A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2017

To help achieve an ROI we increased the number of formal observations and evaluations, collected learning artifacts (lesson plans, assessments, student work, etc.) They have also been completing job-embedded tasks after these sessions and completed a reflective questionnaire as part of ICLE’s Digital Practice Assessment (DPA) process.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

What’s more, they even take ownership of their learning and get involved in everything the process implies: setting the tasks, the problem-solving process, the learning environment and resources, and the assessment stage. Open-ended inquiry. Any given task requires students to reach a conclusion or a solution. Mastery of key concepts.

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Learning Competency Based Learning Advocacy LMS 334

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Among them are advocacy campaigns, curriculum and resource development, professional development for teachers and administrators, and continued research. We offer a number of recommendations to move this work forward. Supporting educators to teach computational thinking.

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Education Advocacy Data Report 288

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2024

Relying on teacher recommendations or parent advocacy to decide which students are ready, many schools have not been able to get enough talented students from disadvantaged backgrounds into seats in algebra classrooms. The guidance is connected to MAP Growth , one of the nonprofit’s assessments.

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Advocacy Secondary Policies Guidelines 198

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 17, 2018

They are great models for how to use social media in empowered ways for research dissemination, policy advocacy, and educational impact. Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, @vamboozled_ , vamboozled.com (educator assessment). I would encourage you to see how the following scholars are engaging online. wordpress.com (school finance).

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Social Media Advocacy Twitter Facebook 262

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2024

Many standards and curricula don’t call out creativity explicitly, and teachers aren’t often trained on how to teach and assess creative thinking. If it's really easy for your students to cheat and get an A on your assessment, is that an authentic assessment?

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Khan Academy Adobe Advocacy Assessment 198

American Consortium for Equity in Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I say “paper” because my Keep Reading Three Ideas for Creating More Equitable & Personal Assessments The post Three Ideas for Creating More Equitable & Personal Assessments appeared first on American Consortium for Equity in Education.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2022

NAGC’s mission is to support those who enhance the growth and development of gifted and talented children through education, advocacy, community building, and research. National Association for Gifted Children. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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STEM Advocacy Robotics Strategy 294

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2023

Tacy Trowbridge Lead for Global Education Thought Leadership & Advocacy Adobe What importance does creativity play when it comes to college and career pathways? Rubrics help bring more concrete assessment to creativity , a skill that many otherwise consider difficult to score. What creative skills are employers looking for?

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Digital Promise

MARCH 5, 2020

As a former librarian and district leader, I found that success was the best form of advocacy—when the great work of librarians is shared and documented, good things follow for students and library programs. That said, it’s often difficult to effectively tell the story about how librarians make a difference for students and colleagues.

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Future Ready Maker Movement Libraries Professional Learning 300

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Tom Loveless, a former Brookings Institution researcher and author of a book about detracking, says that in the years after the policys adoption, assessment data shows that gaps in math achievement widened in the district. The district also should have devoted more resources for teacher support, such as coaching, he adds.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 29, 2017

It has spurred the publication of white papers, launch of incubators and conferences, as well as interest amongst journalists and advocacy groups. Pre- and post-test data will be collected, as well as usage data and responses to monthly surveys and self-assessment data.

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Mobility Advocacy Data Accessibility 241

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

It is driven by choice, voice, and advocacy. Tools like TodaysMeet and Mentimeter can also be used to gather perception data from kids Implement portfolios as a means of authentic assessment When hiring new teachers and administrators have kids on the interview committee As policies that impact students are created or updated (i.e.

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Advocacy Edmodo BYOD Assessment 150

Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2020

It has also forced school leaders to become more creative, outspoken and innovative in their advocacy and leadership—lessons they will take with them to help drive change in 2021. In parallel fashion we should begin by self-assessing the environments and communities in which we work. We also must continue assessing students.

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Learning Assessment Advocacy System 196

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 6, 2020

Advocacy groups and testing organizations urged the U.S. Department of Education to place an emphasis on equity in making awards through its innovative-assessment program. The post Innovative Assessment Pilots Should Support Equity, and Strive for Broad Impact, Groups Say appeared first on Market Brief.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2022

This acquisition deepens the company’s assessment capabilities and broadens its commitment to keep teachers at the center of instruction by providing insights and personalized instruction to enhance students’ learning experience,” a Renaissance spokesperson said in an email interview with EdSurge. Why the pairing?

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Data Advocacy Company Education 159

Waterford

APRIL 10, 2020

Self-Care Tools, Strategies and Assessment. National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project, June 2014, pp. Helping Your Child Develop Independence: Self-Care Skills. Retrieved from ucf.edu: [link]. and Molina, M. and Watson, M. Self-care: Managing compassion fatigue. InnovAiT, May 2015, 8(6), pp.

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How To Handbook Strategy Advocacy 360

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

As an organization on a mission to build a strong, socially conscious and diverse tech workforce, the past year showed us where we can strengthen our existing practices and sharpen our focus and advocacy efforts to be even further out on the leading edge of innovative learning. Focus on engaging content, not seat time.

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Education Advocacy Learning Broadband 218

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The assessment, NAEP, represents a clear, quantifiable window into the impact of the pandemic’s disruption on student performance, its administrators say. Over the last two-and-a-half years, students’ math and reading scores saw a historic decline, according to the results of a Congressionally-mandated test—known as the “nation’s report card.”

