Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 12, 2022

Years ago, I took the lead in writing a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy for my school site, which was later adopted by my district. It worked until our site eventually became one of the first sites to roll out a one-to-one policy with Chromebooks. Seven years ago, I proposed a day without technology to the site administration.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., the more detailed program rules, as determined by the U.S.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

So many other sites are riddled with ads (unless you pay for a subscription) and even then don't have the best privacy policies in place to protect students. PBS Kids is the exception, not only offering a completely free product without ads, but having good policies in place that scored very well on our privacy evaluation.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Administrators should respect teachers’ hesitation about adopting AI, but also create policies that allow tech-forward educators and students to experiment. Early policies seem to fall into three camps: Zero Tolerance: Some schools have instructed their students that use of AI tools will not be tolerated.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Cyberbullying in particular is fueled by a lack of proper policies and wide access to smartphones and other devices. “Unfortunately many students leave elementary school still not proficient in reading, and that creates a significant barrier to their ability to learn across subjects. . school district in 2022-23.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2024

The committee’s roughly 250-page report also made recommendations for governmental policies and future research on the topic. Media Literacy Education Many students start using social media when they’re in elementary school, Reich says, before they’re typically presented with school-based education on digital media literacy.

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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 30, 2021

achieved National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) proficiency in fourth grade reading. Preliminary research from the nonprofit assessment group NWEA suggested that students would retain only 70 percent of last year’s gains in reading when they returned for the 2020-21 academic year compared with a typical school year.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

From our conversations with kindergarten through third grade teachers, literacy coaches, and principals in 17 elementary schools across the country, we highlight below three ways schools are reimagining student supports during a year of distance instruction. For many adults, assessment was for your grade [when they were in school].

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning. A wave of new laws across the country is attempting to transform how elementary school children learn to read.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2024

I learned about Binet, and his ideas about how IQ tests should — and should not — be used in elementary schools while reporting a piece last month for The Hechinger Report and Slate on the debate over cognitive testing in school placement and psychology.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2023

– K-12 assessment and research organization NWEA released today a new study that takes a deeper look into instructional practices driving high academic growth. Use student discourse as formative assessment 10. PORTLAND, Ore.– Provide targeted practice for foundational skills 7.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

When a competency-based approach to assessment is in place, students must show what they know as well as what they can do. According to a 2016 report by iNACOL, 36 states are currently investigating policy surrounding competency-based education. Below are five ways to approach competency-based learning assessment.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

The PLC, implemented at SUSD’s 15 sites, includes a new curriculum and assessment structure. The conversations are completely different,” says Mary Mann, principal of SUSD’s Cedarcreek Elementary School. What do we do when they’ve mastered the material? It really helps teachers personalize learning and pathways,” she says.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

Melissa Knapp is Harpeth Valley Elementary School’s only literacy coach. The retention policy is part of a state law passed in 2021 that was meant to boost long-lagging reading scores and stem pandemic learning losses. Melissa Knapp, the literacy coach for Harpeth Valley Elementary School, answers a first grade student’s question.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

The PLC, implemented at SUSD’s 15 sites, includes a new curriculum and assessment structure. The conversations are completely different,” says Mary Mann, principal of SUSD’s Cedarcreek Elementary School. What do we do when they’ve mastered the material? It really helps teachers personalize learning and pathways,” she says.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

The PLC, implemented at SUSD’s 15 sites, includes a new curriculum and assessment structure. The conversations are completely different,” says Mary Mann, principal of SUSD’s Cedarcreek Elementary School. What do we do when they’ve mastered the material? It really helps teachers personalize learning and pathways,” she says.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 15, 2021

How Do We Leverage Pre-Assessment Skills Meaningfully? In this session, we’ll share where we are now, emotional trauma and learning, how effective distance learning compares to face-to-face learning, how to take your class online, accessibility and equity, assessment, and project-based learning. Dawn Stansbury.

