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Three Tips for Centering Teachers—Not Tools—in Generative AI Innovation

Digital Promise

For example, teachers might learn to use ChatGPT to generate lesson plans or to compose feedback on student writing. For example, The Calculus Project found that teachers were often disappointed with the quality and accuracy of answer keys and problem sets created by ChatGPT. Some teachers distrusted the still-emerging technology.

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How Three Organizations Are Using GenAI to Advance Equity—and Combating Bias within It

Digital Promise

For example, Asian students tended to perform worse on the assessment when given the same competence level. In another example of bias, the model tended to give high scores to students. For example, YouthTruth initially used GenAI to analyze open-ended responses in 83,000 student surveys about math belonging.

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Ensuring Equity for English Learners (ELs)

Catlin Tucker

Therefore, it is essential to assess their language abilities and design instruction that meets their needs. This ensures they are exposed to grade-level academic content while developing their English language skills. ELs need instruction tailored to their language proficiency level.

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Can “playful assessments” tell us whether maker education works?

The Hechinger Report

With scarcely a month left in the school year, why was it worth spending time making videos rather than covering the next academic standard? Plus, evidence-based assessments could improve the overall quality of project-based learning by helping educators tailor projects to specific skills and vet a lesson’s overall effectiveness.

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The Definition Of Combination Learning

TeachThought - Learn better.

Remember, these are just examples. 7 Examples Of Combination Learning. Self-assess podcast (it can be unpublished) through self-created rubric. Below are some examples of these ingredients/pieces of the learning process. There are dozens for every category. Combination: Twitter + Spotify + Design.

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Play Is Disappearing From Kindergarten. It’s Hurting Kids.

Edsurge

Every morning I neatly placed a worksheet in front of each child’s chair, following the example of my colleagues. Across the country, kindergarteners are pressured to meet academic standards that both teachers and experts say many kids are developmentally not ready for. As educators, we cannot allow this to continue.

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Looking to Ditch Traditional Grades? Here’s How to Get Stakeholders On Board

Edsurge

An increasing number of schools —including charter and traditional public schools—are making a similar move to ditch traditional grades in favor of a more robust approach to assessing students’ skills. Whether they call it competency-, mastery-, or standards-based grading, the movement aims to improve students outcomes sans As, Bs, and Cs.

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