Digital Promise

MARCH 23, 2016

I very clearly remember my teacher standing at the front of the classroom, math book in hand, reading, “The square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides of the triangle,” then scribbling the formula across the blackboard. Ensure the sustainability of digital learning initiatives.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

“If you teach phonemic awareness, students will learn phonemic awareness,” which isn’t the goal, said Tiffany Peltier , a learning scientist who consults on literacy training for teachers at NWEA, an assessment company. “If More phonemic awareness isn’t necessarily harmful, but there’s only so much instructional time in the day.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 19, 2019

During a tour of updates to SETDA’s Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States (DMAPS) , which showcases state policies in support of digital materials, Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director for SETDA, discussed new features like professional development information.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2022

This research-based program works seamlessly with i-Ready® Assessment, which provides data-driven insights about each student’s skill level. As part of this, the program features three types of scaffolds: resources for pre-teaching, embedded supports for students, and formative assessment opportunities. About Curriculum Associates.

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The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

I am really proud that in partnership with IMPress Books , we have just released a new book by my good friend and someone who pushes my thinking continuously, AJ Juliani. For the next few days, you can get his book online for one dollar on the following sites: Adaptable on Amazon. ” Below is a snippet from the book!

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Rubrics to assess qualitative learning: While all work might not be graded, both students and teachers need to be working toward the same goals. Prior to CueThink, Sheela was Project Director at Pearson Education, focusing on technologically innovative assessment items based on Common Core State Standards. series of books.

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Instructional Materials Professional Learning Pearson Common Core 73

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

portion of its K-12 business, which includes print and digital curriculum and instructional materials. higher-education courseware and in-school assessment in the U.S. Pearson reported that its revenues from e-book rentals have grown by 22 percent, after reducing the rental price for 2,000 titles in fall 2017.

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2019

Culturally-responsive curriculum can’t be delivered by an algorithm any more than it can by a static textbook We must—quite literally—throw out the book on how we create and deliver curriculum to teachers and students. To do this, educational companies need to rise to several key challenges. We must also reflect the work.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 23, 2016

I very clearly remember my teacher standing at the front of the classroom, math book in hand, reading, “The square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides of the triangle,” then scribbling the formula across the blackboard. One of my many high school memories is learning the Pythagorean Theorem.

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Blackboard Instructional Materials Professional Learning Digital Learning 125

eSchool News

MAY 26, 2021

Mohannad then used his experience scoring perfect scores on the SAT I and SAT II to write the first English language learner SAT Prep Book and bootstrap his first education company prior to ChalkTalk from $300 to a franchise operating across 3 countries by the time he was a senior in college.

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techlearning

MAY 24, 2018

With a focus on reading and mathematics, the company offers an integrated print and digital solution for K–12 diagnostic assessment and K–8 instruction, making blended learning a reality in the classroom. Today, Curriculum Associates is one of the fastest-growing companies in the industry, with revenues quintupling since 2012.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 18, 2018

And in the 2018-19 school year, that number is expected to double with more than half of the nation projected to report Lexile and Quantile measures from their state assessment systems. The organization develops scientific measures of academic achievement and complementary technologies that link assessment results with real-world instruction.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page. I am almost booked through January and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. Student Centered : Instructional materials shows student how to make their own trip. Please contact me soon if you have an interest.

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techlearning

JUNE 27, 2018

About Curriculum Associates Founded in 1969, Curriculum Associates, LLC designs research-based print and online instructional materials, screens and assessments, and data management tools. Company rankings were also published in a special supplement in the June 22 edition.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Schools have relied on those funds for the creation or expansion of summer programs and tutoring services, the purchase of high-quality curriculum and instructional materials, and a plethora of other efforts to address learning gaps students experienced through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 20, 2016

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page. I am now just about booked through the end of March and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. Look for contact information at the Booking Site. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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techlearning

AUGUST 13, 2018

13, 2018—After a comprehensive review of instructional programs for science courses, Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) has chosen Science A-Z to be part of its instructional materials adoption in science for grades K–5.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 7, 2017

A Teach Page offers videos, resources for lesson planning and assessment, differentiation, additional resources, in-a-pinch (for substitutes or surprise snow days) and achievements (badges, votes, and rankings) to promote engagement. Bank of multiple-choice and discussion assessment questions. Curriculum Guide.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

APRIL 4, 2015

Booking Info – Time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page. I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over half full. Booking Info – Check out my Booking Page … Please contact me soon if you have an interest. Please give this post a retweet and pass it on.

