Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Assessment For Learning. We walk you through the process of distinguishing between various assessment types, building goals, identifying best practices around your assessments and analyzing your data to make lasting instructional decisions throughout the year. Student Performance Improves on State Assessments.

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Edmentum Common Core Assessment Study 137

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2017

You want to meet new people. A secondary focus (but of significant interest with educators I polled) is technology as change agent in achieving Standards, enabling teachers to fulfill Common Core requirements without adding that ‘extra layer’ many teachers fear will take more time/knowledge/effort than they have available.

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Wiki Flipped Classroom Common Core Learning 152

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

I hope you are enjoying this series on formative assessment, and I am sure you will find these tools most valuable. Part 4: Over 35 Formative Assessment Tools To Enhance Formative Learning Opportunities. Back Channel for Formative Assessment. as you continue to amplify formative learning with digital technology. Collaboration.

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MIND Research Institute

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

K-12 funding has been made available in two different venues: Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) and. ESSER and GEER under the CARES Act are referred to as ESSER II and GEER II under CRRSA. Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER). GEER II Relief Funds. Here’s a fact sheet from the Department of Education.

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Secondary Differentiated Instruction Elementary Software 55

Educator Innovator

JANUARY 7, 2019

Our January reading for Literacy, Equity + Remarkable Notes = LEARN investigates the experiences of three early-career secondary English teachers in urban settings who sought professional development opportunities to support teaching for social justice.

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Professional Learning Secondary Learning Study 52

Kitaboo on EdTech

MARCH 20, 2023

In order to effectively distribute educational content online one must: Create and deliver high-quality content that meets the needs of their audiences Select the right platforms to reach the target audience, and Consistently analyze the performance of content so as to make data-driven decisions on strategy.

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Strategy eBook Social Media Mobility 52

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 9, 2017

Dr. Angela Peery has been an educator 31 years and has served as a secondary English teacher, secondary administrator, instructional coach, turnaround specialist, curriculum developer, and consultant. I’ll say that one of my favorite reference tools – I have a lot of favorites. [00:04:00]. Full Bio As Submitted. I love Shahi.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. It’s a global collaboration project, where teachers can sign up and be part of a 5-week project, meet with one another via Skype, and investigate the whole idea of literacy/illiteracy and how that is different around the world.

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Education Chromebook Microsoft Company 192

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Our current approach of summative assessments has few fans. At conferences on education policy and innovation we have heard the system referred to as an “albatross” and the “tail that wags the dog.” We had a diverse mix of learning providers with differing educational goals and an array of assessments to measure impact. .

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MindShift

JUNE 9, 2021

During virtual education, he relied on reference materials and parent assistance when available. She said that specifically identifying which standard is being assessed, and providing accommodations for the standards not presently up to bat, can help make school more accessible for all students.

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Technology Classroom Software Accessibility 48

Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Implementation in the primary grades may look different from the examples in this post, but don’t assume that this is just for secondary students. Then, students present their piece of evidence with context and explain how it meets the standard. Also, it is a place for students to reflect on formative assessments such as quizzes.

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ePortfolio Google How To Secondary 77

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 25, 2015

The school uses various assessment practices to analyze student performance, target instruction, and provide students with feedback in order to increase student achievement and academic progress over time. What the school needs to improve. Not one teacher is deemed Ineffective and only 5 are Developing.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 10, 2018

Dr. Sean Nank’s research shows that the single biggest method for improving learning with iPads is to use online formative assessments. However, his formative assessments have a twist — students are all answering DIFFERENT math questions. Meet Next Generation Science Standards. Formative assessment on the iPad that Works.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

One of the most common statements I heard when I was meeting with all the stakeholders,” Dedecker said, “was ‘This will never work here.’ He set up the Say Yes operating committee with the strict condition that the key decision-makers from every partnering organization meet face to face with each other every two weeks, without fail.

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Data Secondary System Accessibility 97

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Looking for new ways to review learning, discuss questions, formatively assess, and be more playful with learning? It meets the need for students to have fun and to belong. These games enforce academic learning because they are a method of formative assessment that is not a paper quiz. Best for secondary (grades 6-12).

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 14, 2019

I frequently refer to Google Keep as the Instantpot of G Suite because it is so versatile. Google Keep is also a part of G Suite for Education and is a great tool for students, especially secondary students. Keep is also a great place to save your notes from staff meetings and professional development.

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Tools Google Classroom Secondary 76

Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 28, 2020

We are going to talk about classroom strategies to help you give students a global audience for their work, meaningful connections with outside classrooms and experts, and how student portfolios can support student learning even after it has been assessed. I like to refer to this as an expanded audience. These are super fun!

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Google ePortfolio Tools Facebook 63

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2017

Summative assessments evaluate competencies in each course through the year, instead of the quarters to reach a “3” in each competency to achieve course credit. We have found that having grades that continue on for a year has become abstract with students not feeling a sense of urgency to meet deadlines.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

TARA stands for the Teacher Assistant for Resources & Administration which keeps tools, resources, lessons, IEP’s, and meetings tracked in one place. As I reviewed this product, I’ve seen special education teachers and organizations raving about how TARA has helped them organize IEP progress, meetings, and result tracking.

