eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The best aspect of the annual Driving K-12 Innovation report is not to tell education leaders ‘the answer’ about K-12 innovation today. Rather, it is a thoughtful framework for thinking about innovation focused on Hurdles, Accelerators and Tech Enablers,” said Keith R. Changing Attitudes Toward Demonstrating Learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

These reports, some observers believe, mark a thoughtful step toward ensuring digital equity. This is one of the first documents that really gives schools a roadmap for looking at their technology systems as a whole, says Lindsay Jones, the chief executive officer of CAST, a nonprofit that advocates for equitable learning conditions.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 19, 2019

In this series, we take a closer look inside our new paper, “ Micro-credentials and Education Policy in the United States: Recognizing Learning and Leadership for Our Nation’s Teachers.”. Questions must be considered when developing policies. A large share of $4.3 Micro-credentials can transform teacher evaluation and compensation.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift The latest warning sign comes from college admissions test maker ACT, which compared students’ ACT test scores with their self-reported high school grades between 2010 and 2022. The Hechinger Report has also found that college students are struggling with basic math.) grade points from 3.02

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

However, Project Unicorn’s 2023 State of the Sector Report indicates that this remains a significant challenge for school districts. Interoperability is also critical to enable us to transform assessment. Below are some key considerations to keep in mind: Good data governance—which the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Under Dallas Independent School District policy, Tha’s parents didn’t need to sign him up for advanced math. During its regular session, the Legislature passed a bipartisan bill mandating every student who performed in the top 40 percent on a fifth-grade math assessment automatically be enrolled in advanced math for sixth grade. “We’re

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2023

A new report from Washington, D.C., This story also appeared in Mind/Shift The numbers are stark in a March 2023 report by the D.C. Policy Center , a nonpartisan research organization. The report also connected the dots between poor attendance and low test scores. Based on these trends, the D.C.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

In this series, we take a closer look inside our new paper, “ Micro-credentials and Education Policy in the United States: Recognizing Learning and Leadership for Our Nation’s Teachers.”. see this 2002 Education Week report ). Performance assessments like the edTPA have been found to predict teaching effectiveness.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2017

Researchers from the National the National Education Policy Center (NEPC) say, yes. Earlier this week they released an extensive report asking lawmakers to put up some legal barriers to protect student information. Is the rush to bring personalized software into schools putting student data at risk?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2024

As a result, more states and school districts have adopted policies and practices that downplay the role of intelligence testing in special education evaluations. In the early 1970s, Lester, known in court documents as Larry P., An IQ test can look beyond assumptions and capture abilities that are not assessed in the classroom.”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2023

Education policy should be top of mind as state policymakers continue their legislative work this spring. Such change will require states to create the policy flexibility needed for local innovation to flourish. A decade ago, barely half of all states had policies in place that allowed for personalized, competency-based learning.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

As you might know there are some amazing formative assessment tools on the web. Free Digital Formative Assessment Tools… Important Thoughts Before Implementing - Michael Gorman ( https://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com ) . Not only can the formative assessment process be engaging, it can also be owned by students.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2021

The ISTE Standards for Educators (credit: ISTE) State leadership is crucial to advancing this strategic vision at this unique moment, and their efforts are represented in state reopening and/or remote learning guidance documents from this past fall.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

She had documented the session, anonymizing some details, to share it as a case study with a room full of hundreds of child psychiatrists who faced similar requests. When assessments are deployed well, she explained, they can be essential to preventing violence in schools and mobilizing resources for a struggling student.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2017

In an effort to close the gap between claims and facts, Entangled Solutions has issued a near-final draft of a new set of “quality assurance” standards for how programs report and communicate student outcomes. One option is to charge accounting firms a membership fee to apply the standards in their audit reports of schools.

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Vizor

JANUARY 29, 2024

School specific IT asset management solutions, such as VIZOR, can help schools plan for such funding and generate required reports demonstrating how funds were used. Communicate device care policy with students and families A clear and effectively shared device care policy can help lower the number of device damages.

