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. Procedures and strategies are easier. Content is hard.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2020

It is a fast-paced, interactive game that engages students in football strategy while teaching money management skills. Students finish the program with an assessment of knowledge and certificates. It also includes a teacher’s guide, a series of lesson plans, and the Common Core standards addressed.

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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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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. Student Performance Improves on State Assessments.

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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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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

But this strategy had a fundamental error. Likewise, higher education institutions have tried various strategies to boost student enrollment but haven’t stepped back to ask, “Who is not completing applications?” Census Bureau and school features from the Common Core of Data maintained by the U.S. Department of Education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2018

Here, you can register for an SAT test, send score reports to colleges, go behind the curtain to see what concepts are tested on each section, and practice for the test with authentic questions and full-length practice tests. Parents, teachers, and counselors can monitor a student’s progress by viewing real-time reports.

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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

MARCH 19, 2021

He has two sets of videos specifically on the Common Core, in which he talks about the kindergarten and the third grade standards. Sylvia Majdoch, 9, pictured here during a remote school day at her home in Florida, is the fourth in her family to take on math using the principles of Common Core.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 5, 2018

The site includes Common Core Math Standards addressed with play. They invest virtual cash, research their strategy with over a hundred videos and tutorials, and compete against classmates and the world to see how successful they would be if they were using their money. How the Stock Market Works. How the Stock Market Works.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Common Core expect students to write-edit-resubmit. These are difficult to quantify on a report card, but critical to life-long success. Anecdotally assess their daily efforts and let that count as much as a summative exam that judges a point in time. Share strategies for problem solving. Assess grit.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2019

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, 25 percent of students nationwide are writing on grade level, and 3 percent are considered advanced. The Common Core, in part a response to the poor quality of writing nationwide, pushes length and text complexity. Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The benchmarks are similar to those used in the more than 40 states that, along with the District of Columbia, adopted the national Common Core standards a decade ago. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report Heather Miller’s students frequently write in notebooks to show their progress in writing skills.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 7, 2015

Mindprint Learning provides a cognitive assessment developed for children that can be administered online. Results are presented in a learning profile of strengths and weaknesses along with recommendations of learning strategies and supports. Computerized method for assessing cognitive domains. How do you use research?

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 18, 2016

million for scoring 2015-16 assessments in Tennessee after the state terminated a contract in April with Measurement Inc. Pearson, a global education company that counts assessments as less than 10 percent of its total revenues , will score about 1.8 Pearson has been awarded a contract worth about $18.5 million tests.

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2018

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. But many aren’t sure how to justify using podcasts in the classroom. That’s how I got started. Serial , Season 1, Episode 1, “The Alibi” | Transcript.

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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. Students can still receive traditional letter grades,” he explains of his plans to roll out an alternative assessment model. “Or

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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 Now some experts are encouraging school districts to step away from the practice. Still, the research is not unequivocal.

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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. BERWYN, Ill. — But the early-grade math skills of these same low-income children have not received equal attention. It’s not just about teachers teaching.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2019

As the artificial intelligence revolution comes to education, teachers are rightly concerned that AI in schools will replace the human assessment of human learning. I can attach custom rubrics to various assignments or choose pre-built ones aligned with Common Core standards. appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2018

Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. These techniques include how to create strong, guided reading instruction, how to select and appropriately use high-quality texts and how to assess each child’s reading level to better target guided and independent reading. BRONX, N.Y. —

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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. Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Higher Education.

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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

JULY 1, 2018

Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. What does personalized learning mean to the perennial tug-of-war over content — in higher education’s “great books” debate over whether students should absorb the Western canon or study what they want, and, at the K-12 level, over the Common Core? What can that look like?

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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. Gooru - A great place for students to find study guides on a wide range of subjects that are aligned to Common Core Standards and ideal for personalized learning. iPads/Chromebooks). Teachley: Mt. .

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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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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 21, 2016

” The company’s chief executive officer, John Fallon, said the company has fallen short of some recent key financial goals, but predicted the changes in strategy would help it turn a corner. But the education provider said it has launched a “rigorous, bottom-up review of our markets, our operations, and our financial plans.”

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eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2015

The system provides educators the contextual information they need to gauge class performance against each standard and effectively plan the next steps in their curriculum and instructional strategy. Material from a press release was used in this report. The Standards Tracker is available for the 2015-16 school year.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Teachers report that nurturing the whole child develop brings a spark back to teaching that is too often buried under an avalanche of paperwork, meetings, and frantic Sunday-night searches for lesson plans. Simple—but not easy We know that curating resources and strategies like these requires something that teachers have very little of—time.

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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

JULY 29, 2016

Reuters reported that the company’s shares were the biggest losers on Britain’s Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 for the day. Another reason was a change in the revenue model at Pearson’s Connections Education , which changed the way it reports its sales, the company said. billion for the first half of 2016.

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techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

Math RIT points on the NWEA MAP Growth Math Assessment from winter to spring, exceeding expected growth of 3.3 Math RIT points.” “Stride also has the Progress Monitoring Assessments (PMAs) that can be administered four times per year.” Outcomes: Using UpSmart, Wirth’s students “gained an average of 5.5 points based on national norms.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The latest addition to Discovery Education’s award-winning line of digital textbooks, Math Techbook aims to transform the way students and teachers experience math through engaging instructional strategies and real-world problems that motivate and excite students with diverse learning styles.

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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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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Working in collaboration with content experts from Bill Nye the Science Guy, LucasArts, Cal Tech’s Tectonics Observatory and Boston University, GameDesk merged its assessment-driven and game-based learning design practices to foster deep conceptual learning of various geosciences subjects.

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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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