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District leaders successfully put into motion CITES’ effective practices related to leadership, teaching, learning, assessment, infrastructure, and family engagement. Consider taking the following steps, similar to what Jenks undertook, to launch a successful accessible technology initiative.
According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, 80 percent of students with learning disabilities have dyslexia. Develop Guidelines. District administrators can help with intervention by creating clear guidelines on testing within their districts, rather than waiting for their state to act on legislation.
CITES advances the conventional definitions of accessible and assistivetechnologies by providing a practical blueprint for districts to create inclusive environments for all members of their population. Dr. Smith also underscored the significance of extending an invitation to existing users of assistivetechnology.
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. — Rebecca Kockler, Executive Director of the Reading Reimagined Program, Advanced Education Research and Development Fund Current assessments tend to just ask students to regurgitate information, which doesn’t prove they’ve internalized the content. With new guidelines from the U.S.
According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, 80% of students with learning disabilities have dyslexia. District administrators can help with intervention by creating clear guidelines on testing within their districts, rather than waiting for their state to act on legislation.
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Measurable results Vallance blasts technology for not producing measurable results. That’s because we use outdated assessments that don’t measure authentic learning but rather skills important in centuries gone by such as memorization, regurgitation, and writing and computation with audience or purpose. He’s right. Well, yeah.
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. — Sue Ann Highland, PhD , National Education Strategist, School Specialty Well witness a fundamental shift in how we approach student assessment, moving away from conventional testing models toward more authentic experiences that are seamless with instruction. Current assessment tools werent developed with Gen Alpha in mind.
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