eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2017

In this ever-dynamic landscape, “common” standards for education seemingly get a bad rap, but they’re useful, particularly for the development and distribution of open education resources (OER). When OER curation was in its infancy, there were few common standards in place for vetting and cataloging this content.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 18, 2016

Then, the company was unable to produce enough paper copies quickly enough to meet the state’s demands. Common Core Testing Market Dominated by Familiar Players. Pearson CEO Talks Common Core, Rise of ‘Open’ Resources. ETS Hauls in Texas Assessment Deals Worth $280M, Tops Pearson.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

With more college students now considered nontraditional than traditional, higher education institutions have been scrambling to shift their models to better meet their needs. All 50 states have standards for their students to meet — most use, at least in part, the Common Core standards.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 9, 2015

Educators often wonder how they are going to meet all the demands of Common Core. One important point is that the standards require more depth and less breadth. Meeting these standards can be done by doing less, not more. Less Is More: 4 Strategies To Streamline Your Curriculum. by Renee Rubin , Ed.D.,

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Do teachers use Seesaw to teach live, like with Zoom or Google Meet? Seesaw Skills view allows users to keep track of student proficiency on any given skill or academic standard. Teachers can also tag student work with Common Core or TEKS standards, for example, and create a color-coded three- to six-star assessment system.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

More recently, widespread changes in academic standards, like the adoption of the Common Core standards and concern over low reading scores , further increased the rigor of kindergarten to the point that it has been referred to as “ the new first grade.” It’s our job to meet every single child wherever they are.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

Although Illinois adopted Common Core standards in 2010, Berwyn North, a kindergarten through eighth-grade district with 3,084 students , had not yet incorporated the standards when Ayala and her new assistant superintendent, Amy Zaher, were hired in 2012. It’s not just about teachers teaching.

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eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

Higher standards are right. The president went on to add, "What hasn’t worked is denying teachers, schools, and states what they need to meet these goals. Furthermore, No Child Left Behind’s one-size-fits-all method of evaluating schools has been criticized as incentivizing low academic standards.

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MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

Although Illinois adopted Common Core standards in 2010, Berwyn North, a kindergarten through eighth-grade district with 3,084 students , had not yet incorporated the standards when Ayala and her new assistant superintendent, Amy Zaher, were hired in 2012. It’s not just about teachers teaching.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Although advisory was required for my students to accumulate elective credits and meet graduation requirements, I wasn’t provided thoughtful or engaging curriculum. Being standards-based, we support CASEL’s SEL competencies and we encourage our teachers to track them in tandem with academic standards.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Research has shown that a majority of the educators who teach English-language learners (ELLs) are creating their own instructional materials — often with little oversight — that don’t necessarily match the student’s grade level or the rigor required by state academic standards.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

While the academic program here leads toward a regular Massachusetts high school diploma, the teaching is often tailored to address individual areas of weakness. Most classes meet in a large central room that feels part art studio, part living room. The standard is what’s appropriate,” Mr. Kain says. “If Photo: Austin Haeberle.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2019

Many recited numbers up to 30 by memory, meeting a new academic standard that Mississippi adopted for kindergarteners amid the rollout of Common Core Standards. In 2017, Mississippi met nine of those 10 standards. Four of Show’s students were counting to 100, surpassing their end-of-year goal.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 23, 2016

The new language supports the rights of parents to opt their children out of standardized tests, demand more oversight of charters and oppose evaluating teachers using their students’ standardized test scores. Related: Poll: Voters agree, candidates should talk preschool.

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