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Report Assessment Broadband Advocacy 169

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

As Rachel’s story illustrates, in addition to being outstanding assessment tools, rubrics perform another, equally important function. For rubrics to serve as a teaching tool, as well as a valid assessment tool, they must meet certain criteria. A Tool for Self-Advocacy. Rubrics as Teaching Tools. Rubrics change that.

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Learning Advocacy Assessment Meeting 182

Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2021

The Power of Assessment Digging through Jason’s files and coming up empty reinforced my belief that, if we had a true district-wide RTI framework with a uniform approach to assessment, we would have uncovered Jason’s needs sooner. Although the RTI framework includes many components, Jason guided my focus on assessment.

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Assessment Education Handbook Data 167

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Jennifer Gonzalez has released her 2018 Teachers Guide to Technology with over 200 education technology tools including tools for assessment, flipped learning, presentations, parent engagement, video engagement and more. We Don’t Have To Choose Between Assessment and Excellent Teaching. The assessment piece is important for kids.

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Elementary Assessment Company Maker Movement 276

eSchool News

AUGUST 15, 2019

We are proud to have influenced the new ESSA requirements and provisions through our research, publishing, consulting to the United States Department of Education, and advocacy work. Related content: Academics and SEL go hand-in-hand.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

There is a need for increased flexibility—live lessons and self-paced projects, new tools for self advocacy and creative tech platforms. In recognition of this, we need to view assessments as a two-way process so that we can best support life and learning as it is happening. In any event, the current pandemic often does not allow this.

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Learning Advocacy System Assessment 196

eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2023

Utilizing a Roblox Community Fund grant , the organization will explore innovative ways to use 3D immersive experiences to engage students in the study of science and assess their achievements in the subject. Current assessments often leave out non-academic skills like student-decision making or progress toward reaching a goal.

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Advocacy Assessment Study Policies 120

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

This is landmark legislation,” Corinne Roller, director of advocacy and public policy at Girls Who Code, tells EdSurge. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, signed into law a bill written with the expressed intention of closing the gender gap in computer science fields.

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Policies Advocacy Data Report 168

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. The state’s just reduced that to a requirement of one science, one social studies, one math, and a reading and writing assessment. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive.

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Chromebook Study Company Assessment 277

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2025

Often, these children are being given A’s and B ‘ s on their report cards but standardized assessments indicate their reading and/or math skills have stagnated and the gap between them and their non-disabled peers grows each year. She emailed me.

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Education Social Media Outcomes Study 129

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

According to the Code.org Advocacy Coalition , across 24 states, only 27 percent of schools serving low-income students offer computer science courses, compared to 41 percent of schools serving their high-income peers. Another way to analyze whether a solution is gap-closing is to assess who pays for it.

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EdTech System Digital Divide Education 185

eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2023

Upon closing, NWEA will operate as a division of HMH, with its current offerings, including its flagship assessment—MAP Growth—remaining under the NWEA brand. NWEA assessment solutions will be integrated with HMH curriculum on HMH’s platform to create a combined offering that links interim assessment to instruction.

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Assessment Company Advocacy Professional Learning 117

Edsurge

JULY 26, 2022

Business leader associations and advocacy groups are also pushing for child care solutions. In April, Maine joined Best Place for Working Parents, a growing national partnership that assists employers of all sizes with assessing, identifying, and adopting family-friendly policies, and earning recognition for their efforts.

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Policies Company Survey Industry 196

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

She is the vice president of advocacy and engagement at the Mozilla Foundation, which today released a new report examining the privacy and security policies of 15 commonly used video-conferencing apps. Many did not have the time to put a lot of diligence and time into assessing the tools before using them.”

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Report Video Schoology Microsoft 195

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2019

And with home advocacy, SEL will work better, faster, and more effectively. Kiddom, an all-in-one school ecosystem to plan, assess, and analyze student learning, has long focused on the importance of teaching the whole child. SEL exercises. Which is best for you will depend upon your students’ and your school’s needs.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Through a broad array of programs and advocacy, SETDA builds member capacity and engages partners to empower the education community in leveraging technology for learning, teaching, and school operations. About SETDA SETDA is the principal association representing U.S. state and territorial educational technology and digital learning leaders.

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Resources Microsoft Advocacy OER 102

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The process of assessing students for special education can be lengthy and often requires a barrage of assessments including classroom observations, a psychological evaluation and academic tests. Not all districts have complied, said Dustin Rynders, a supervising attorney with the advocacy group Disability Rights Texas. “In

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Education Assessment Advocacy Report 139

eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2022

MAP Growth (an interim assessment. which can measure academic growth and predicts performance on the annual STAAR state assessments) was selected, in part, due to its reliability and validity. The rich data provided by MAP Growth allows districts to streamline their assessment programs, saving valuable time for instruction.

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Data Accessibility Education Advocacy 103

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 21, 2019

OER advocacy, like most work, is filled alternately with advances and setbacks. Third, the overwhelming majority of the few OER that do exist aren’t integrated with a system that provides online interactive practice and assessment. A world of tears. It’s a world of hopes. And a world of fears.

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