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Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments

EdTech Magazine

“There are many kinds of assessments that educators use in the classroom—what makes them ‘formative’ is when the information from the assessment is used to adapt the instructional approach to meet students’ learning needs.”. MORE FROM EDTECH: Read more about adaptive learning tools teachers are using in their classrooms!

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6 EdTech Resources and Strategies to Gain a Deeper Understanding of Students

EdTechTeacher

Here are 6 examples demonstrating how emerging educational technologies can help us amplify assessment strategies and gain a deeper understanding of our students. Tool: iReady (Adaptive Math/ELA Assessment & Instruction). Kelly Servant ( @servantk1 ), Kindergarten Teacher at Hugh Cole Elementary School=.

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