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techlearning

JULY 17, 2018

The state is reviewing new science instructional materials for the first time in 12 years to help science teachers succeed in teaching students the latest standards. Many teachers have older books that were not written to the standards and therefore don’t cover the new content. Students investigate real-world science phenomena.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

For supporting the inquiry and workflow needs of a specific learner group for an assessment/product : Informed by wide curricular knowledge, school librarians partner with classroom teachers to support the inquiry and workflow needs of specific learner groups for inquiry-based assessments or creative knowledge products.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Schools have relied on those funds for the creation or expansion of summer programs and tutoring services, the purchase of high-quality curriculum and instructional materials, and a plethora of other efforts to address learning gaps students experienced through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

We also discuss and plan instructional materials, assessments, etc. We look at where we need kids to be at the end of the school year and work backward to figure out how we’re going to assess that and plan out our units together.” This is when we map out when we will cover the standards on the pacing guide.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

At the time, Wireless Generation was expanding from its roots in K-3 reading assessment into new areas: intervention, professional development, and data systems. We focused on the essential needs of the market—curriculum, assessment, and intervention—which aligned with our core competencies and interests. Sometimes very hard.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2022

The curated, easy-to-implement instructional materials, combined with state-of-the-art screener and diagnostic assessment tools, are designed to help move learning forward for all students. The assessments and the results are also deemed valid since they accurately measure what they are intended to measure.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Our quest to look ahead follows this week’s release of scores on what is known as the nation’s report card – the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The scores released this week assess basic skills among nine-year-olds, comparing that age group over long periods of time. Petrilli, president of the Thomas B.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 20, 2017

Formative assessment can help teachers understand how students are learning. Formative assessment is a snapshot of how knowledge is forming in a student’s mind. Books, Videos, Courses, and Conferences. Teachers can find books, videos and courses to help them on an issue.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 4, 2022

This is because our thinking about environment C and the instructional materials we use aren’t as simple and uninvolved as we thought. While reading Richard Sennett’s book The Craftsman another thought came to mind.

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 29, 2016

A growing number of peer-reviewed studies and other research reports are demonstrating that when faculty who previously used commercial products as their core instructional materials replace them with OER, student learning either stays the same or increases. But who chooses the core instructional resources students will use?

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

Last year Bob Reiser invited me to contribute a chapter to the fourth edition of Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology , to be published by Pearson. I agreed on the conditions that I would retain copyright in the chapter and that it would appear in the book under a Creative Commons license. Pearson agreed.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Shift 1: Moving to Transferable and Conceptual Teaching A 2022 University of Texas study analyzed more than 200 word problems from the PARCC assessment and the Smarter Balanced math test in elementary and middle school. Including high-quality instructional materials—lesson plans, pacing guides, assessments, and rubrics—is essential.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2024

2013) define UDL as “a set of principles and techniques for use in the classroom along with the design of accessible instructional materials.” Customized Reading Materials: Provide reading materials at varying levels of difficulty or complexity to suit different reading abilities. To start with, Courey et al.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2023

And the historic low scores recorded by the NAEP assessment —which showed some disparate gaps—have only added to that. A key part of the equation, as revealed by the statehouse battles, is the materials themselves. There’s been a general increase in effort to make published materials more inclusive of more groups of people.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2017

Preparation can consume weeks or even months of classroom instruction. Materials are typically decontextualized, with multiple-choice items that mimic the format of standardized tests. Should you sacrifice a week (or more) of instruction to give children pointers on the process of elimination?

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Instructional Materials Assessment Industry Elementary 150

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

The CEO of Safari Books left the company “ amidst massive layoffs.” In part, their struggles are a result of controversies surrounding the Common Core State Standards, which were supposed to streamline and procurement the development of curriculum and assessment. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s CEO resigned.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Testing, Testing… Via Education Week : “After seven years of tumult and transition fueled by the common core, state testing is settling down, with most states rejecting the federally funded PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments, and nearly one-quarter embracing the SAT or the ACT as their official high school test.”

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