edWeb.net

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In the edLeader Panel “ Next Generation Science Standards: Exploring Ten Years of Progress in Science Education ,” four specialists in the field of science education took us through the history and impact of the NGSS, how assessments and educational practices have changed to work with them, and the challenges they pose.

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Common Core Assessment Professional Learning Company 82

Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2020

This is the basic premise of Thinkster Math, a New Jersey-based company that marries replay technology with a tutoring service. The company has also undergone another marriage of sorts: an acquisition that will bring quizzes and other tools that help students prepare for the SAT and other standardized tests.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2015

In the past few years, the Common Core has significantly altered the landscape in terms of mathematics education. The Common Core has also required more coherence in our curriculum. It also allows us to take a blended learning approach to our Common Core math instruction.

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Common Core Blended Learning Elementary Strategy 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

After a summer of market research and competitor analysis, the company eventually signed off on a collaboration with a Chinese partner, TAL Education. company that has eyed Asia as the next big market. But their story is not a blueprint that will make sense for every company. ThinkCERCA is definitely not the first U.S.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Ever since taking the helm as CEO in 2015, Marten Roorda says ACT has closed 10 deals in which it has invested in, acquired or formed strategic partnerships with educational companies. Besides just being an assessment company, we’re also becoming a learning and navigation company,” Roorda tells EdSurge in an interview.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

” 2010 was also the year that the Common Core Standards Initiative was enacted in response to numerous indicators of low student academic performance. Billion has been invested in US K-12 education technology companies since 2010. ” 1:1 + Common Core = $$$$$. All Common Core testing will be done online.

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EdTech Common Core Chromebook iPad 176

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

The results from those new Common Core tests – designed explicitly to look for the skills kids need in college, namely critical thinking, problem solving and analytical writing skills – have been held up as proof of the persistence of deep-seated disparities in the education provided to poor students and children of color.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2019

So how do companies hire and develop standout talent who may be new to the sector? The class reads about Common Core and completes a few samples of Common Core assessment questions to understand the student and teacher experience using these materials. Sorry, simply being a former student doesn’t count.)

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EdTech Course Common Core Industry 128

eSchool News

MAY 20, 2021

We are so pleased that enVision Mathematics has won this prestigious award,” said Bethlam Forsa, CEO of Savvas Learning Company. ABOUT SAVVAS LEARNING COMPANY. To learn more, visit Savvas Learning Company. Nationally recognized curriculum earns distinction for best “Mathematics Instructional Solution”.

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Common Core Differentiated Instruction Learning Company 85

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

September 10, 2018—success stories from educators, administrators, and most importantly, students, which bring the company’s tools and service offerings to life. In its design, we put educators and students first in sharing how our company and tools support teaching and impact learning.” NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.,

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 29, 2016

Two assessment companies—Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp.—are The letter specifies that various grade-level “individual student test results” are late, including those for English language arts and math for Smarter Balanced testing, science assessments, and the Nevada Alternative Assessment.

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Assessment Pearson Common Core Company 63

EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Many schools are working to implement grit curricula, and these efforts need not replace or disrupt the Common Core or other existing assessment measures. For example, the SAT suite of assessments, which now includes PSATs for students in grades eight through eleven, provides a track record of student achievement and growth.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 2, 2015

Mentoring Minds is an education publishing company and resource site created by former teachers. Through their dashboard, teachers can identify which students have mastered specific standards, what learning goals should come next for each student, and which students require in-depth interventions to meet the standard(s) being assessed.

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Resources Common Core Differentiated Instruction Digital Citizenship 150

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 24, 2018

As it has been noted, UL (Underwriters Laboratories), the creator of Xplorlabs, is a global safety science company. Not only are the UL Listed safety marks for many of the appliances in your house from this company, but they also are creating free science-based modules that promote safety like this one.). This Guide includes: Rubrics.

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STEM Common Core Analysis Company 193

eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2023

Offered by Lexia , a Cambium Learning Group company, Lexia Aspire Professional Learning is a new flexible, professional learning solution that is grounded in the science of reading and helps educators accelerate literacy skills in all learning among students in grades 4-8.

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Professional Learning Common Core Learning Company 52

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2019

He’s started working with more schools and districts—instead of reaching students mainly at home—and has partnered with assessment groups, such as the College Board and, most recently, the NWEA for personalized test prep materials. The latter group administers the MAP Assessment—a test designed to measure growth in reading and math.

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Khan Academy Common Core Assessment EdTech 126

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

Specifically, there have been few useful tools with which to assess SEL. Specifically, there have been few useful tools with which to assess SEL. Funders and other organizations are focusing on how to bring practical social and emotional assessments to the field. Reasons to Assess A key question is why assess student SEL?

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Assessment Program Evaluation Data Report 81

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 10, 2016

If you’re an edtech company interested in helping spread Ask a Tech Teacher resources to everyone, contact us at askatechteacher@gmail.com. Common Core and ISTE alignment. assessment strategies. Common Core and ISTE alignment. assessment strategies. Essential Question. materials required.

