The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 24, 2017

This fun, visual tool lets students explore 150 different science and social studies units for elementary and middle school learners. Karen Vogelsang has taught elementary school in Memphis, Tennessee for fourteen years. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and a Master’s in Elementary Education.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. I have had a Books to Africa program going since 2012. Julie Hembree is a teacher-librarian at Cougar Ridge Elementary School near Seattle, WA. Julie: Well, at this point it’s threefold.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2024

The long-term assessment format changed in 2004, which is why you’ll notice some spikes or kinks for that year in the graphs below.) Students are expected to have learned to read by age 9, which corresponds to third or fourth grade in elementary school. Between 2012 and 2023, 40 years of progress in math vanished.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 26, 2018

Small, handheld devices like mobile phones are good for viewing static slides, but they’re epic for sending formative assessment data to the teacher and the whole class. Formative assessment is a not-so-secret of my own success, and the interactive display is part of this as I show certain items and hide others.

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Educational Technology Guy

OCTOBER 29, 2012

29, 2012 —Livescribe Inc. Dedicated to the education industry, Livescribe is kicking off a pilot program with select school districts and higher education institutions to assess use cases, as well as the impact of using the Sky wifi smartpen both in and out of the classroom.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2024

Because student identifiable information is not gathered in these assessments, they are more likely to provide truthful responses and as a result they can receive greater personalized feedback. Questions that constitute a good screening tool assess the most quintessential factors of mental health, functioning, and academic achievement.

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Tools Outcomes Survey Assessment 109

The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2022

Teens who read more paper books scored higher on reading assessments. Even among students of similar socioeconomic backgrounds, those who read books in a paper format scored a whopping 49 points higher on the Program for International Student Assessment, known as PISA. Credit: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. years of learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Both of my parents were public educators; my father an elementary principal in Hackettstown and my mother an elementary teacher in Flemington. For all the hoopla, PARCC has told us nothing we didn't already know from previous assessments. It breaks my heart to see what is happening in a state that I hold dear to my heart.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 9, 2019

The key strategy to get to this level of understanding involves a tried-and-true instructional practice: formative assessments and feedback. So what are some main characteristics of these assessment practices? Students learn to set goals, self-assess, monitor their progress over time. You Need Data to Personalize Learning.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2017

In 2012 I took a job as a general education language arts teacher, working with at-risk youths. In 2012, I transferred to McClarin Success Academy in Fulton County School District. My 16, 17 and 18-year old students were entering my class reading at an elementary level. Mastery-based assessment directly addressed this issue.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

I have to do the in-flip, which means I do the videos sometimes in class, and use tools like “EdPuzzle” to kind of insert that formative assessment and that sort of thing. As the producer of HipHughes History, he was recognized in 2012 by YouTube and Khan Academy with a YouTube Edu Guru Award. Vicki: Yes! And you know, I do this.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., ” FY 2012 $0. FY 2013 $0. FY 2014 $0.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

-based early childhood technology and services developer best known for its GOLD observation-based assessment system and its Creative Curriculum product lines for infants, preschoolers and kindergarteners. Roden worked as an elementary school teacher and in sales for Pearson before founding ReadyRosie in 2012.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Thirty-nine percent of the books children access through the program are opened for the first time outside of school hours, and books have been accessed over 71,718,216 times since the inception of the program in 2012, equating to over 336 million minutes spent reading. We look forward to continuing to support them for many years to come.”.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Assessment as an Ongoing Act of Learning: A Heutagogical Approach: Melanie Booth. is a type of essentialist, behaviorist education based on the three Rs – receiving by listening to the teacher; responding by taking notes, studying text, and doing worksheets; and regurgitating by taking the same assessments as all other students in the cohort.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Avery Bencal is a fourth grader at Winthrop Elementary School in Melrose, Massachusetts. That’s what they called it in Maine, where, in 2012, state officials mandated that every district adopt it, and then, in 2018, abandoned the requirement. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. MELROSE, Mass.

