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How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

Ask a Tech Teacher

Of course, I provide guidelines. Let’s evaluate the Common Core Reading Standards and their good fit with games: What Common Core Expects. Assessment of point of view and purpose to shape content and style. I’m asking for exemplars of how Minecraft gamers used Common Core writing standards.

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More than five years after adopting Common Core, Kentucky’s black-white achievement gap is widening

The Hechinger Report

It’s been over five years since Kentucky adopted the Common Core, guidelines for what students need to know in math and the English language arts in each grade. Related: Common Core ignores underprivileged students — and testing will lead to more achievement gaps. based research group.

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Can Common Core reading tests ever be fair?

The Hechinger Report

In last year’s statewide Common Core-related PARCC test, just 24 percent of the students at Esteves’ school met grade-level expectations in reading and writing, a category called English language arts and literacy. In general, I think the common core approach is the right one,” wrote Shanahan in a blog.

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Draw on Student Interests to Make the Common Core Work for You

Educator Innovator

This was originally posted at Common Sense Graphite. As the new school year begins, articles and resources dedicated to helping teachers develop curriculum and assessments aligned to the Common Core literacy standards are popping up everywhere.

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What is Standards-based Grading?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Today, many educators want to not only evaluate progress at a point in time but optimize that against the ongoing standards their school mission is built on such as Common Core, International Baccalaureate, NGSE, or TEKS. Teachers create assessments aligned with pre-selected standards. That’s changing.

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Website Review: Prodigy Game

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Here are guidelines, culled from top education sites like Edutopia, Google Education, Educational Technology, and EdWeek that are valuable when evaluating any website: free or small fee. aligned with Blooms Taxonomy, Common Core, ISTE, or other state/national/international standards. positive parent reports. Conclusion.

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What parents should ask teachers about technology

Ask a Tech Teacher

For Common Core schools: How do they prepare students to succeed with online testing? End-of-year assessments of the Common Core grade-level standards are delivered online. Should the parent join a blog or website? This isn’t an uncommon concern. Or a stand-alone app like Remind ? legalities.