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 20, 2020

Let students know you have an “open door policy”, although they will be contacting you by email or video call instead. She has taught in elementary schools and tutored students of all ages and has seen first-hand the lack of access to a quality education that many students face. Set up remote classroom environments.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The first report, The State of Student Learning in 2022 , analyzes reading and mathematics data gathered from nearly two million Grades 1–8 students during the 2021–2022 school year via the edtech company’s i-Ready Assessment tool. Students in upper elementary and lower middle school grades showed the greatest persisting setbacks in 2022.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

To do that, the organization plans to work with the Educational Testing Service (ETS) — the folks behind standardized tests including the GRE and the Praxis — to create new tools designed to assess what students are able to do, not how much time they spent studying to do it. There is value in peer groups, in learning to collaborate at school.”

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MindShift

MAY 11, 2020

In the past month, his son, who is in elementary school, has been assigned multiple worksheets per day. “I Their solutions included switching to a pass/incomplete system at secondary schools and focusing on narrative feedback at elementary schools. Eakins during a recent professional development session. Switching to Pass/Incomplete.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When assessments are deployed well, she explained, they can be essential to preventing violence in schools and mobilizing resources for a struggling student. Critz Elementary insisted he go to a hospital or crisis center for a psychiatric evaluation; twice he was taken there by police. They needed to know how to respond.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Decisions and policies are often made without the input of teachers and school leaders. The policies and decisions surrounding the COVID pandemic revealed the powerlessness of teachers in the school setting. Quite frankly, this argument relies on decontextualized data to assess student performance. And that’s the problem.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2024

Voice control may also enable a more reliable assessment of their knowledge, as there are fewer confounding variables when the student is not trying to translate what they understand into an input that a computer will understand. Accessibility can’t be an afterthought; it must be a top priority baked into every program, policy and initiative.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Thinking routines offer more than just a structured pathway for students to delve into their thinking and explore the content deeply; they also serve as a window into their cognitive processes, offering invaluable formative assessment data.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Students assess their own strengths and weaknesses and set learning goals in partnership with their teachers. Every state now has policies on the books that provide the flexibility needed for more learner-centered approaches. The recent announcement by the U.S.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2020

The PLC, implemented at SUSD’s 15 sites, includes a new curriculum and assessment structure. The conversations are completely different,” says Mary Mann, principal of SUSD’s Cedarcreek Elementary School. What do we do when they’ve mastered the material? It really helps teachers personalize learning and pathways,” she says.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 7, 2020

The PLC, implemented at SUSD’s 15 sites, includes a new curriculum and assessment structure. The conversations are completely different,” says Mary Mann, principal of SUSD’s Cedarcreek Elementary School. What do we do when they’ve mastered the material? It really helps teachers personalize learning and pathways,” she says.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2020

The PLC, implemented at SUSD’s 15 sites, includes a new curriculum and assessment structure. The conversations are completely different,” says Mary Mann, principal of SUSD’s Cedarcreek Elementary School. What do we do when they’ve mastered the material? It really helps teachers personalize learning and pathways,” she says.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2020

The PLC, implemented at SUSD’s 15 sites, includes a new curriculum and assessment structure. The conversations are completely different,” says Mary Mann, principal of SUSD’s Cedarcreek Elementary School. What do we do when they’ve mastered the material? It really helps teachers personalize learning and pathways,” she says.

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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. An IQ test can look beyond assumptions and capture abilities that are not assessed in the classroom.” Both, he said, test a child’s accrued knowledge, not innate capacity.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2016

A research study from the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University demonstrates a link between an adaptive learning program and improvement in mathematics achievement for students in grades 3-5. Study of grades 3-5 students showed improved math achievement with personalized learning approach.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Tennessee’s law was modeled after a much-praised literacy program in neighboring Mississippi that includes tutoring, improved literacy training for teachers and a retention policy for third graders who don’t pass its state test. Mississippi held back 8 percent of third graders in 2015, the first year its retention policy was in place.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

While there are individuals at the federal level eager to know more and ready to act, there hasn’t been a lot of policy movement at that level yet. I’m hopeful that their knowledge, experience, and expertise will be leveraged to shape and influence policy, whether it be at the state or national level.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

News & World Report released its first-ever rankings of public elementary and middle schools in the United States. Relying solely on aggregated state standardized test scores and demographic characteristics of students attending a given school, the periodical ranked elementary schools and middle schools within states and school districts.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

However, I am hopeful that this year we will witness a renewed commitment towards providing resources, policies, and initiatives that cater to English Language Learners and promote multilingualism in schools. Unfortunately, our education system often struggles to provide adequate support for these students if they don’t know English.

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