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Competency Based Learning Learning Elementary Report 129

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2023

That’s the case with the most recent results from a key global education test, the Program for International Student Assessment or PISA. students in this lowest level has swelled; back in 2012, a little over a quarter of U.S. Numbers don’t lie, right? But they also don’t always tell the whole story. More than a third of U.S.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Ray Salazar called the five-paragraph essay an “outdated writing tradition” that “must end” in a 2012 post for his blog White Rhino. Olin does think, however, that the five-paragraph essay format is useful for elementary students, adding that fourth grade is when the state of Texas starts assessing students’ writing in standardized tests.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

So the company plans to release three new articles a week aimed specifically at elementary students. REN FAIRE: K-12 learning analytics software, Renaissance , announced Renaissance Flow 360 , an assessment-based platform that aims to help teachers analyze differentiated student data to help determine what students are ready to learn next.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. 2013; Parsons, 2012; Vaughn, 2015, ). Adaptive teaching: Reflective practice of two elementary teachers’ visions and adaptations during literacy instruction. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

Daniel Hodge Back in 2012, ambitious district officials in Fulton County revealed a 5-year plan. This abrupt change in instructional tactics led to a dip in academic achievement, as observed through the district’s low scores on the College and Career Readiness Performance Index , in which elementary and middle schools dropped 5.1

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Reyes-Henderson of Foxcroft Academy works at the first high school in Maine to implement a 1:1 iPad initiative, dating back to the fall of 2012. In fact, assistant Superintendent Shawn Carlson points out the one of the most successful uses of iPads in Boothbay has been in assessments.

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iPad Laptops Classroom Report 105

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 11, 2017

The Unified Classroom brings together the teacher’s grade book, learning management system, student information system, and assessment in one powerful platform with just one log in. 04:32 Karen: And they’re like, we’re gonna figure out who Rusty is and why Rusty is hiding at Hazelwood Elementary. 04:31 Vicki: Yeah.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

7 Given the screening mandate, some publishers have fashioned screeners out of their reading assessment instruments designed for the typical population. 12 The latter can be identified with norm-referenced measures in state and standardized reading assessments. link] National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, NIH, U.S.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2019

He also shares how the district uses case management technology to track these interventions, support clinicians and help assess when students need help—and when they don't. We've been offering EBT interventions as part of that model since the 2011-2012 school year. EdSurge: Tell us about your Evidence-Based Treatment interventions.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2019

AUSTIN, Texas — Even in elementary school, Luz Annette got into a lot of fights with other girls. A ‘Critical Need’ Located in the rapidly-gentrifying East Austin neighborhood, Austin Achieve was founded in 2012 by John Armbrust, a Teach for America alumnus, to set a new bar for what schools in the area could be.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

Small-group math work at Prairie Oak Elementary in Berwyn North School District 98 where, two years ago, just 14 percent of third-graders were able to do grade-level math. During the last school year, only 40 percent of fourth-graders nationwide scored at a proficient level in a nationwide math assessment. BERWYN, Ill. —

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The elementary teachers in the room solved the problem quickly. But early-childhood and elementary teachers have the daunting task of introducing abstraction to their students: What is a number? Hedges oversees all things math for the Milwaukee district’s elementary and middle schools. I went to the store to buy some fruit.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

We used three strategies to assess growth from fall to spring: Instructional walk trends, student engagement surveys, and digital student portfolios. It is worth noting that at the younger ages, there was also significant growth in their reading achievement as measures by interim assessments (running records).

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Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

We used three strategies to assess growth from fall to spring: Instructional walk trends, student engagement surveys, and digital student portfolios. It is worth noting that at the younger ages, there was also significant growth in their reading achievement as measures by interim assessments (running records).

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Elementary Classroom Survey Assessment 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2023

They don’t have the knowledge right now to assess what’s a credible source and what is not,” she said. More than 150 teachers have graduated from the program since it started in 2012. “I Students can access all sorts of misinformation on Twitter and TikTok, she reasons; plus, they’re just kids. Futter, president emerita of AMNH. “We

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

At Dunn Elementary, kids who are struggling get extra time with second-grade teacher Sarah Bowling. The second-graders in Sarah Bowling’s class at Dunn Elementary were on a scavenger hunt to find “arrays.”. Photo: Luba Ostashevsky. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The bookshelf had a picture of three rows of five fish. Graphic: Davin McHenry.

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Waterford

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

14] Also set a few student goals for the upcoming semester during the meeting to involve parents in the assessment process.[8]. Avoid using educational jargon, which can confuse parents who aren’t as familiar with elementary teaching terms.[7]. South African Journal of Education, 2012, 32(1), pp. Howard, K.M., and Lipinoga, S.

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MindShift

JULY 10, 2018

Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2020

In April, the NWEA, a nonprofit assessment organization, published research showing some students could start school this fall nearly one year behind where they would normally be , part of a phenomenon referred to as the “Covid slide.” Espinoza realized the district needed to better take advantage of the year-round calendar.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

In 2012, the district was one of 16 U.S. Most of what our staff does is show up committed and dedicated — they really take care of these kids and make sure that they’re safe, that they’re healthy, that they’re happy, they’re eating, they have clothes,” says Amy Creeden, an elementary school principal. You become very attached.

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