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Assessment and Grading in Distance Learning – How to Get Better

The CoolCatTeacher

Thomas Guskey – Bio as Submitted Thomas Guskey is a Professor of Educational Psychology in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Creating Successful Grading and Reporting Systems. On Your Mark: Challenging the Conventions of Grading and Reporting. Guskey, T. Get Set, Go!

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CoSN 2019: How to Design an Effective K–12 Technology Evaluation Program

EdTech Magazine

CoSN 2019: How to Design an Effective K–12 Technology Evaluation Program. Schools must have robust evaluation if they want to continue to find success in technology integration, said Steven Baule, assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, and former superintendent for Muncie (Ind.) eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Fair Grades, Dropping Grades, Grading Versus Knowledge

The CoolCatTeacher

How do we determine what the most valuable evidence a teacher has that determines student competency at the end of the course? He discusses the challenge of end of grading period and how to make our grading better at that time. Why we need multiple forms of evidence to determine grades. Should we be averaging grades?

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What Makes a Good Assessment?

The CoolCatTeacher

This is a must listen for any educator working with assessment. You’ll rethink how you look at assessments and data after listening to this thought-provoking show. Thomas Guskey is Professor of Educational Psychology in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.

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

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Many school-based social-emotional learning (SEL) programs are widely used, for example. And a growing number of states are integrating social-emotional expectations into their educational standards. When these programs are well-implemented, they have academic, social, and emotional benefits. But that’s changing.

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The Actual Dollars That Will Shape the New K-12 Investment Ecosystem

Edsurge

It’s that most conversations about a school’s expenses don’t sync up to what’s happening in the classroom—the instruction, materials, and tools that shape the educational experience for teachers and students. The data are now being gathered and they need to be ready for publication on the 2019-2020 state and district report cards.

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Every Cleveland Program to be Graded for Its Evidence-Based Value

Marketplace K-12

” Cleveland is ahead of the curve with regard to the Every Student Succeeds Act’s new evidence requirements and its newly released guidance on how to apply research to school improvement , which we wrote about last week. “As a researcher, you know the more rigorous the study is, the less generalizable it becomes.