Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

With the addition of MasteryConnect’s formative assessment tools, Instructure aims to capitalize on what it sees as a “shift occurring at the state level as they replace high-stakes, end-of-year testing with innovative assessment models,” according to a prepared statement. billion by 2020.

LMS 131

LMS Assessment Company Comparison 131

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Back in the driver’s seat is Mick Hewitt, who co-founded the company in 2009 and served as its first CEO. MasteryConnect aims to help teachers plan lessons and track how students perform against academic standards. When Reid took over, Hewitt stayed at MasteryConnect as its chief product officer.

EdTech 122

EdTech Company Academic Standards Industry 122

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS Academic standards in English language arts and math, created by a national task force and based on the best state curriculums and input from experts. The process began in 2009 and Common Core, as it is known, has been adopted in 41 states and the District of Columbia.

Competency Based Learning 100

Competency Based Learning Common Core Personalized Learning Study 100

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

Since the biennial test, called the National Assessment of Educational Progress or NAEP, was first administered in the early 1990s, student achievement, particularly in math, steadily improved until the late 2000s, then flatlined. . Every state has its own annual assessments, but they vary in difficulty and how they are scored.

Education 111

Education Common Core Report Academic Standards 111

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards.

EdTech 120

EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

For example, specific policies regarding academic standards, testing requirements, and charter school authorization caps can give rise to specific types of products. The teacher evaluation market has grown dramatically over the last few years, driven by the 2009 implementation of. Two key factors drive this complexity.

Policies 60

Policies Academic Standards Common Core Exercises 60

The Hechinger Report

JULY 23, 2019

It was 2009, and Tennessee Gov. Over the subsequent eight years, Tennessee would outpace every other state in the nation on student achievement gains as measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress , followed closely by Washington, D.C., a second-round Race to the Top winner. had received federal grants.

Policies 62

Policies Academic Standards Data Assessment 62