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MAY 8, 2023

He feels like he’s given increasingly less leeway in how to implement the curricula he receives from his district, even when students are not fully understanding key concepts. That’s led to a growing interest in changing how it’s done, with political fights over how to shake things up and large investments into improving math curriculum.

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MARCH 29, 2022

Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-your-own adventure (kind of) role playing. Students finish the program with an assessment of knowledge and certificates. Some are narrative; others games.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

That includes everything from Common Core to the IB philosophy, from Depth of Knowledge to Project-based Learning. Assessment is about my impact. Visible Learning focuses on how to learn , not the constructs like sitting quietly and starting school at 8 a.m. I confess, I found it frustrating. I am a change agent.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2018

Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Teacher-prep programs, she added, bear a large part of the responsibility here: Many teachers-in-training receive just one course in how to teach reading — a teaching task which experts agree is extremely complex — before heading into the classroom. BRONX, N.Y. —

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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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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2016

But measuring how well schools are reaching English-learners is not easy, at least not from looking at the state’s accountability data. Strong language skills are key as part of the state’s Common Core standards. For one, the way English learners are tracked creates somewhat of a Catch-22 situation.

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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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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

The schools were recently in the news for their relatively strong performance on what’s known as the Nation’s Report Card, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). But it’s not helpful to simply set aside DoDEA schools when looking at the Nation’s Report Card scores. schools more broadly. Related: Schools on U.S.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

An increasing number of schools —including charter and traditional public schools—are making a similar move to ditch traditional grades in favor of a more robust approach to assessing students’ skills. So how to reap the benefits of competency-based education and make sure parents, teachers and other stakeholders are on board?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift The nine authors, most of whom hail from the University of Virginia, issued a press release trumpeting it as the first long-term study of a knowledge-rich curriculum and the first to show outsized gains on state assessments. They said the gains were large enough to catapult U.S.

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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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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. During the last school year, only 40 percent of fourth-graders nationwide scored at a proficient level in a nationwide math assessment. It’s how we recruit, how we use resources, how we conduct business in the district.”. BERWYN, Ill. —

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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. How Teachers Can Help Students Cope with Test Anxiety.

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APRIL 6, 2020

Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-. Students finish the program with an assessment of knowledge and certificates. The app also includes which Common Core Math Standards are addressed by the gameplay.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Teachers often spend many hours at night or on weekends searching the internet for good instructional materials – or just good ideas about how to meld online learning into their classrooms. The post How to sort the good from the bad in OER appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

How many times have you experienced teachers who based report card grades on how well students complete classwork, homework, and quizzes? For example, a book report may require a certain number of written (or typed) pages or paragraphs rather than evidence that the student drew conclusions and summarized knowledge.

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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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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

Mathew Felton-Koestler, known as “Mathy Matt” on his YouTube channel , makes videos for parents that explain why and how young kids are learning math these days. He has two sets of videos specifically on the Common Core, in which he talks about the kindergarten and the third grade standards. Credit: Michelle Majdoch.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Kate showed James this otherworldly site, and James tested how the AI was answering questions with intriguing bias depending on the type of question (“What’s the best way to stop terrorists?” vs. “How to bring peace to the Middle East”). Instead, I hope that you will feel more prepared with how to address AI in your classroom.

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JUNE 26, 2015

In fact, Forbes reported that 82% of public high schoolers in the well-to-do Montgomery County Maryland failed Algebra. DimensionU is a collection of engaging interactive multiplayer fantasy games for grades 2-10 (some can be played solo) that focus on core skills in mathematics and literacy. Click the link for more detail.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2015

positive parent reports. aligned with Blooms Taxonomy, Common Core, ISTE, or other state/national/international standards. positive parent reports. aligned with Blooms Taxonomy, Common Core, ISTE, or other state/national/international standards. The progress reports highlight individual strengths and needs.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Online assessments are becoming more common, and students who have strong digital literacy skills often score higher on them. Students who lack these skills may not be able to effectively demonstrate mastery of key concepts in math, reading or writing on online assessments.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Children in early elementary school have had their most formative first few years of education disrupted by the pandemic, years when they learn basic math and reading skills and important social-emotional skills, like how to get along with peers and follow routines in a classroom. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report.

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MAY 28, 2019

Quick Take: Overview of educational assessment tools focusing on Summative assessment and Formative assessment. A comparison of summative assessment and formative assessment. The main components of being an educator are preparation, teaching, and assessment. How to explain summative assessment.

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MAY 25, 2017

At Wildwood, we have been holding K-8 student-led report card conferences for parents for six years. Students also have to select and unpack several Common Core standards to assess the quality with which they defend and showcase their theme. IB is fundamentally and foremost about the student, not about a program.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Common Core expect students to write-edit-resubmit. How often do you personally rewrite an email before sending? These are difficult to quantify on a report card, but critical to life-long success. Notice their risk-taking curiosity, how they color outside the lines. Assess grit. Do the same with assessment.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

So why shouldn’t students create videos when constructing knowledge for formative or summative assessments? Why insist they write a report, participate in a play, or create a poster instead? That’s right out of Common Core writing standards. How to Teach a Tech Lesson–the Movie. More on videos.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

On the whole, many teachers don’t understand how to use them. To simplify the process for teachers, they’ve aligned their virtual math manipulatives to Common Core and State Standards. You can print out parent reports in their native language too.) How can I use them in a math classroom to teach math?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

schools assess. If students have never heard of the game polo, for example, a passage about polo on a test will likely confuse them so much that they flounder when asked to summarize the passage, even if they know how to summarize. Related: Opinion: How our youngest, neediest learners benefit from deeper phonics and other reforms.

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JUNE 11, 2018

Working together over the course of the year, we—at Torah Academy and Kiddom—together learned three powerful lessons about how to deliver personalized support to educators: 1. Teachers learned how to move their existing curriculum from Google Drive into collaborative Kiddom classes. She struggled to figure out what was going on.

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MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. During the last school year, only 40 percent of fourth-graders nationwide scored at a proficient level in a nationwide math assessment. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. BERWYN, Ill. —

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2020

In a report published in May, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics recommended that districts eliminate tracking in middle school math. Another DeWitt math teacher reported similar numbers. “We Later on, when we have jobs, we’ll have to learn how to work with different types of people and answer questions,” he said.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

The exam, known as PARCC — which stands for Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers — was aligned to the Common Core, a set of national educational standards for what students should be able to do in each grade in English and math. Related: Common Core testing showdown in Massachusetts.

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2018

But many aren’t sure how to justify using podcasts in the classroom. That’s how I got started. I wanted to use Serial as a primary text for at least a few weeks, but I wasn’t sure how it would fit in with Common Core or how it might affect my students’ reading habits.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2016

Teachers participate in a Common Core training session in Kingsport, Tenn. Raymond Pecheone, executive director of the Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity. The trouble emerges when the assessment is used as a policy tool.”. A majority thought the test helped them reflect on their teaching practice.

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Educators can manage/create student accounts, take attendance, grade, and assess students in real-time, and much much more. Rosetta Stone for Kids - A wonderful free iPad app for kids ages 3-7 learning how to read. . Rosetta Stone for Kids - A wonderful free iPad app for kids ages 3-7 learning how to read. iPads/Chromebooks).

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JULY 22, 2015

Accomplishing this so it serves educational goals isn’t as much about knowing how to use the tools as constructing knowledge in an organic, scalable way. For example, a picture taken in Google Earth is added to a slide deck for a geography report. Multimedia projects. Quick writes on the computer. Otherwise, discuss it.

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