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Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments

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MORE FROM EDTECH: Read more about adaptive learning tools teachers are using in their classrooms! Teachers Use Online Forms to Gauge Student Learning. Kathy Dyer is manager of innovation and learning, professional learning at NWEA, a research-based nonprofit organization for student assessments.

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Strengthening Schools’ Writing Instruction Through the Use of Data

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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. He also works with edWeb.net to write articles on their professional learning edWebinars.

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Inside Tips for Successfully Implementing Online Assessments

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Whether schools are 1:1 or still relying on computer carts, the move to online assessments creates new needs from devices to professional development to data privacy policies. Have an instructional framework centered around curriculum design before talking about assessment. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Preparing Students with Technology Skills

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Technology applications and tools organize students’ thoughts, help them collects data for analysis, and allow for collaboration with others in digital formats. State and federal standards and online assessments require that school districts implement K-8 digital literacy curricula that support all 12 digital literacy skills.

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Funding Edtech with the E-Rate Program and Grants

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As schools and districts strive to meet their existing technology needs and prepare for the future, access to federal and state funding, along with other grants, is making a major difference in whether students engage in 21 st century learning or are left behind. Cynthia also served as the Chief Compliance Officer for the $4.7B

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

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All three are outstanding (and free), but perhaps the most immediately useful to readers of this blog is Civic Online Reasoning or COR. These tasks are perfect for learning across the curriculum and especially for librarian-led learning. These assessments might be used to engage learners in discussion before an inquiry.