eSchool News

JULY 19, 2023

Dallas, TX (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Istation, a leader in educational technology, announced today that the West Virginia Department of Education has selected Istation as a K-3 formative assessment for literacy, numeracy, and indicators of dyslexia selection criteria.

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Educators’ ability to personalize instruction using technology is imperative as the student population becomes increasingly varied by race, achievement level and socioeconomic status. But a lack of high-quality curricula designed to support that personalized learning is stalling the effort, according to a new report.

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Linways Technologies

JUNE 30, 2021

In addition, incorporating different assessments in blended learning helps the students to get better feedback on their learning practices. As students prefer to go with technology-based activities nowadays, it is easier to make them engaged in study activities through a learning management system. Improved Student Engagement.

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Think Exam

JULY 29, 2018

With such an advent development in innovation we all have been somewhere a part of online test experiencing the ease of its features. The flexibility that the online assessment software provides ranges from quick test assessment to report generation within a matter of time.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Schools that have begun to use adaptive technology tools have been encouraged by the results. At Aspire ERES Academy in Oakland, students spend up to 80 minutes daily on their Chromebooks using online, adaptive learning tools. You have to trust that each student is working hard, and working at their top level.”. by Eli Zimmerman.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Pandemic school closures and remote instruction made learning to read much harder, especially for young, low-income students who didn’t have adequate technology at home or an adult who could assist them during the day. Six newsrooms joined together to report on the problem and find solutions for America’s reading problem. In 2016, U.S.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2020

Christopher Pommering, founder of Learnlife , a global network dedicated to fostering lifelong learning practices, says many of the 1,000 school leaders across the 60 countries in its network report that both teachers and students are burning out from trying to conduct the traditional school day in an online environment. “We

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Edulastic is an innovative online assessment platform that makes it easy for teachers to assess students and differentiate instruction in real-time. Finally, Edulastic can be used by any curriculum for any subject, is customizable, and has detailed instant online reporting for assessment purposes.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2016

Twelve thousand Mississippi students spent nearly 20 minutes unable to take their Mississippi Assessment Program tests yesterday morning. Minneapolis, Minns-based Questar Assessment Inc., the assessment vendor responsible for distributing Mississippi’s state tests, reported a glitch in its program yesterday.

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Linways Technologies

JUNE 11, 2020

Anyway, it helps to have a proper technology platform that you can leverage to collect the data needed. Beginning with admissions, student enrollment, attendance, live classes, subject planner, online assessments, Outcome-Based Education , report generation, and result publication are all available in one platform.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 1, 2020

Whether schools are 1:1 or still relying on computer carts, the move to online assessments creates new needs from devices to professional development to data privacy policies. Have an instructional framework centered around curriculum design before talking about assessment. Feedback is more than just one assessment.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

So we provide data to professional development companies, curriculum suppliers, technology companies who are interested in supporting students and educators. Over the last several years, we've published a K-12 principals’ assessment report, in which administrators give feedback on the biggest challenges they face in their schools.

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Educational Technology Guy

OCTOBER 29, 2015

This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Here are some tips and links to web apps: Remember - we shouldn’t teach software (ie Word, Excel) we should teach skills, like writing, using spreadsheets and graphs, etc. Google Apps and Chromebooks Web App Recommendations - a whole lot! What Can You Do On a Chromebook?

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

And, that makes access to adequate and reliable broadband even more important as the development of new technologies continues. What all these types of organizations share is a commitment to developing a modern, agile workforce comprised of lifelong learners, who can grow along with evolving technologies.

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eSchool News

APRIL 27, 2015

What are the key technology trends in education according to leadership in our school systems? 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. What do the data tell us? 1 priority for IT Leaders.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Partnership gives educators access to assessment library. Edulastic, a next-generation online assessment platform for K-12 teachers and administrators, has formed a new partnership with Key Data Systems to make the Inspect item bank available to Edulastic District Enterprise users.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2015

K-12 education market, with the devices now making up 51 percent of sales for the first time, according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting. 6 reasons Chromebooks are the device of the moment ]. More and more, school districts are choosing Chromebooks as they roll out one-to-one initiatives in their schools.

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Benchmark Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Analyze Reports*. Note : You’ll need a subscription to one of Benchmark Education’s online assessment products to access this feature. On the Reports page, drag your assignment to the dashboard to discover your students’ statistics and test results. Keeping a copy of the reports is a breeze!

