Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. Simon and the rest of the district turned their focus to food security , internet connectivity for families in need and online suicide prevention assessments.

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Strategy Learning Data Dropout 190

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Elizabeth Bassford, Vice President of Content & Implementation, Curriculum Associates As the multidisciplinary nature of astronomy is recognized, schools should look to expand curriculums with more astronomy-focused courses in 2024. The growing space industry requires a diverse workforce beyond the conventional role of engineering.

Trends 143

Trends EdTech Industry Data 143

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 13, 2016

For decades, these same institutions have independently set their own enrollment targets regardless of how many teachers schools actually need, with the result that they prepare far too many teachers in some areas (namely elementary teachers), while schools are left clamoring for teachers needed in other areas (like special education).

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Comparison Survey Policies Training 40

The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sitting at my computer screen after being directed to explore the results of the latest adaptive assessment, “smart tests”, required by the district, I hear their little joke in my head and think, “No, it sure isn’t.”. As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners. .

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Assessment Study Groups Personalized Learning 108

The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sitting at my computer screen after being directed to explore the results of the latest adaptive assessment, “smart tests”, required by the district, I hear their little joke in my head and think, “No, it sure isn’t.”. As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners. .

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Assessment Study Groups Personalized Learning 100

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 20, 2016

There are other areas that also come to mind including student grouping, assessment, and interest. I have also provided some wonderful links that will allow you to learn more about differentiated learning blended with technology, and of course … PBL. In my next post you will discover even more. I enjoy learning from all of you.

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Resources Tools Differentiated Instruction Learning 60

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Assessment as an Ongoing Act of Learning: A Heutagogical Approach: Melanie Booth. is a type of essentialist, behaviorist education based on the three Rs – receiving by listening to the teacher; responding by taking notes, studying text, and doing worksheets; and regurgitating by taking the same assessments as all other students in the cohort.

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Education Learning Resources Tools 268

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2016

Fifth-graders at Konguta Kool – an elementary school in a small Estonian village – prepare for a math lesson in the computer lab. Estonian students are among the highest performers in Europe on international math, reading and science assessments. By comparison, in the United States, students do not get the same educational experience.

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Secondary System Survey Study 0

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

Second-graders at Dunn Elementary in Kentucky. This is par for the course across the U.S. For example, they will acknowledge that it takes years to learn academic English and, in the next breath, bluster over the “achievement gaps” of English learners with graduation rates and national reading and math assessments.

Policies 40

Policies Data Common Core Comparison 40

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Elizabeth Bassford, Vice President of Content & Implementation, Curriculum Associates As the multidisciplinary nature of astronomy is recognized, schools should look to expand curriculums with more astronomy-focused courses in 2024. The growing space industry requires a diverse workforce beyond the conventional role of engineering.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

I always appreciate hearing about other writers’ struggles, of course not to revel in them but to feel okay about my own many rejections. ” Where Ideas Go to Die by Brad Gustafson ( Adjusting Course ). ” Where Ideas Go to Die by Brad Gustafson ( Adjusting Course ). Why 100 rejections?

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Maker Movement Comparison Social Media Course 28

The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sitting at my computer screen after being directed to explore the results of the latest adaptive assessment, “smart tests”, required by the district, I hear their little joke in my head and think, “No, it sure isn’t.”. As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners.

Assessment 52

Assessment Study Groups Personalized Learning 52

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

students are justifiably exhausted and nervous from too much homework — even though some international comparisons suggest they’re sitting comfortably at the average. The best answer comes from something called the National Assessment of Educational Progress or NAEP. Well, here goes. How much homework do U.S. students get?

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Comparison Survey Report Study 28

The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Title for Kaylsta: 3 assessment tools that support student individuality and assets (not deficits). Original title: assessment-tools-that-support-student-individuality. There is another approach to assessment that supports students’ individuality and provides teachers with effective information about their learning.

Assessment 52

Assessment Study Groups Personalized Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2023

That year, 90 percent of Blythewood students passed the Algebra 1 end-of-course exam, an increase from the previous year’s passage rate of 87 percent. Gaps between how minority students perform academically in comparison to their White peers have long been an issue across the country.

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Course Report Data STEM 85

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

O’Neal Elementary School, in Elgin, Illinois, none of the third graders could read and write at grade level according to state tests in 2019. Just nine miles away sits Centennial Elementary School, where 73 percent of third graders met grade-level standards on that same test. At Ronald D. This story also appeared in Daily Herald.

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Data Elementary Trends Analysis 144

Brainscape

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

To us “big kids”, the stuff taught in kindergarten couldn’t seem more elementary in nature: ABC’s, recognizing numbers and shapes, the colors of the rainbow, etc … But to little kids, this first year of formal schooling is a huge learning curve that goes well beyond the curriculum.

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Comparison Adaptive Learning Examples Elementary 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

More than 60 percent of American fourth-graders are not proficient readers, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and it’s been that way since testing began in the 1990s. The problem is that many American elementary schools aren’t doing that. “We never looked at brain research.

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Training Elementary Report Study 112

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

A student at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School. At one table, the conversation turned to the growing pains of changing course from the traditional “sage on a stage” teaching model, where a teacher holds forth at the front of the classroom while students listen, to a student-focused, personalized model.

Personalized Learning 145

Personalized Learning Education Learning Elementary 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

But these “action research” studies are often poorly designed without comparison or control groups and their conclusions — my idea worked! The students who were prompted to use pencil and paper scored 13 points higher on homework than those who used the online tool as usual and they had better end-of-course results.

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Classroom Groups Comparison Study 136

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2016

Educators prefer to call the new exams assessments, because they’re so different in form and format from traditional standardized tests. It’s very important for arts to be seen as a subject that can be and should be tested,” said Frank Philip, an arts education assessment consultant. The same was true of music courses.

Education 40

Education Assessment Guidelines Elementary 40

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2018

Of course the whole process breaks down when this process is less about listening and adjusting, and more about verifying already decided upon approaches. While messaging might seem trivial in comparison to these other practices, I can’t emphasize enough how vague marketing can turn teachers off.

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EdTech Tools Examples Common Core 123

ViewSonic Education

JUNE 20, 2019

First, taking the time to assess your needs and installation conditions will help you pick an education projector you’ll be satisfied with. Assess lighting conditions and ability to control ambient light. There is, of course, a great deal of overlap among these categories. Finally, you’ll want to assess connectivity.

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Education Video Laptops Classroom 150

MindShift

JANUARY 26, 2021

While there are limits to comparisons between the two educational approaches — special education is legally mandated and personalized learning is a loosely defined pedagogical philosophy that takes many forms — some of the cracks that have appeared in personalized learning are not unlike those facing special education.

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Personalized Learning Education Learning Training 45

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Sponsored By Advancement Courses The holidays are just around the corner, and this is the perfect time to start planning your PD. Get started by going to advancementcourses.com/coolcat to explore over 240 graduate-level online PD courses in 19 different subject areas. Plus, you can save 20% of your order the code COOL20.

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Trends Digital Citizenship Facebook Edcamps 241

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Even without providing you the final tally of funding for 2016, I can point to other signals about what’s happened to ed-tech startups over the course of the last twelve months – their sustainability, their viability. (Or These are just the ones that were reported by the press, of course.). Why, schools of course.

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

In an emailed statement, Pearson said the company often creates “custom editions of our textbooks” to meet state requirements but that the Texas and California high school versions are not an “apples-to-apples comparison” because of the different time frames in which the books were published and the different approaches to high school science.).

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Pearson Guidelines Company Study 127