Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It’s one relevant to past research about barriers preventing students from enrolling in college, said Taylor Odle, an assistant professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-author of the “non-submitters” study. Census Bureau and school features from the Common Core of Data maintained by the U.S.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

I’ll explain more on this later but for now… #3 You can “protect” your classroom (kind of…) If you’re still in the camp of “No AI in my class” (whether by choice or by your school’s policy for the next school year), you can somewhat do that. ChatGPT) well. However, there are limitations to using AI detectors.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 9, 2016

The testing world is being gripped by two overriding, and often competing forces: the continued reliance on big, high-stakes assessments for accountability purposes, and the rise of more sophisticated, nimble, and smaller-scale digital assessments, largely at the classroom level. It has become a part of [our] DNA.”.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

The tool that helped identify the gaps in the first place is called the Knowledge Map , developed at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy based on the value of content knowledge. In those countries, schools are expected to teach all students common content. schools assess.

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eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

have expressed frustration with No Child Left Behind, an educational policy that has been derided by educators as placing too much emphasis on standardized testing and failing to address racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps. educational policy: College and Career Readiness. That’s why we need to fix No Child Left Behind.”.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Better results for project-based learning were documented on a variety of tests, from Advanced Placement exams in high school to annual state assessments in math and reading in sixth grade. The post PROOF POINTS: Four new studies bolster the case for project-based learning appeared first on The Hechinger Report. We know it works.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. 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. Related: U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Since the biennial test, called the National Assessment of Educational Progress or NAEP, was first administered in the early 1990s, student achievement, particularly in math, steadily improved until the late 2000s, then flatlined. . Policy changes may play a role too.

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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.”. We’re asking them to assess students.”. We’re asking them to plan lessons.

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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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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2018

Even before California became the latest state to adopt policies limiting remedial enrollments, community college remedial math course-taking had dropped dramatically, falling 30 percent over a five-year period, from 1.1 Twelfth-graders’ scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress have barely budged over the last 10 years.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 25, 2015

In this follow-up post we look more closely at a range of data from two successful schools and one school identified in the Cuomo Report on Failing Schools. Here are its survey and quality report data: Overall Survey Data (and comparative graduation data). Selected quotes from the school Quality Review Report, based on site visits.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

As EdSurge and others have reported , these companies greatly concentrate in B2C English and tutoring services (and sometimes a combination of both). Japan’s education policy has also been debating whether or not to adopt yutori ky?iku The education markets in China and Japan have birthed many prosperous companies. In the U.S.,

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Teachers participate in a Common Core training session in Kingsport, Tenn. The growing movement to require aspiring teachers to pass performance-based assessments to demonstrate that they can teach what they know – to all of their students – is a seismic shift for the field.

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 21, 2016

“Our competitive performance during the last three years has been strong, but the cyclical and policy related challenges in our biggest markets have been more pronounced and persisted for longer than anticipated,” Fallon said in a statement. Ramping Up Online Programs. See also: Tough Choices for PARCC as States Drop Out.

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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. We’re very confident that our products are aligned to the common core.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 10, 2016

In Great Britain, government officials and their testing contractor, Pearson, are investigating how the answers for a spelling and grammar assessment ended up on a site where they didn’t belong. The policy angered parents , who described it as a Big-Brother-ish level of oversight. Anti-testing sentiment has washed over many U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

More than ever, education leaders must design policies and instructional practices to best support these students. And yet, as a recent Hechinger Report article recently highlighted, the state’s data systems make it extremely difficult to distill a clear picture of what is working with English learners. It’s not just Kentucky.

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Insight Education Group

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Continue to implement high-quality annual summative assessments to measure student progress toward standards—and remind school communities of why assessments matter. Rethink local assessment systems to emphasize the need for fewer and higher quality assessments, and provide professional learning to build teachers' assessment literacy.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2016

Now grown up and a teacher herself, Meeka couldn’t help glaring at it as if it were responsible for how bored she was listening to Mrs. Brown painstakingly review the senseless rubric her group would be assessed with. Related: Elementary school teachers struggle with Common Core math standards. Meeka looked at the clock again.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

At the same time there must be formative assessment and proper guidance that promotes needed success and growth. Cast Science Writer – This amazing UDL tool from the people at CAST scaffolds the process of supporting students in writing lab and class reports. This tool is geared toward middle school and high school students.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Photo: Kyle Spencer/The Hechinger Report. as if offended by her cruel self-assessment. Dozens of states have incorporated more rigorous standards through the implementation of the Common Core. Photo: Kyle Spencer/The Hechinger Report. Michael Gallin is a math teacher at Kappa International High School in the Bronx.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2018

Photo: Gretchen Ertl for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Gretchen Ertl for The Hechinger Report. Essex Tech’s state-approved admissions policy considers prior academic performance, teacher recommendations and an in-person interview among other factors. The shop classes prepare us for what we’ll have to be able to do.”.

