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School Leadership in the Common Core Era

A Principal's Reflections

Second, we advocate for the development of an action plan for educating the not-so-common learners that is research-based, achievable, and reaches beyond any current educational reform initiative for school improvement. Who Are the Not-So-Common Learners? References Dove, M. & Honigsfeld, A. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.

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Teacher tricks: Grading & assessment

Neo LMS

My second post examined a number of useful resources for how to create shortcuts in your lesson planning, without sacrificing quality or outcomes. The bottom line is that teachers across the country are expected to assess students according to a range of standards, without reducing teaching to merely “teaching to test”.

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Rhode Island Approves IXL for K-12 Blended Learning and Assessment

eSchool News

Schools and districts in the state can now support blended learning with IXL and implement the Real-Time Diagnostic to assess students’ knowledge levels in math and reading. RIDE’s adoption of the Real-Time Diagnostic clears a path for educators to make significant strides towards boosting learning outcomes.”.

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How to write SMART learning objectives in your LMS

Neo LMS

SMART learning objectives refer to intended learning outcomes that follow a certain structure. Finally, SMART goals will help you continuously optimize and improve your teaching and assessment. . Some LMSs already offer a set of built-in curriculum standards such as US Common Core Standards. . Mastery coverage.

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AdvancED to Merge With Assessment Maker, Measured Progress to Form $120M Nonprofit

Edsurge

Two national education nonprofits whose school improvement and assessment tools impact millions of students across the country are merging. What AdvancED has so far lacked, according to Elgart, are assessment tools that “provide a link between school quality measures and student outcomes.” Several years ago, the Dover, N.H.-based

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“It’s unfair” special education students lag behind under Common Core in Kentucky

The Hechinger Report

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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How Science of Reading Research Affirms the Impact of Waterford’s Evidence-Based Reading Intervention Program

Waterford

The vast majority of students need systematic and explicit instruction to build reading proficiency. Follow the link here to view Waterford PreK-2 correlations relevant to your state or district.