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EdTech How To Meeting Tools 299

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2019

When neither clinician is available, medical triage and suicide risk assessments fall to academic counselors, EMTs, and even, worryingly, school police. Last year, I had meetings with all of the health and human services representatives to find out what their issues are,” she said.

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Report Study Elementary Secondary 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

While most schools across the country are fully back in person, students continue to struggle to complete homework assignments or participate in remote learning because they lack adequate internet service and access to a computer at home — a phenomenon commonly referred to as the “homework gap.”

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

This year’s nearly 13,500 eighth graders will be the first students required to meet the changed requirements, which are being phased in gradually. It should be clear to students which skills will be assessed on any test or project and how those skills will be graded. Kylee Elderkin, student, Nokomis Regional High School.

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The Web20Classroom

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Rubrics have been a part of the assessment toolbox since at least the mid-1990s. Assessed overall achievement on an activity or product Holistic Rubric Example Analytic – Written with levels of achievement as columns and assessment criteria as rows.

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Assessment Secondary Examples Microsoft 185

eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2024

Last week, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), in partnership with SAS, launched the Missouri Data Visualization Tool (MO DVT), a web-based application that offers easy-to-use reports and analysis on academic performance, including achievement and growth data aggregated by subject, year, and grade.

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Data Assessment Groups Trends 103

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

Get to know SnapThought – one of our assessment tools – and the new game Sortify, which adds another dimension to playful assessment. To meet these challenges, educators must teach digital citizenship, an essential digital age skill that students need to become safe, responsible and respectful participants in a digital world.

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Conference Education Learning Common Core 52

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2016

You want to meet new people. A secondary focus (but of significant interest with educators I polled) is technology as change agent in achieving Standards, enabling teachers to fulfill Common Core requirements without adding that ‘extra layer’ many teachers fear will take more time/knowledge/effort than they have available.

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Wiki Flipped Classroom Common Core Digital Citizenship 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2015

You want to meet new people. A secondary focus (but of significant interest with students I polled) is technology as change agent in achieving Standards, enabling teachers to fulfill Common Core requirements without adding that ‘extra layer’ many teachers fear will take more time/knowledge/effort than they have time for.

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Wiki Flipped Classroom Common Core Digital Citizenship 150

Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2019

By combining all of this data, teaching SEL skills and doing the SOS assessment, not only are we having serious and meaningful conversations with families, but we are saving lives,” explains Dain. And we share that data with parents so they can see how their child scores during that assessment window. They also can see the trend data.

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Survey Data Elementary Strategy 167

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 26, 2016

Just a disclaimer though, I am a high school math teacher, so a few of the tech-tools I reference in this post belong mostly in a secondary math classroom, but with a little elbow grease and ingenuity, there are ways to fit them into any K-12 math curriculum as well. Start your own blog.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 3, 2019

This is particularly beneficial as an assessment for a learning tool, as it allows both the teacher and students to revisit their previous work as the topic progresses. Dr. Neelam Parmar is a Director of E-learning for Primary & Secondary Schools. Ensure content is engaging for pupils. Dr. Neelam Parmar.

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Social Media Software Digital Citizenship Video 150

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Catlin Tucker , a blended learning coach and teacher of 16 years, shares her expertise about tackling the different aspects of blended teaching including engagement, group work, and assessment in a virtual classroom or hybrid setting. Don’t try to assess every part of every assignment, every time. I hate video meetings.

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Blended Learning Learning Assessment Strategy 98

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 11, 2015

The difference in the performance between each ESEA subgroup (as defined in this document) within a participating LEA or school and the statewide average performance of the LEA’s or tate’s highest achieving subgroups in reading/language arts and mathematics as measured by the assessments required under the ESEA. 105-244, 20 U.S.C.

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Education Secondary Assessment Data 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

More than 60 percent of American fourth-graders are not proficient readers, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and it’s been that way since testing began in the 1990s. “It was always, ‘Well, that’s not a reflection of Bethlehem,'” he said, referring to the reading scores.

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Training Elementary Report Study 112

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2021

Since the onset of the pandemic nearly a year ago, educators have been tasked with addressing new, multi-layered challenges due to the primary and secondary trauma associated with COVID-19. A virtual approach eliminates the need to compete for meeting space and to account for travel time and costs.

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Secondary Education Meeting Comparison 172

The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 17, 2023

The levels here refer to guided reading levels. and the Great Barber Battle – F Series) Katie Woo Series by Fran Manushkin and Tammie Lyon (Katie Woo Series – F) Katie Woo and Pedro Mysteries by Fran Manushkin (F Series) Ling and Ting by Grace Lin (F Series) Meet Biscuit! (I Dillard (J.D.

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Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

And then lastly a lot of these Learning Gadgets allow you to bring in third-party content — so almost anything that exists on the web you can bring right into a Versal course, organize it, organize it in lessons, put assessments in between, and so on. The textbook in many cases becomes more of a reference point.

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E-rate Company Course MOOC 28

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2017

OIG’s charge was to assess the risk to three offices in the Department of Education: the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education , the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services , and the Office of Innovation and Improvement. Well, according to their response to NYC Comptroller’s audit, they don’t vote. “As

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