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Common Core EdTech Company Assessment 150

eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2016

Open-source assessment system is based on alternate achievement standards for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. The NCSC alternate assessment evaluates knowledge of Common Core Math and ELA (reading and writing) standards at grades 3-8 and 11.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

If you’re an edtech company interested in helping spread Ask a Tech Teacher resources to everyone, contact us at askatechteacher@gmail.com. aligned with ISTE and Common Core. aligned with ISTE and Common Core. assessment strategies. 138 images. lots of options to differentiate for student needs.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

MAY 30, 2013

UPDATE AS OF 1/15/14: The company Gobstopper has changed its name to Curriculet, but this update hasn''t changed how I use Curriculet with my students. The stories and information in the below post still hold true despite the change in company name. I almost dropped my phone. I like Gobstopper so much, I shared it at #EdCampPhilly.

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Common Core Digital Citizenship Analysis Assessment 162

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 27, 2017

After students read, they can take a quick assessment about the topic. Students can take an assessment just after reading. Kids Discover Online is a fantastic supplementary tool for science, history, and ELA teachers who need students to read relevant, high-quality, nonfiction texts and assess for understanding.

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Learning Assessment Elementary Company 240

Marketplace K-12

MAY 18, 2016

million for scoring 2015-16 assessments in Tennessee after the state terminated a contract in April with Measurement Inc. Pearson, a global education company that counts assessments as less than 10 percent of its total revenues , will score about 1.8 The company offered a competitive price comparable to what Measurement, Inc.

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Pearson Common Core Assessment Academic Standards 75

Marketplace K-12

APRIL 4, 2016

A new project that seeks to “fundamentally rethink” the role that assessments play in student learning has issued 12 grants to schools, districts, and other awardees focused on fashioning makeovers of testing systems. The Assessment for Learning Project is focused on re-imagining assessment in a number of ways.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 7, 2015

Last month, Digital Promise launched a crowdsourcing effort on how companies use scientific research to design and develop their educational technology products. If you’re interested in sharing your company’s research-based approach, be sure to submit them here. Computerized method for assessing cognitive domains.

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Common Core Twitter Assessment Outcomes 120

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

A decade ago, Common Core math was introduced to emphasize understanding over rote learning, but the delivery of standards varies across schools, classrooms and teachers, depending both on who is being assessed and who is doing the assessing. They are more likely to be assessed on their merits and performance.

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Common Core System Assessment STEM 133

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

aligned with Blooms Taxonomy, Common Core, ISTE, or other state/national/international standards. Prodigy is a free, adaptive math game for grades 1-7 that integrates Common Core or Ontario math into a role-playing game using a Pokemon-style wizardry theme. positive parent reports. encourage independence. Conclusion.

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Common Core Gamification Digital Citizenship Guidelines 150

Educational Technology Guy

MAY 20, 2015

Mentoring Minds is an educational publishing company that develops K-12 instructional materials to help students develop critical thinking and problem solving skills. The company's main goal is to provide materials that help students increase their critical analysis and reasoning skills, along with problem solving skills.

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Instructional Materials Common Core Analysis Company 100

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

A few weeks back, EdSurge published a podcast interview with education consultant and commentator Alan November, and Director of Secondary Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for the Houston Independent School District Mike Dorsey, after chatting with the two education experts at ISTE. There still seems to be a big demand for that.

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Company EdTech Khan Academy Industry 60

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As a well-respected writer on both the NCTM Focal Points and Common Core State Standards, Fennell served as President of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) from 2006–2008 and was a founding member of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

Moulton has worked in the field for about 15 years with a small family-run company called Educational Data Systems , which makes exams for local districts and high stakes tests for the state of California. You pick your subject area, let’s say it’s language, and you have a set of standards, like the Common Core standards.

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techlearning

JULY 17, 2018

Almost 20 expert science publishers, including leading school science supplier Carolina Biological Supply Company working together with expert curriculum developers from the Smithsonian Science Education Center, welcomed the challenge. I had an amazing lesson 2.1 and amazing observation.” Students investigate real-world science phenomena.

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Company Instructional Materials Elementary Common Core 40

Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

We’re playing a bit of catch-up here, but one of the country’s big consortia of states that sponsors common-core tests, PARCC, recently sought input on how it should reorganize itself to serve states. It offers some fascinating reading, and implications for the assessment industry. Data Recognition Corp.

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Pearson Common Core Industry Assessment 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Perhaps it is because of the myth of the entrepreneur that resounds throughout popular culture: examples like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, who both dropped out of college, and in doing so, seemingly spurned education in order to build major tech companies—and yet now each have education initiatives of their own. Blackboard Inc.,

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Education LMS Moodle EdTech 80

EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Editor’s note: This is one in a series of profiles about the men and women who are creating today’s EdTech companies. He recently authored Transforming Schools: Using Project-Based Learning, Performance Assessment and Common Core Standards. By Kenna McHugh.

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Learning Common Core Training Outcomes 138

Edsurge

MAY 14, 2020

Amanda DoAmaral, a former Advanced Placement teacher who now runs a company offering AP test prep, says several students have vented their frustration with submission issues. A few years ago, many states reported problems with administering Common Core tests. “You can prepare as much as you want for the exam,” Mita adds.

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Social Media Common Core Smartphone Tablets 163

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Pearson CEO John Fallon recently met with a group of reporters at Education Week’ s offices and spoke about his company’s business strategies and record, and offered a defense against some of its detractors’ claims. Those resources are increasingly delivered in digital form.

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