencies) for that course.

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Less Is More: 4 Strategies To Streamline Your Curriculum

TeachThought - Learn better.

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. First, let’s look at what the standards mean by more “depth.” Less is more!

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Everything You Need To Know About the Georgia Milestones Assessment System

Georgia Test Prep

Informing the students, parents, educators, and the public about how well students are learning important content is an essential aspect of any educational assessment and accountability system. The state’s education department mandated online tests for all of its standardized tests from the 2018-19 school year. Grading of the GMAS.