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Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

Writing to Learn: How Writing Positively Impacts Learning & Academic Success The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) states that writing is “ one of the most important skills that students acquire and develop during K-12 schooling. Handbook of Writing Research , 2, 194-207. Shanahan, T.

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Are Your Students as Far Behind as Mine?

EdTechTeacher

The big idea of mastery learning is that at the end of a unit/chapter, students take a summative assessment and if they pass, they move on to the next unit. If they don’t, they receive remediation and then continue to work on mastering the content until they pass the summative assessment. Challenges to Mastery Learning. Learn More.

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Are Your Students as Far Behind as Mine?

Turning Learning On Its Head

The big idea of mastery learning is that at the end of a unit/chapter, students take a summative assessment and if they pass, they move on to the next unit. If they don’t, they receive remediation and then continue to work on mastering the content until they pass the summative assessment. Challenges to Mastery Learning.

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Grade Change: Moving a School Culture Forward

A Principal's Reflections

Multiple forms of formal assessment : Marking period grades have to be comprised of multiple forms of assessment. Failure floor : As per HS grading practices detailed in the current student handbook, a 64 or below is failing. If this is the case submit a referral to the I&RS team.

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One surprising barrier to college success: Dense higher education lingo

The Hechinger Report

Cluttered with confusing terminology, it and other densely worded documents are a surprisingly significant barrier to students — especially students who don’t have college counselors to help them or parents with higher educations. For the most part, it’s hard to understand this.”. It’s not like the ‘university payment center.’

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How to craft useful, student-centered social media policies

eSchool News

Try translating them into a format that actually gets used: the faculty handbook. Second, social media changes monthly, and it’s much easier to update a faculty handbook than a policy document. Third, it allows you to align social media issues with other aspects of teaching (assessment, parent communication, etc.)

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How to Craft Useful, Student-Centered Social Media Policies

Graphite Blog

Try translating them into a format that actually gets used: the faculty handbook. Second, social media changes monthly, and it’s much easier to update a faculty handbook than a policy document. Third, it allows you to align social media issues with other aspects of teaching (assessment, parent communication, etc.)