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What Makes a Good Assessment?

The CoolCatTeacher

Assessment strategies that show what students have REALLY learned From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Assessments should cover what is taught and address important learning goals. Thomas Guskey reflects today on what makes a good assessment. Is preassessment fair?

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Empowering Community Perspectives in Evaluation Research

Digital Promise

What is equitable evaluation? As funders, government agencies, and service providers become increasingly focused on program evaluation results to make evidence-based decisions, evaluators and other researchers seek to answer this question. Why does equitable evaluation matter? .

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About SEL Assessment But Were Afraid to Ask

Edsurge

Specifically, there have been few useful tools with which to assess SEL. Specifically, there have been few useful tools with which to assess SEL. Funders and other organizations are focusing on how to bring practical social and emotional assessments to the field. Reasons to Assess A key question is why assess student SEL?

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A Science Resource for Principals

A Principal's Reflections

It is our hope that this book becomes the go to resource for principals looking to establish and maintain effective science programs that focus on doing science as opposed to just knowing. Assess your own science programs, and find tools to evaluate teachers'' preparedness for science instruction.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Federal Program Evaluations and Program-Related Reports: The First-Year Implementation of the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund in Five States (American Institutes for Research, 2000). ” How would the program operate? FY 1999: $425,000,000 (President Clinton’s request: $475,000,000). FY 2001: $450,000,000.

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This Tech Encourages Career Planning When It Matters Most—Before Graduation

Edsurge

During this advisory time, students use the software to research careers, research their majors and even figure out which careers match their personality using Xello’s Matchmaker assessment. When students get the list from the assessment, they can click on a career that interests them and dig deeper. What is the income?

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Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

In some places, principals and administrators consider themselves well-equipped to assess research claims, ignore the bunk and choose promising products. They don’t have the skills to assess whether promising findings with one group of students may realistically translate to their own buildings. The results were stark.

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