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An Expanded Definition of Student Success

Digital Promise

To help accomplish their vision – that every students get not just to but through college – Brooklyn Lab leverages Cortex, a digital learning platform where student data and work can be accessed by students, teachers, parents, and administrators alike. Mastery of Rigorous Standards.

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Teacher tricks: Grading & assessment

Neo LMS

In my first post in the series we explored how redefining what your data is for and how best to capture it can save many hours of tedium and time wastage. It also has a rubric maker that aligns entirely with the Common Core standards, which is very handy. Conclusion. Till next time.

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“It’s unfair” special education students lag behind under Common Core in Kentucky

The Hechinger Report

Since Kentucky became the first state to adopt the Common Core in 2010, the achievement gap between students with disabilities and their nondisabled peers has widened slightly – despite sweeping expectations the more rigorous standards would help eliminate disparities in academic performance. Reframing expectations.

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

Edsurge

Heyck-Williams says these conferences help families understand the grading system, as students sit down with the data to discuss their strengths and weaknesses. Some people need that data.”. We’re doing things that are a little radical but still grounded in academic standards. . Now we want to prove it works.

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Responding To Criticisms Of The Common Core

TeachThought - Learn better.

Responding To Criticisms Of The Common Core. Ed note: Supporting “commonness” or standardization isn’t a part of our mission at TeachThought, but we are interested in giving equal voice to diverse voices across education. Myth #3: Common Core sets the bar too high for students, leaving them discouraged.

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eSpark–Self-paced Learning for Math and Reading

Ask a Tech Teacher

Receive weekly emails from eSpark to summarize that week’s class data including opportunities for targeted instruction, feedback, and accomplishments. You don’t have to search the internet for the right app and wonder if the one you picked really works. The teacher dashboard is clean and easy to understand.

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Why Efforts to Improve Teacher Productivity and Efficiency May Not Pay Off

Edsurge

In today’s workforce, one employee backed up by teams of experts providing training, tools, just-in-time access to materials and data can perform work that once required dozens of line workers. In contrast, the American education system, despite efforts to centralize elements like academic standards, remains enormously fragmented.

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