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Shifts and Issues Associated With The Common Core

A Principal's Reflections

I attended another session on the Common Core State Standards today at the 2012 ASCD Annual Conference entitled Educator Readiness for the Common Core: ASCD Findings from Select States. Their number one concern is the technological capacity to teach and assess students. Change Common Core Opinion'

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Writing Scaffolds to Meet Diverse Learning Needs

A Principal's Reflections

As students work to master the complex reading and writing standards demanded by the Common Core, Mrs. Montecuollo and Mrs. Westbrook collaborated to create writing scaffolds that address the diverse academic needs of their 9th grade students. Thus, students were more willing to take a risk and push themselves from summary to analysis.

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14 Tech Assessment Strategies

Ask a Tech Teacher

Does s/he use core classroom knowledge (i.e., Does s/he [whichever Common Core Standard is being pursued by the use of technology. In an inquiry-based classroom, too much is a subjective analysis, a personal evaluation of the student’s uniqueness. writing conventions) in tech projects? Does s/he work well in groups?

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How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

Ask a Tech Teacher

Let’s evaluate the Common Core Reading Standards and their good fit with games: What Common Core Expects. Required to understand the game’s big picture because few are based on common knowledge. Analysis of how and why individuals, events, ideas develop and interact. Allow me to change that.

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Difference in Perspective: An Interdisciplinary Project

A Principal's Reflections

Westbrook and Mrs. Morel continue their collaboration to address the Common Core literacy standards within our fine arts program, with the goal of increasing the rigor of the writing assignments across the curriculum. Common Core Joanna Westbrook Lisette Morel literacy New Milford High School' CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.1d

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How NOT to Assess Student Writing

Ask a Tech Teacher

In my school, every teacher assesses writing. If I use Common Core as an example, here’s what these Standards call out as important about writing (slightly rephrased from the Anchor Standards): Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

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MC Assessment = Meta Cognitive Assessment

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

Despite criticism, a traditional well-written multiple choice assessment can be a valid assessment tool ( I''m bracing for rebuttals ). The techniques outlined below can be used for formative and summative assessments. Students are assessed on a range of skills: comprehension, application, identification, etc.