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MindShift

AUGUST 24, 2015

” Finn is not just a proud grandpa; he’s a long-established expert on education policy with the Fordham Institute and Hoover Institution. students are classified as “high achievers” in mathematics, according to the most recent international assessments. educating its top performers? percent of U.S.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

It is also important to gauge students’ age and ability while aligning it with the district AUP (Acceptable Use Policy) and the each tool’s Terms of Use. Content is mapped to a variety of levels and standards including common core. These chunks can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. Involve Parents.

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techlearning

JULY 17, 2018

have reported positive impact on their classes. “I The curriculum I am using with my students, Smithsonian Science and Technology Concepts Middle School, really helped me do a lesson that addressed all areas of good teaching, all aligned to NGSS and Common Core State Standards! All standards, all students.

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Connecting 2 the World

APRIL 29, 2016

The planning framework came out of the universals we identified in giving students the skills expected from employers, students, policy makers, educators, and society in general. Special Report: The Employment Mismatch. However, we discovered the same gap between high school students and employer expectations. References: Bersin, J.,

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Fractus Learning

JULY 23, 2015

Update your Acceptable Use Policy. Tune up/check your Google Apps for Ed (GAFE) policies and settings. – Fast and fun game-based formative assessment. Karen and Gene co-author the Communicate.Create.Edtech blog, which reports on practical, classroom-proven tools for Common Core and more.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

They were also given a common planning period to discuss student progress and problems and consider ways to make lessons more rigorous and engaging. There were people who really didn’t believe the reports,” he said. The district also embraced the new Common Core standards, despite controversy elsewhere. percent in 2007.

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eSchool News

MARCH 24, 2016

New report finds Common Core is affecting reading and math — but not test scores. On that point, it appears Common Core’s changes are winning out over entrenched practice. In math, the report notes that CCSS take a “more restricted view.” The findings?

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edWeb.net

MARCH 1, 2020

Whether schools are 1:1 or still relying on computer carts, the move to online assessments creates new needs from devices to professional development to data privacy policies. Have an instructional framework centered around curriculum design before talking about assessment. Feedback is more than just one assessment.

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Online Assessments Assessment Student Data Privacy BYOD 52

MindShift

MAY 23, 2016

It changed what math meant,” said Maria Velazquez, who now studies education policy at the University of Wisconsin. “It Each student in the group has a role: team captain, resource manager, recorder-reporter and facilitator. . ‘It has expanded my thinking about what makes you smart at math.’

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The App Hub is dedicated to bringing transparency to developers’ data and accessibility policies, and to help decision-makers find information about apps to meet the unique learning goals and policies of their school districts.”. Developers Resource Page – a resource page for app developers to access best practices and policies.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

New Hampshire is adopting it, too, and developing a statewide assessment method that would replace most standardized tests. Government policy has also contributed to its adoption. He rejects the notion that students have learned something simply because they can pass a series of assessments. 442, teachers said. Students at M.S.

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Evelyn Learning

MAY 14, 2023

Assessing the Curriculum as per the New Age Requirements Currently, a lot of moderation can be seen in the education sector. Alex said that the biggest change he has seen is not in the topics we’re teaching, but rather how it’s been taught and this is now formalized in many of the newer standards which come under the Common Core.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2018

The boom and bust of Common Core standards have left their mark, just as new concerns over media literacy and privacy are doing currently. As a director for Common Sense Education , I’ve enjoyed something of a ringside seat, having edited close to 1,000 edtech reviews written by expert educators.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Bits of student performance data are only just starting to trickle out of the pilot schools, so it’s too early to assess most of them quantitatively. Summit partnered with Stanford’s Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity to develop the rubric for evaluating the cognitive skills in each grade. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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