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2017

A report from Washington Post found that Texas Instruments and Casio have essentially cornered the graphing calculator market. The deal with Desmos gives its maligned exams a much-needed technology upgrade. Depending on the test, his team has had to disable certain features that could have helped students solve questions immediately.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

This new connectivity exceeds a national network infrastructure benchmark of 100 Mbps, which was set by the State Educational Technology Directors Association. Counties across the state have worked to increase their broadband capacity as online assessments, video resources, and mobile devices have become more prevalent in schools.

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Also, there is an educational portal that allows teachers to track/monitor students, generate detailed reports, and assess student's learning to make it easy to differentiate instruction. Also, Education Galaxy is great for assessing student's needs for easy differentiated instruction, while helping integrate Self Paced Learning.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Remaining a tech-savvy educator means keeping on top of the myriad changes and trends in education, how technology can support those trends, and how teaching and learning can best benefit from near-constant change. The report showed striking differences in media use among varying demographics.

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

A decline in personal computer sales in the worldwide K-12 education market may be linked to faltering economies in other countries, particularly Latin America, a new report finds. market, according to a report from Futuresource Consulting, a London-based market research firm. Self-Paced E-Learning Market Evaporating, Report Finds.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Indeed, a 2019 report from the U.S. To learn more, Benke recommended resources at the National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological Advancements at the University of Wisconsin and the Center for Distributed Learning at the University of Central Florida. You’ll find a partial transcript below.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2016

When Ray Timothy, executive director of the Utah Education and Telehealth Network , saw the results of a new statewide inventory of technology deployed across all 989 Utah public schools, one figure jumped out at him in particular. Alabama and I believe a few other states have annual inventory reports. New Mexico has a custom tool.

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techlearning

JULY 10, 2018

Alive Studios’ programs use a technology called augmented reality (3D without glasses) to bring lessons to life. We will be using an online assessment tool to monitor the program’s effectiveness and to help us provide the best service for our community.” Join Alive Studios’ BHAG! jacob@prwithpanache.com.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This is not a robust threaded discussion tool like I wish it was, but it can be handy for formative assessments and to check for understanding. Formative is a free online assessment tool that is very robust. You can ask questions during your lessons, see live data, and reports. Freemium, some features are free.).

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techlearning

JULY 18, 2018

Every year the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference's expo floor is packed with edtech products vying for teachers' attention. This early literacy tool created by NWEA allows for whole-class, online assessment of oral reading fluency and other key skills thanks to speech recognition and audio recording software.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Make sure the technology you use doesn't take the place of, but instead supplements, face-to-face interaction. Students take online assessments to measure their strengths and challenges. Upload the data to Tuva, and use the platform to experiment with multiple graphical representations and report on statistics and trends.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 12, 2016

million, plans to use the new funds to enhance “technology and sales.” ” Citelighter aims to help students break down writing tasks and enable teachers and administrators to create assignments, real-time assessments, and standards-based grading, according to the company website. Citelighter Raises $2.1

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Make sure the technology you use doesn't take the place of, but instead supplements, face-to-face interaction. Students take online assessments to measure their strengths and challenges. Upload the data to Tuva, and use the platform to experiment with multiple graphical representations and report on statistics and trends.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2024

That said, the technology isn’t there yet, and educators and test designers need to tread carefully , experts warn. Before schools begin to use AI for assessments, teachers will need professional development on how to use AI effectively and wisely, Turner Lee said. There’s also the issue of bias embedded in many AI tools.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 27, 2018

Every year the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference's expo floor is packed with edtech products vying for teachers' attention. is an incident reporting tool for students that lets them anonymously notify a school counselor of any issues (e.g., Looking for a way to combat bullying?

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 27, 2018

Every year the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference's expo floor is packed with edtech products vying for teachers' attention. is an incident reporting tool for students that lets them anonymously notify a school counselor of any issues (e.g., Looking for a way to combat bullying?

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Assessment Robotics Tools Digital Citizenship 40

Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Make sure the technology you use doesn't take the place of, but instead supplements, face-to-face interaction. Students take online assessments to measure their strengths and challenges. Upload the data to Tuva, and use the platform to experiment with multiple graphical representations and report on statistics and trends.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Make sure the technology you use doesn't take the place of, but instead supplements, face-to-face interaction. Students take online assessments to measure their strengths and challenges. Upload the data to Tuva, and use the platform to experiment with multiple graphical representations and report on statistics and trends.

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Tools Digital Citizenship Guidelines Online Assessments 40

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

The judges rated their impressions on a sliding scale, evaluating areas such as quality and effectiveness, ease of use and creative use of technology. They then met in person to decide which technologies will have the most impact in the classroom and deserved to be named Best of Show.

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