A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Even though countless studies have debunked this means to truly assess teacher effectiveness states have moved full steam ahead ignoring the research. What results is the proliferation of an industrialized model of education that reformers claim they want to get away from, but the policies they support only help to sustain it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Common practice was to assign a chapter to read in a textbook and then a worksheet to assess student knowledge. Most include class ideas for usage and an assessment to determine if students got what you put out there. When I started teaching, videos were a rarity. All are available for viewing and/or immediate download.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

An industry-leading author, speaker, and educator, Fennell is widely published in professional journals and textbooks related to PreK–8 mathematics education. Fennell’s experience and expertise make him the ideal educator to review and critique hand2mind’s Hands-On Standards product line.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

You pick your subject area, let’s say it’s language, and you have a set of standards, like the Common Core standards. But I haven’t gotten a sense yet—and I could be wrong—that the testing industry is taking them seriously. The testing industry responds to state RFPs, requests for proposals.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 13, 2015

The Assessment Range: Using Data In The Classroom To Meaningfully Affect Learning. If you don’t already have a plan for the data before giving the assessment, you’re already behind. These are industrial documents. What Should Assessments “Do”? by Terry Heick.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2019

This was not the first drop in national test scores since the biennial test, called the National Assessment of Educational Progress or NAEP, was first administered in the early 1990s. Every state has its own annual assessments but they vary in difficulty and how they are scored. Scores also dropped between 2013 and 2015. Related: U.S.

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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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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2020

This video shows the Thinkster Math interface Students’ skills are first assessed to find strengths and weaknesses, and parents answer a questionnaire on academic goals. Thinkster’s math lessons are aligned to state and Common Core standards. Those points can be spent on gift cards to retailers like Amazon and Best Buy.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2017

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. ” Experience.

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Knowledge Avatars K-12

JANUARY 17, 2021

As early as my first year of teaching, Robinson realized that to encourage greater engagement in schools, the world's Industrial Era teaching model would have to go. All higher-level thinking skills are difficult to assess. One reason for this is that creativity is difficult to measure objectively.

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Tech Helpful

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

I hear business owners, marketing directors, and whole industries trying to figure out what is next in the circles I am in regarding the increased saturation of voice speakers such as Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. I heard a leading CEO for a media company say "our industry has to stop trying to force what we do into these new platforms.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

While the emergence of “edtech” and the growing tide of investment towards this industry has led to a seemingly endless proliferation of new startups claiming to be in service of education, the perception of many educators, including some of my professors at Penn, is often one of skepticism.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

A common set of academic standards could alleviate the discovery issue, but several states have withdrawn from the Common Core State Standards and decided to adopt their own. were part of the Common Core initiative, but several have dropped this school year.) Forty-two states and Washington, D.C.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

Cali Morrison added: “I define CBE as personalized pace, mastery-based learning where students demonstrate mastery through authentic assessment and progress as they learn rather than after a set amount of time.”. An assessment that shows knowledge, skill and abilities in context will be a valuable asset,” she tweeted.

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The Innovative Educator

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

The show was a joint effort between the XQ Institute and Entertainment Industry Foundation which last tackled standing up to cancer and is now focused on rethinking education. Where do those things fit in, in a culture of a common core and standard assessments? We need to rethink one-size-fits all assessments.

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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. Now look, I want the industry to win.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2017

In this ever-dynamic landscape, “common” standards for education seemingly get a bad rap, but they’re useful, particularly for the development and distribution of open education resources (OER). When OER curation was in its infancy, there were few common standards in place for vetting and cataloging this content.

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The 21st Century Principal

DECEMBER 15, 2013

These eight fallacies are at the heart of current education policy from increased standardized testing, using of test scores in teacher evaluations, implementation of the Common Core Curriculum, and our incessant focus on accountability. It views teachers as expendable just as business and industry currently views their own employees.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

SimCityEDU , an Educator Innovator partner, is proudly releasing its first game-based learning and assessment product built on the popular SimCity video game platform. policymakers and industry innovators, presented by The Atlantic , the Aspen Institute , and the Newseum. And now the just-released SimCityEDU: Pollution Challenge!

