Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s tip: #160–14 Assessment Strategies. Category: ASSESSMENTS. These fourteen strategies are well-suited to formative assessment: Does student use prior tech skills to complete current lesson? Does student use core knowledge (i.e., Does student work well in groups? Sub-category: NA.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 8, 2015

The challenge for me was to design an “assessment” that was meaningful. I had tried everything from the traditional book report style assessment to more creative movie trailers, but I didn’t feel like they accomplished what I wanted from a silent sustained reading assessment. Sans the wine, of course.)

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 3, 2012

Despite criticism, a traditional well-written multiple choice assessment can be a valid assessment tool ( I''m bracing for rebuttals ). The techniques outlined below can be used for formative and summative assessments. Students are assessed on a range of skills: comprehension, application, identification, etc.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

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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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 15, 2021

These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Common Core, or the basic who-what-when-where-why. Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker. Assess student writing without discouraging creativity via easy-to-use tech tools. What You Get. 3 college credits.

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wwwatanabe

JUNE 2, 2012

Yesterday I had the privilege of facilitating a Common Core and Project Based Learning professional development class for 7th-12th grade teachers. Prior to my training, they had two days of ELA Common Core and one day of deconstructing performance assessments for ELA Common Core. PBL is the "how." "How

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 17, 2022

Discuss not just your years of experience, but the student groups you’ve taught, the philosophies you’ve followed (such as IB or Common Core), parent needs met, pedagogy you’ve rolled out, teacher groups you’ve led, and more. When that’s done, honestly assess your resume.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 29, 2016

A new test is positioning itself as a non-common-core alternative to the SAT and ACT. Word about the Vector Assessment of Readiness for College, or Vector A.R.C., Families who home school or send their students to private schools, and those who live in states without the common core, are key audiences for Vector A.R.C.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 29, 2022

Players pick their NFL team and the opponent, the level of difficulty, skill level, their age-group, and the length of play. Students finish the program with an assessment of knowledge and certificates. Age group: High school. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school. How the Stock Market Works.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2020

Age group: Middle school. Age group: middle and high school. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school. Players pick their NFL team and the opponent, the level of difficulty, skill level, their age-group, and the length of play. Age group: high school. Age group: Upper elementary.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 19, 2014

BoomWriter’s interactive collaborative writing platform lets teachers deliver a fun and engaging personalized learning experience, while elementary, middle, and high school age students work online to develop their reading, writing, and peer assessment skills. BoomWriter uses a simple process but with a technology twist.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

Since Kentucky became the first state to adopt the Common Core in 2010, the achievement gap between students with disabilities and their nondisabled peers has widened slightly – despite sweeping expectations the more rigorous standards would help eliminate disparities in academic performance. Reframing expectations.

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Waterford

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The students’ randomized group assignment helps ensure that differences in reading development observed between the groups are due to their curriculum and not any external factors. Follow the link here to view Waterford PreK-2 correlations relevant to your state or district.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

Two national education nonprofits whose school improvement and assessment tools impact millions of students across the country are merging. The new group doesn’t yet have a name, and the deal won’t be finalized until closer to the end of the year. AdvancED also offers accreditation services—a business that it has deep roots in.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Standing at the front of the classroom stopped working so I researched (and tried in some cases) Whole Brain Teaching (WBT), Socratic Method , Understanding by Design , Mindfulness , and a lot more options that colleagues mentioned as helpful with their differentiated student groups. Assessment is about my impact. ability grouping.

