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6 reasons it’s important to create your own online assessments

eSchool News

Homegrown online assessments prove invaluable to one district. Assessments are critical to our efforts to improve instruction in K-12 education. At Hopewell Valley Regional School District (HVRSD), we began the transition to online assessment more than three years ago. Online assessment saves teachers’ time.

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CoSN 2018: Broadband and Cybersecurity Are Top IT Concerns

EdTech Magazine

IT Leaders Focus on Data-Driven Decisions. To assess those filling current IT leadership roles, the survey also delved into the respondents’ professional backgrounds, education and years of experience. The survey also highlighted the different paths men and women take to IT leadership. IT Leaders are predominately white (90 percent).

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The U.S. has more memorizers

Dangerously Irrelevant

Jo Boaler said: data from the 13 million students who took PISA [math] tests showed that the lowest-achieving students worldwide were those who used a memorization strategy – those who thought of math as a set of methods to remember and who approached math by trying to memorize steps. … [wait for it…]. … The U.S.

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Skyward, Certica launch formative assessment solution

eSchool News

Skyward, a K-12 school administrative software provider, and Certica Solutions, a provider of K-12 data management and education content solutions, have formed a partnership to support the creation and sharing of online assessments through Skyward’s Test Bank Management Solution. Next page: Key benefits from the partnership.

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6 EdTech Resources and Strategies to Gain a Deeper Understanding of Students

EdTechTeacher

Next-generation assessments can also provide data and visualizations that assist teachers in gaining a more accurate and nuanced understanding of each student. You Need Data to Personalize Learning. Assessment Strategies and EdTech Resources in Action. Data from iReady helps differentiate instruction in Math.

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What are IT leaders worried about? Assessment readiness and money

eSchool News

What do the data tell us? Assessment readiness is again the No. The growing imperative about being assessment ready isn’t likely a surprise for those living in states adopting the Common Core. However, regardless of where you live, all states are increasingly moving their high-stakes assessments online.

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Preparing Students with Technology Skills

edWeb.net

The tech and core standards of organizations such as ISTE, CSTA, and Common Core State Initiative stipulate that students need foundational digital literacy skills to demonstrate writing, reading, and mathematical achievement. Computational Thinking and Coding. Things to consider. Join the Community.