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Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments

EdTech Magazine

Montero also has access to data collected directly from the online assessments he conducts, which give him further insight into where lessons should be directed. . You have to let go of some of the micromanagement,” Montero says in a study conducted by Pearson. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Desmos Passes the Smarter Balanced Test (and Hopes to Save Math Students $100)

Edsurge

Other paying organizations include the College Board, which uses Desmos in its SpringBoard math program, and Pearson, which embeds the tool in its high school and college preparatory math offerings. A report from Washington Post found that Texas Instruments and Casio have essentially cornered the graphing calculator market.

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Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core, Rise of ‘Open’ Resources

Marketplace K-12

Few corporate brand names in education are as recognizable, and as polarizing, as Pearson, the giant education provider whose reach extends to virtual schools, testing, language training and an array of other areas. Pearson officials have been talking about shifting away from being identified as simply a publishing company for years now.

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How AI could transform the way schools test kids

The Hechinger Report

Big test makers like Pearson are already doing this, he said.) But the potential benefits for students and learning excite experts such as Kristen Huff, vice president of assessment and research at Curriculum Associates, where she helps develop online assessments. It’s considering whether AI could score tests.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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