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Education with Technology

JUNE 25, 2014

In my ISTE Sunday 8-10 am poster session, I demonstrate many diverse mobile activities to help students achieve the English Language Arts Common Core Anchor Statements through mobile devices. The mobile activities focus on free common tool apps that are available on both the Android and the iPad.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

Octavio Gutierrez works with a group of students learning English, giving them a preview of what their fluent peers will learn later. What we were doing was attached to the old standards, but the thinking and the logic was very Common Core, very focused on conceptual understanding,” said Johnstone. Photo: Emmanuel Felton.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2016

Strong language skills are key as part of the state’s Common Core standards. Yet it’s hard to determine from looking at the state’s testing data how successful schools have been in closing the achievement gap between these students and their peers since Common Core was implemented.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 3, 2019

These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Common Core, or the basic who-what-when-where-why. Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker. Assess student writing without discouraging creativity via easy-to-use tech tools. What Do You Need to Participate.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Headlines such as “ Less than half of Maryland students pass English, math assessments ” and “ Internationally, U.S. Students Are Falling ” have become so common, we are almost immune to the message. It teaches concepts as well as memorization and has a Common Core-aligned option. Khan Academy.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 9, 2013

In my desperation, I remembered a session I wandered into at AMLE the year before, where Catherine Garrison of Measured Progress gave a talk on formative assessment and learning targets coupled with the Common Core Curriculum Standards (CCCS). Providing a solid and easy way to formatively assess going forward.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 5, 2018

Age group: Middle school. Age group: Middle School. The site includes Common Core Math Standards addressed with play. Age group: High school. With this free real-time streaming stock market game, students set up accounts or join an existing group. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Its latest act: making a strategic investment in Open Assessment Technologies (OAT), a San Francisco-based startup that offers open-source tools for building and delivering digital tests. 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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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 30, 2020

SplashLearn is an easy-to-use COPA-compliant, Common Core-aligned math curriculum for grades Kindergarten-5th that uses game-based learning to teach mathematical concepts. Assess learning –today’s favorite is gameshow webtools such as Kahoot and Quizizz.

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 10, 2017

Students need opportunities for collaborating with peers, creating new ideas, and formatively assessing their knowledge, all taking place in the digital environment. Co-constructing anchor charts and a quick formative assessment during the active engagement provides educators timely information in which to inform instruction.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Many of us find students benefit greatly when the school employs curriculum-based assessments to measure progress. Because by teaching, assessing knowledge, tracking progress, and personalizing to student needs, we can determine if students are accomplishing what they must to complete the work of learning. What is Measuring Up?

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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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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Students also needed support when it came to the end of year state assessments. “We The following year, Ruiz did the same.

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

They come from sources such as the Michigan Open Book Project, Core Knowledge, CK-12, OpenStax and OER Commons. You can also share specific texts with individual students or small groups to differentiate instruction and personalize learning. It also includes feedback for learners when they answer formative assessment questions.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Assessment For Learning. We walk you through the process of distinguishing between various assessment types, building goals, identifying best practices around your assessments and analyzing your data to make lasting instructional decisions throughout the year. Study Island New Game-Based Group Sessions.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 7, 2017

Working in groups, students research opposite sides of an issue, then debate it in front of class. As they work, students “…construct viable arguments and critique reasoning of others…” More specifically (Common Core Appendix C): introduce claim. Once resources have been collected, present to the group for discussion.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2019

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. Then as a group, we try on different perspectives and opinions of how Common Core assessments are shifting the focus of American education.

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Hapara

MAY 19, 2022

The first step to planning an effective lesson is to decide what skill you will teach using the Common Core or state standards specific to your content area and grade level. Start by designing engaging learning activities to help students develop their skills, reach proficiency, and assess whether students met the learning targets.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 8, 2017

Erin Mote and Eric Tucker lead Brooklyn Lab Schools , a group of charter schools in downtown Brooklyn, and are focused on building systems that support an expanded definition of student success. An orchestra has woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings that are each instrumented to play a specific role.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Post-Pilot Results : Succeeding with Common Core—Levered's 2018-19 survey.

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 29, 2016

Two assessment companies—Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp.—are The Texas Education Agency announced last week that it will collect a fine from ETS, the company responsible for the statewide delivery and administration of its State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness tests, with liquidated damages amounting to $5.7

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