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Digital Promise

MAY 14, 2019

The results of large-scale tests may be used by schools or policy-makers to make important decisions such as grouping students by ability or assessing how well schools are doing. Across Canada, researchers and educators have documented the need to transform how the provinces assess literacy and consider more innovative designs.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 11, 2017

The post How to Easily Assess Student Writing in Google Docs appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Assess Student Writing in Google Docs with WriQ. WriQ is currently a FREE tool that helps teachers assess writing in Google Docs. And then there’s the process of measuring progress over time. Tracking Progress.

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eSchool News

APRIL 27, 2016

Two new reports offer school leaders research-based evidence to help them leverage the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to improve learning outcomes for students. They were published jointly by the Learning Policy Institute (LPI) and the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE).

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Edsurge

JULY 12, 2019

According to the authors of a newly published report, at least 10 state education agencies—Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Washington—have launched official microcredential pilots. Co-authored by Barnett Berry, CEO of CTQ (the Center for Teaching Quality) and P.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

The Learning Policy Institute calculates the cost of distance learning at about $500 per student for a total of $3.7 Here are five existing policies that policymakers and local officials are likely to lean on to ensure that funds are used effectively, with regard to investments in remote learning programs and services.

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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. But this strategy had a fundamental error. had low application submission rates.

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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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Doug Levin

MARCH 14, 2017

Indeed, news reports document that school districts across the country – including Spring Lake Park Schools (MN) , Bigfork Public Schools (MT) , Horry County Schools (SC) , Rhinebeck Central School District (NY) , and Swedesboro-Woolwich School District (NJ) – have been victimized by ransomware attacks.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. The family hoped Eli could get an Individualized Education Program (IEP), a legal document that qualifies students for special education and lays out the services and accommodations they will receive. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Pearson, the parent company of Connections Education, the second largest for-profit online charter operator, reported enrollment growth in its virtual schools division of 20 percent in 2020. Gary Miron, an education researcher who co-authored a National Education Policy Center report on for-profit charter schools. At Stride Inc.,

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2021

“They want to serve in their own locales, but their markets need to go farther,” says Holly Zanville, a research professor and co-director of the Program on Skills, Credentials, and Workforce Policy at George Washington University who recently published a commissioned report about Unmudl.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Education policy leaders at the federal level and beyond were exploring the growing role of competency-based education and non-traditional providers —and calls were growing for stronger connections between universities and the world of employment. "The To start off, it’s worth thinking back to 2016.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 5, 2019

To solve the issue his teachers were facing, Clark helped create a collection of resources called Skyline, which includes programs, policies, structures and technologies educators can use to facilitate academic progress regardless of students’ socioeconomic backgrounds. . Create a Digital Framework to Improve Outcomes and Equity.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Credit: Lillian Mongeau for The Hechinger Report That’s slowly changing — for some disabilities. This back-to-school season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The legal documents outlining the charges against the parent, Karen Littlefair, paint a picture of people who view college credit as something that can easily be bought as a commodity. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, according to a report yesterday in Politico.

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Doug Levin

OCTOBER 21, 2016

State departments of education lawyers and staff (and savvy school district leaders) will use this guidance to move forward with their plans for implementing the SSAEG program to meet state and local needs in concert with other education policy priorities and funding plans. And, I’ve commented on a proposal by the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Several largely overlooked reports, including from the Department of Defense, raise alarms about how Americans’ disdain for math is a threat to national security. It reports that there are now eight times as many college graduates in these disciplines in China and four times as many engineers in Russia than in the United States.

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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. Students had to document their learning process as they added their ideas and built a device. We know it works.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 11, 2022

An over-reliance on technology assessing participation can make students feel like homework compliance is valued more highly than comprehension and the substance of their responses. Instructors should receive material and policy support to experiment with new technology, share insights, reflect on challenges and improve teaching.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

According to Rocky Bragg, a high school English teacher in the district, this policy has created some havoc. The policy is pragmatic, responding to the fact that many students are dealing with stress, trauma and extra family responsibilities that impact their ability to focus on school.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

With the addition of PBIS Rewards, Navigate360 is setting the new standard for whole-child safety through modern, holistic solutions that address school climate and culture, full-cycle emergency management, early detection, assessment and violence prevention—issues that all desperately require action in today’s schools.

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