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 8, 2015

Its goal is to help educators with the creation of assessment rubrics for a wide variety of student activities. There are numerous STEM possibilities that will guide student learning and assessment. Student teams address a challenge that confronts our nation’s leading industries. Department of Education.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

The Maine DOE defines proficiency-based education as an academic assessment approach that requires students to demonstrate mastery of certain skills before they progress to the next lesson, get promoted to the next grade level, or receive a diploma.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 21, 2015

Questar Assessment Inc. has been the subject of far fewer headlines in recent years than some of the major players in the testing industry, like Pearson, McGraw-Hill Education/CTB, and the Educational Testing Service. But lately, the Twin Cities-based company has.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

In the case of education—an industry that claims to focus on the future but remains powerfully committed to the past—the truth that our minds can’t operate fast enough to track shifts in the world has critical implications. The current arguments over the Common Core State Standards underscore our confusion. Minimize Testing .

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2018

Twelfth-graders’ scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress have barely budged over the last 10 years. Plus the decline in remedial enrollments appeared in 2015, not long after the Common Core State Standards were implemented. now ranks near the bottom among 35 industrialized nations in math. Related: U.S.

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

The disruptions in online assessments that roiled Montana, Nevada, and North Dakota in the spring of 2015 appear to have had both negative and positive effects on individual students’ test scores, according to a new analysis. See also: Assessment Fallout: Texas Fines ETS, Nevada Says DRC Misses Deadlines. We’re really moving on.”.

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eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

These harsh punishments lead some districts to “teach the test” and prioritize third party assessment scores over student engagement and learning. Under ESSA, states are not required to adhere to Common Core Standards, but the act says that state-determined standards must prepare all students for postsecondary success.

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Connecting 2 the World

APRIL 29, 2016

Many experts in industry and the workplace have identified a lack of skills by new college graduates needed for the 21 st century workplace. and mathematical reasoning (Hilborn and Friedlander). self-regulated learning, communication, networking, critical thinking, analysis, and problem solving.)

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 1, 2016

A panel of learning scientists, educators, and others then evaluated the companies based on several factors, including their potential to improve student learning; their stability; and their alignment to learning science and common-core standards. Test Score Gains. How to Build a Research Base for Your K-12 Product.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

Others went deep, with curriculum, intervention and assessment stacks. All of these players, new and old, are operating in a stable yet fragmented market, finding product-market fit in school systems’ existing market segments: core, supplemental, and assessment. (I Assessment (including state tests) is another $1.2

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

The company also works on large-scale assessments for 16 other states and is one of two companies in the running to design the MCAS 2.0. Now, it’s time to start writing questions, or “items” as they’re called in the industry. A good item is clear and concise and will address the standard it’s supposed to be assessing.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2017

Summative assessments evaluate competencies in each course through the year, instead of the quarters to reach a “3” in each competency to achieve course credit. Related: Personalized learning and Common Core: Mortal enemies? Many courses are integrated to scaffold learning, but also to make content relevant.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

as if offended by her cruel self-assessment. Dozens of states have incorporated more rigorous standards through the implementation of the Common Core. In fact, down the hallway from his algebra class, two industrious history teachers were trying out their own strategies. Don’t be nervous,” he said. .

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2018

When they go out into industry, we want them to know how to think.”. When they go out into industry, we want them to know how to think.”. Students spend five consecutive instructional days in core classes like math and English, and then switch over to five consecutive days in their vocational programs. needs more tradespeople.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

Content is mapped to a variety of levels and standards including common core. You will note that many activities let the teacher see assessment results after student completion of an activity. This allows for outstanding formative learning and assessment which makes alignment with lessons quick, easy, and rewarding!

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

The district also embraced the new Common Core standards, despite controversy elsewhere. The Common Core standards led the district to databases where teachers can download the nonfiction reading heavily emphasized in the standards. Related: Schools on U.S. Afterward, J.C. Our kids deserve it,” Hajek said.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 23, 2015

Contains formative learning and assessment opportunities. Content is mapped to a variety of levels and standards including common core. You will note that many activities let the teacher see assessment results after student completion of an activity. Is based on standards. Is often amplified by technology.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Dr. Rachel Clarke, Principal Globalizing the English Common Core Reading Materials - Ashley Gwinn Master Teacher and Curriculum Specialist Gomabseubnida, Seoul: How My Summer in Korea Made Me a Better Teacher. - Barrios, Ed.D.; Associate Professor Harmonizing Global Alliances: A Case Study of Afghanistan - Maria A.

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