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Colleges Are Missing Out on Students Who Start — But Don’t Finish — Their Applications

Edsurge

They outlined key factors that can predict non-submission, using data students put into their Common App profiles coupled with community indicators from the American Community Survey administered by the U.S. Census Bureau and school features from the Common Core of Data maintained by the U.S. Department of Education.

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The 4-Letter Word You Need to Know—and How Teachers and Administrators Can Embrace Data Literacy

Edsurge

Brennan McMahon Parton, Data Quality Campaign ’s associate director of state policy and advocacy, recently spoke with him about data literacy for teachers. Teachers have essential access to data, but they need greater understanding of data interpretation and analysis. I also see a co-planning element reinforcing the data analysis.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own.

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Inside Tips for Successfully Implementing Online Assessments

edWeb.net

During her administrative tenure, Dr. Removcik has led professional development trainings on several state initiatives including Common Core Standards, educator effectiveness, and data analysis. Having substantial experience in curriculum design, Dr. Removcik oversees the district’s K-12 curricular and assessment programming.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

The company has partnered with advocacy organizations to produce white papers at the 2017 and 2016 Digital Citizenship Summits and provides online monitoring software to schools. A new historical analysis genre and new historical analysis prompts will be available in December 2017 and more will be released in 2018.

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A solution as obvious as it is rare: Making high school graduates ready for college

The Hechinger Report

Half a million, or about one in four, show up on campuses each fall not ready to take college courses in math or English, according to the advocacy organization Education Reform Now. That’s a feat a surprising number of high school graduates fail to accomplish.

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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

And the lessons about independence and self-advocacy lead to kids who know how and when to ask for help. Stephanie Smith, the assistant principal, said the curriculum’s interdisciplinary focus and emphasis on argumentative writing, textual analysis and inquiry seemed like it would have to have an impact.

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