Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 2, 2022

Hechinger Report just published an article on how having teachers study student data doesn’t actually result in better student learning outcomes. We implement benchmarking assessments and professional learning communities (PLCs). We’re not closing gaps with other countries on international assessments.

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Assessment Outcomes Data Analysis 355

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Improvements in students’ reading achievement require continued learning not just by the students, but also by their educators. Students were being assessed three times a year, and more specific data was needed to determine exactly what individual students needed to learn.

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Classroom Learning Data Assessment 118

eSchool News

JULY 27, 2023

. — The Texas Education Agency (TEA) recently named Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready Assessment to its Commissioner’s List of Approved Grade 7 Reading Instruments. Results from the reading assessments will help inform additional reading instruction and intervention for students. “To

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Assessment Differentiated Instruction Data Instructional Materials 52

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2024

Data-driven decisions are increasingly recognized as a critical component of K-12 education, enhancing personalized learning, improving assessment and feedback, optimizing resource allocation and fostering early intervention. Despite the benefits, implementing data-driven decision-making in education presents challenges.

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Outcomes Data Strategy Analysis 99

My Island View

JUNE 9, 2023

In a recent chat with my Chat AI app, I asked for an overall analysis of a subject that I have been blogging on for more than a decade now, professional development in education. The following is the analysis of my viewpoint according to ChatGPT. Andragogy is the art and science of adult learning.

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Education Analysis Survey Conference 78

Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2021

Even in the face of current challenges, many schools and districts are using this moment to design new approaches that will shape learning far into the future. As 2021 kicks off and we set our resolutions for the new year, we pledge our organizations’ continued efforts to respond to educators’ professional learning needs.

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Analysis Education Digital Divide Policies 172

Reading By Example

AUGUST 31, 2018

Faculty Viewed Professional Development Positively. Being intentional about what we were learning together cannot be minimized. Idea : If we feel like we have too many tasks planned for a professional learning experience, then we probably do. Teachers Facilitated Professional Learning Experiences.

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Professional Learning Learning Outcomes Analysis 31

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2024

Over the past year, the tone of that guidance has shifted from skepticism and resistance to acceptance and optimism, according to an analysis from the Center for Reinventing Public Education. This practice is already happening in K-12 settings, said Isabelle Hau, executive director of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning.

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Education Robotics iPhone Guidelines 185

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Collaboration and community are critical foundations of powerful learning environments. The educator micro-credentials ecosystem connects leading professional learning content experts, convenes thought leaders, and works with a wide range of stakeholders toward a shared vision and goals.

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Education Professional Learning Analysis Accessibility 228

Digital Promise

APRIL 17, 2019

The ACT Network brings together shared school leadership teams—teachers, principals, central office staff who serve the schools, and community advocates—to analyze a school’s data sources, including demographic data, perception and survey data, learning data, and program data. Micro-credentials are a solution to this need.

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Digital Badges Professional Learning Data Elementary 218

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 1, 2015

As of late I have been doing a great deal of work with schools and districts on how to effectively implement digital learning across the curriculum. When it comes to technology in general, the overall goal is to support learning, not drive instruction. This is a problem. How will it be implemented? What resources are needed?

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Digital Learning Learning BYOD Professional Learning 150

edWeb.net

JANUARY 26, 2022

While some students have thrived during the switch to remote and hybrid learning that was caused by the pandemic, many others have had their learning disrupted and fallen behind the timeframes established for meeting state standards. Blog post by Robert Low based on this edLeader Panel. Data-Driven Tutoring.

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Learning Training Meeting Instructional Materials 80

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

In school, teaching executive function is likely to result in more self-directed students, who can learn from their mistakes, pivot, and re-engage with the subject matter and other people. Learn more about ExQ® at www.ExQInfiniteKnowHow.com. Learn more about Cerebral Matters® at www.CerebralMatters.com.

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Learning Training Advocacy Strategy 97

edWeb.net

JUNE 21, 2022

Providing equitable learning opportunities to all students is a core value of education in the United States, and now, technology like artificial intelligence (AI) can help educators level the playing field for emergent bilingual students so they can get off on the right foot in any learning environment.

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Learning Data Tools Company 83

edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2021

Evidence-based intervention is dependent on an evidence-based assessment process, and the presenters recommended universal screening using tools such as the Social, Academic, Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS). Tier 2, or more targeted levels of support, should be for about 15%. Join the Community.

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Data Assessment Professional Learning Training 97

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 20, 2018

We are always excited to invite new districts that are implementing new teaching and learning practices into the League. Principles for Building a Learning Ecosystem—Lessons Learned from Tucson, Arizona. Planning a Social Network Analysis. In 2018, we welcomed 12 new districts: Arcadia Unified School District , D.C.

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Data Conference Assessment OER 164

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. It enhances teaching practices, fosters professional growth, and significantly improves student outcomes. Madda et al.,

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Study Outcomes Elementary Data 121

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Collective efficacy, coined by Albert Bandura in the 1970s, is a shared belief that a school’s staff and faculty can positively impact student learning and achievement. School leaders should provide teachers space to collaborate, building in time during department meetings, for example, and establishing professional learning communities.

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Meeting EdTech Strategy Professional Learning 108

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Degner emphasized that data about writing should not just be used to inform teachers’ interactions with students, it should also play an important role in the ongoing professional learning and evaluation of instruction across grades and schools. It’s our genuine desire to help students understand, learn, and express themselves.

