Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 26, 2019

Teachers monitor individual progress, see what each student completed on their last visit as well as when that was and how long it lasted, view students’ self-described moods, assess their pre- and post-quiz scores, and view their summative synthesis videos that provide evidence of their knowledge as they teach others what they just learned.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

That’s the idea at least behind the latest summative assessments from Project Lead the Way , a project-based STEM curriculum, which is introducing new tech-based question types to measure a raft of noncognitive skills from collaboration to general problem solving (in addition to subject-specific questions about engineering or coding concepts).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

There are good reasons why worksheets have been the backbone of assessment for decades: Students write or type the information (and get the benefits of note-taking). Once students finish watching, they can play topical games, dig deeper with more videos, make a learning map, review domain-specific words, and/or assess their learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

MasteryConnect aims to help teachers plan lessons and track how students perform against academic standards. Its core offerings include formative assessment products such as Socrative (a startup acquired in June 2014), grading tools and reporting services. Education companies have been hit, too.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

But a few months ago, its CEO, Matt Siegelman, hopped on the Amtrak Acela train from Washington, D.C. Frank Britt, CEO of Penn Foster, commented that progressive companies align recruitment with training budgets rather than silo them to provide a comprehensive workforce solution. But both levers are important. It’s a textbook toss-up.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2021

One included academic standards for my state. The other was filled with the English language development (ELD) standards. My job was to ensure that my students, all of whom were categorized as English learners (ELs), met these grade-level and proficiency standards by the end of the year.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2019

They deliver specific chunks of knowledge that are outlined by academic standards and required by school policy in the curriculum, not random tangents of knowledge. Formative and summative assessments. A great deal of them are logistics work and require a whole set of skills most teachers have little training in.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Mississippi’s gains came as students in many states did worse in 2019 than they did in 2017 on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) — to the disappointment of leaders, educators and parents across the United States. The state proved a bright spot on the most recent Nation’s Report Card. Third, involve other stakeholders.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

It’s a mindshift for teachers, especially when it comes to assessment, because scoring is so different. But in a competency-based model, teachers must assess and record a student’s performance on each academic standard within and across subjects. Students can upload and view their evidence of learning.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

Substantial (501(c)3/Oakland, California) creates training, resources and information customized for each school to help substitute teachers be successful. They adopted a similar strategy in Maryland, offering schools quizzes that aligned to the state’s high-stakes assessment.

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N2Y

JULY 30, 2020

How might Stephen Hawking, one of the true geniuses of our time, have been judged if he were assessed without the benefit of his speech-generating device (SGD) and by someone who did not know who he was? This results in lack of motivation to participate or perform in assessments or activities. Finding and leveraging strengths.

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Linways Technologies

MAY 14, 2020

Autonomous colleges, on the other hand, are granted freedom and in some or all the academic matters. They can have their own syllabus, right to conduct exams, and set up assessment patterns. Every candidate who is employed in an industry or in any sector is given additional training to make them fit for the job.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 10, 2021

Curriculum, academic standards, grades, cut scores, progress/growth over time, and more all born out of love. assessment and data. A learning model that is ‘patient’ can only fail relative to standardized and universal goals. The Effect Of Ambition. project and audience. teacher and learner. learner and data.

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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.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2017

Edtech is a vital precursor to “work tech”—the tools that today’s students will need to leverage in college, career training and eventually the workplace. Five factors currently drive this demand for improving the quality and scalability of education technology: Higher academic standards nationwide. Static state budgets.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

They spoke of teachers inadequately trained to support special education students. Schools are supposed to revise the IEP document annually in partnership with the student’s parents and conduct a barrage of assessments to reevaluate the child’s disability classification every three years. But he still struggled.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The courses are still based on California state standards, and students continue to complete external assessments such as iReady. Training the teachers. Teacher training programs are not preparing teachers for personalized competency-based learning models,” said Patrick, of the Aurora Institute. Does it work?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

Most educators agree the Common Core standards are rigorous enough that students who meet these guidelines will be adequately prepared to pursue a career or a college degree after they graduate from the public school system. We should not see a gap for the overwhelming majority of students who have disabilities,” she said. But we do.”.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

A common set of academic standards could alleviate the discovery issue, but several states have withdrawn from the Common Core State Standards and decided to adopt their own. OpenEd ranks videos based on an analysis of how students do on assessments after watching them. Forty-two states and Washington, D.C.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

OCTOBER 15, 2022

The principal's students were in an alternative setting and the main delivery and assessment of content came from an online course platform. The issue is effectively working alongside a platform that is delivering instruction and assessing students. Alignment to academic standards is usually more prominent and obvious.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Standards Several – Vendors produce tools that correspond with the Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange (CASE) , specifications that define how systems exchange and manage information about learning standards and/or competencies in a digitally-referenceable way (goodbye PDFs!). What’s Out There Now.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Technology has seeped its way into classrooms, streamlined academic standards, and transformed the pedagogical landscape to a large extent. Step 3 – Consider Individual Needs and Preferences Before selecting the best educational software , it is critical to assess that the software is suitable for the age group of learners.

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MindShift

APRIL 27, 2015

“Research shows on a national scale there’s less play and experiential based curriculum happening over all, and much more didactic instruction, even though we have research that shows long term there are greater gains from play-based programs than academically focused ones,” Carlsson-Paige said. We regret any confusion.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2019

In addition, kindergarteners who took advantage of state-funded pre-K in Quitman ranked among the top five performers on an assessment of school readiness skills, state data released in November show. Early education sets the train in motion for where children are going to end up.”. Business kicks in.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Teachers can create multimedia assessments and activities for their students, who record and embed their responses. In other words, school librarians should be trained educators charged with providing information literacy opportunities to learners across an array of contexts.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2017

Before students can earn academic credit, they must complete a final project, which is then assessed by a highly-qualified teacher in that content area. Potts said it’s also important to make sure the work experience is meaningful and relates to academic content.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2025

If we can get more content experts, schools can provide training on classroom management. I dont think we should reduce standards, but the certification process can be more flexible for someone with, for example, a bachelors degree in history or math. Schools are built on a mass production concept.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

In 2013, most elementary schools are simply diminutive high schools, with a balance of reading, writing, mathematics, geography, and other “core” skills, while character training supplements academic work. Connectivity could represent a new kind of assessment. Personalized learning will disrupt how we think of curriculum.

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