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iPads for Masterful Math: Randomizing Formative Math Assessment

The CoolCatTeacher

Dr. Sean Nank’s research shows that the single biggest method for improving learning with iPads is to use online formative assessments. However, his formative assessments have a twist — students are all answering DIFFERENT math questions. Masterful Math: Randomizing Formative Math Assessment. Date: January 10, 2018.

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5 Strategies to Help Superintendents Lead Digital Transformation

EdTech Magazine

David Schuler, superintendent of Township High School District 214 in Illinois and the 2018 Superintendent of the Year, joined Chris Gaines, Mehlville (Mo.) Create Balanced Academic Assessments. Schuler and Gaines agreed that assessments need to reflect where students are and where they are going. . “I eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Testing Literacy Today Requires more than a Pencil and Paper

Digital Promise

The results of large-scale tests may be used by schools or policy-makers to make important decisions such as grouping students by ability or assessing how well schools are doing. Across Canada, researchers and educators have documented the need to transform how the provinces assess literacy and consider more innovative designs.

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Inquiry Hub Secondary School – Confluence and Influence

Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

Confluence and Influence – Inquiry Hub Secondary School. Background: The 2018-2019 school year is Inquiry Hub Secondary’s 7th year since it was founded. 2018 Updated Courses. Foundations of Inquiry 10 – BAA Course 2018. Foundations of Inquiry 11 – BAA Course 2018. Anthony Ciolfitto.

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Education technology and the future of Higher Ed leadership

Neo LMS

To quote a study on Evolllution , “60 percent of respondents said technology has fundamentally changed post-secondary teaching and learning. Bureau of Labor Statistics , education administrators earn an average of $94,340 a year, and openings for these professionals are likely to grow by 7% between 2018-2028. According to The U.S.

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Talented Students Are Kept From Early Algebra. Should States Force Schools to Enroll Them?

Edsurge

The nonprofit assessment organization NWEA, Peters’ organization, recently released guidance for schools to better identify when students are prepared to take algebra, in the hopes of encouraging schools to use “universally administered” data points when making math placements. In 2018, Ohio adopted one such policy.

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The Thank You Project #MondayMotivation

The CoolCatTeacher

Sponsor : PowerSchool has fantastic a fantastic K12 Academic Leaders Webinar Series at coolcatteacher.com/PowerSchoolWebinar including my “Digital Dozen: 12 Tips for Building Your Digital Classroom” and an upcoming webinar on “Best Practices for a Balanced Assessment System.” Stream by clicking here.

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