Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Schools that foster trust among parents, teachers, and school leaders are more likely to see academic improvement than schools that do little or fail to foster trust ( Bryk and Schneider, 2003 ). Teacher leadership is also critical for school improvement efforts to succeed.

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Education Professional Learning Study Case Study 120

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Their ESSA plans detail systemic transformations of assessment methods and other practices, according to Lillian Pace, the senior director of national policy at KnowledgeWorks. These new assessment systems are a crucial component of personalization. New Hampshire is piloting its new assessment system alongside traditional testing.

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Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 73

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

With people of color expected to make up a quarter of the state’s population by 2035, these gaps represent an economic threat to Minnesota; unless more residents get to and through college, there won’t be enough qualified workers to fill the jobs that require a post-secondary degree or certificate. “[O]ur

Dropout 74

Dropout Secondary Course Report 74

The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

I’m always in search of simple, time-saving rubrics that make it easier for kids to understand how they’re being assessed. For example, all students are told that at least 3 score in all grading categories on a 5 point rubric is acceptable. Thank you, Dennis! Quality has to be non-negotiable. Brookhart (ASCD, 2013).

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Secondary Assessment Strategy Examples 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Prior to joining ESR, Wolk served as a program associate with The Education Alliance at Brown University where she served on the core work group with the National Association of Secondary School Principals to write Breaking Ranks II: Strategies for Leading High School Reform (NASSP 2004), and Breaking Ranks in the Middle (NASSP 2007).

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Secondary Personalized Learning Strategy Assessment 34

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

For example, the Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen (Yale) is a survey that asks teachers to make judgments on how often they think a student displays problems in their language behaviors such as oral expression. 12 The latter can be identified with norm-referenced measures in state and standardized reading assessments.

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Differentiated Instruction Training Analysis Assessment 116

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Ed note 2: Hase and Kenyon make distinctions between self-determined and self-directed learning that may be in conflict with our use of the terms (see, for example, our self-directed learning model ). Assessment becomes the key for opening doors and teaching is geared to providing the key. Don’t most good ideas happen this way?

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