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What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge?

The Hechinger Report

Starkville, in contrast, was regarded as a successful school system, offering opportunities such as Advanced Placement classes and robotics competitions through a career and technology center. Every fall, each student is tested to assess any gaps in skills and knowledge. The school district had a 27 percent dropout rate in 2014.

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Adapting to the New Classroom

techlearning

Our elementary and middle schools utilize i-Ready diagnostics to form enrichment and intervention groups,” says Dr. Julia Lamons, assessment supervisor at Greene County Schools. This technology solved another of the district’s biggest struggles—implementing an effective common assessment among 12 elementary and middle schools.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Testing, Testing… Via Inside Higher Ed : “Large-Scale Assessment Without Standardized Tests.” Meanwhile on Campus… Via ProPublica : “‘Alternative’ Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Galore has raised $1.65

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” ” My most favorite lines simply must be these: “One of the early adopters of Imbellus was McKinsey & Company , the management consulting firm, which uses the scenario assessments to find job candidates. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.