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Assessment and Grading in Distance Learning – How to Get Better

The CoolCatTeacher

His research focuses on professional development and teacher change, program evaluation, assessment of student learning, grading and reporting, instructional effectiveness, and educational reform. Creating Successful Grading and Reporting Systems. On Your Mark: Challenging the Conventions of Grading and Reporting.

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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

His research focuses on on professional development and teacher change, program evaluation, assessment of student learning, grading and reporting, instructional effectiveness, and educational reform. He recorded a previous show, Fair Grades, Dropping Grades, Grading Versus Knowledge , that is one of our most popular of 2016.

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

Edsurge

Without good assessment, it’s hard for district decision-makers to decide what resources to invest in; it’s hard for teachers to tailor instruction based on student strengths and needs; it’s hard to evaluate how students are doing in response to instruction; and it’s hard to engage in data-based continuous improvement.

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

Edsurge

The data are now being gathered and they need to be ready for publication on the 2019-2020 state and district report cards. Most schools do not currently collect this kind of information or if they do, they have not had to report it to the public. This will not be a trouble-free process. Questions will immediately emerge.

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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.