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Data UDL Analysis Professional Learning 67

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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Education Professional Learning Study Case Study 120

edWeb.net

APRIL 6, 2021

During an edLeader Panel , sponsored by CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate , Eric Butash, Director of Education Technology and Data Integration for the district, discussed how they used data analytics to build their personalized student learning pathways. First, the district built a data governance team. About the Moderator.

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Personalized Learning Data Learning Learning Analytics 69

eSchool News

JULY 25, 2023

Click below to listen and scroll down for details and selected edited highlights: Creating Curious Classrooms is a free professional learning series for school and science curriculum leaders that takes a fresh approach to how the latest digital resources and tools can be integrated into instruction to drive engagement.

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Panasonic Education STEM Smartphone 76

edWeb.net

MARCH 4, 2021

Train for transformation with professional learning focused on cultural competency and implicit bias. Professional learning: Require all staff to take courses on culturally responsive practices—and it should not be invitational. Reexamine practices—assess what is and isn’t working. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Policies Professional Learning Elementary Assessment 85

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The flexible, individualized and 100% online learning experience is open to learners aged 18 or older who have completed 9th grade. It helps instructors deliver cohesive learning experiences through structured content and interactivity. McGraw Hill Connect® is a complete course platform.

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Dropout Course Assessment Secondary 94

Edsurge

JULY 5, 2019

This responsibility goes far beyond ensuring factual accuracy; it extends to creating culturally-responsive curriculum that not only integrates the experiences of diverse cultures and historically underrepresented groups, but also actively engages cultural learning styles and scaffolds students toward freedom of thought and independence.

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Company Instructional Materials Secondary Study 135

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2019

Gilmore: We worked with AdvancED | Measured Progress to do a root cause analysis: in order to move the academic needle in this district, what do we need to accomplish? Learn more about AdvancED | Measured Progress improvement support and services at advanc-ed.measuredprogress.org/EdSurge1. performing formative assessments.

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Differentiated Instruction Assessment STEM Analysis 124

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 27, 2015

How To Design A 21st Century Assessment. Getting these design elements into a teacher’s current curriculum demands that teachers create professional habits around Replacement Thinking. Getting these design elements into a teacher’s current curriculum demands that teachers create professional habits around Replacement Thinking.

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Assessment How To Equity of Access Strategy 40

Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2018

EdClusters18 brought together nearly 100 leaders from more than 20 regions and 48 organizations across the country working to advance future-facing teaching and learning. Remake Learning Network (Pittsburgh). EdClusters18 focused on clarifying the future vision, tools, and action steps for education innovation. LearnLaunch (Boston).

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Education EdTech Strategy Analysis 154

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The panelists were news literacy experts Cindy Otis, Vice President of Analysis for Alethea Group and former CIA Officer, and Peter Adams, Senior Vice President of Education for the News Literacy Project. Take Time to Assess Resources: What is the source of the information? Memes Aren’t News: Anyone can create a meme.

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Education Analysis Social Media Outcomes 98

eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2022

. — April 14, 2022 — As we approach the end of the third straight year of learning disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. For many students—particularly those that are historically underserved—the summer break from learning perpetuates inequitable achievement gaps. public schools.”.

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Advocacy Policies Study Data 56

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 8, 2016

Thus a paradigm shift constitutes a change from one way of thinking to another to spur a revolution that transforms learning and professional practice. Success is contingent upon sound instructional design, quality assessments, and an improved feedback loop. This sounds great in theory, but it won’t just happen.

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iPhone Personal Learning Network Smartphone Professional Learning 150

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 7, 2011

Daggett provides some nice working definitions for these two terms: Rigor - Academic rigor refers to learning in which students demonstrate a thorough in-depth mastery of challenging tasks to develop cognitive skills through reflective thought, analysis, problem solving, evaluation or creativity.

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Analysis Course Strategy Conference 209

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2017

The school day has just ended, there are three different assessments that need to be graded (×30.), As an instructional coach, I learned very quickly that if I wanted teachers at my school as engaged as they expected their students to be, it was my responsibility to mix up the way they received information.

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Assessment Social Media Analysis Tools 108

techlearning

OCTOBER 15, 2018

This new collaboration enables PPSD’s educators to integrate Discovery Education’s Science, Math and Social Studies Techbooks into classroom instruction districtwide, creating dynamic digital learning environments for all students that will prepare them for life beyond the classroom. states and several Canadian provinces.

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Digital Learning Social Media Study Education 40

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Teachers, then, need to have a better understanding of autism and how it may affect learning. This can present unique challenges for schools and teachers, with students on the spectrum being four times more likely than their peers to require additional learning and social support services. Impact of autism on a student’s life.

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Classroom Tablets Survey Meeting 120

edWeb.net

MAY 23, 2019

According to Learning in the 21st Century: the 2019 Digital Promise LVP Survey , 83% of teachers think students are capable of high achievement, but just 26% think students are reaching those levels today. When schools talk about personalized learning, one of the first things they need to do is consider these jagged profiles.

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Personalized Learning Learning Strategy Policies 49

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

With all of the digital tools available to teachers these days, developing learning experiences should be a cinch, right? In a recent edWebinar , “Digital Curriculum Development: The Missing Time-Saving Link,” Daniel Ralyea, Director of the Office of Research and Data Analysis at the South Carolina Department of Education, and Mark T.

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OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 54