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Stop working off a deficit model with 3 assessment ideas that support student individuality

The Cornerstone for Teachers

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.”. From these programs teachers are armed with “personalized learning plans” for each student. .

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Stop working off a deficit model with 3 assessment ideas that support student individuality

The Cornerstone for Teachers

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.”. From these programs teachers are armed with “personalized learning plans” for each student. .

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An Onboarding Course to Help Your New Edtech Hires Empathize With Educators

Edsurge

Over the past seven years, we’ve continually developed and tweaked a seminar-style onboarding course to help all new employees, regardless of their background, catch up to speed on key issues in education and technology. Engage Edtech Employees in Extended Learning We call the program Freshman Seminar.

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Assessment strategies in higher education- What are formative and summative approaches in student assessment?

Linways Technologies

Every time we interact with them, we learn something new. To do so, they need to have a proper assessment strategy in place. In the absence of a clear mapping between program outcomes and assessment tools, student achievement of program outcomes is inaccurate and unreliable.

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Choosing Not to Grade Student Work

User Generated Education

I teach graduate courses in education and counseling. I am a seminar facilitator for student teachers, and I teach gifted education at three Title 1 elementary schools. For the graduate courses, I still am the grader-in-chief. I have said for decades that I love teaching but I hate grading.

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School and Job Tips for Young Adults

Ask a Tech Teacher

While getting ready to take standardized tests in high school or after, prep courses can assist motivated candidates in achieving better scores. Other no cost learning resources include institution sponsored tutoring programs, online seminars, and self-help guidebooks. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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The Humanities May Be Declining at Universities — But They’re Thriving on Zoom

Edsurge

It sounds at first like an ambitious book club—except for the fact that many of these seminars are organized and led by college professors, some so eager to participate that they do it for free. Although some of their seminars are intended as what Hitz calls a “friendly supplement” to college curricula, others are more openly antagonistic.

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