Assessment, Classroom and Program Evaluation

Instructionally Useful Assessments for Ambitious Teaching

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Educators want assessments to be instructionally useful and provide data they can use to help students learn, but not all assessments do that. So what do instructionally useful assessments look like? Designing instructionally useful assessments does not have to be difficult.

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Assessment Program Evaluation Data Student Engagement

What Makes a Good Assessment?

The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 7, 2016

Assessment strategies that show what students have REALLY learned From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Assessments should cover what is taught and address important learning goals. Thomas Guskey reflects today on what makes a good assessment. The are the keys to effective assessment?

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Empowering Community Perspectives in Evaluation Research

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 17, 2019

What is equitable evaluation? As funders, government agencies, and service providers become increasingly focused on program evaluation results to make evidence-based decisions, evaluators and other researchers seek to answer this question. Why does equitable evaluation matter? .

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Fair Grades, Dropping Grades, Grading Versus Knowledge

The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 23, 2016

Advice From a Student Assessment Researcher About What is Fair and Unfair in Today's Grading Systems From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. With almost 9,000 downloads and counting, this show is the most popular episode on Every Classroom Matters in 2016 so far.

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Documenting and Reflecting on Learning

User Generated Education

MAY 21, 2017

Here are some example blog posts from 6th grade students: Blogging, as opposed to keeping a hand-written journal of classroom experiences, has unique advantages in my classroom: Learners can easily include photos of their work. Because my classroom activities are high engagement, learners become totally immersed in the activities.

Learning

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Federal Program Evaluations and Program-Related Reports: The First-Year Implementation of the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund in Five States (American Institutes for Research, 2000). ” How would the program operate? FY 1999: $425,000,000 (President Clinton’s request: $475,000,000). FY 2001: $450,000,000.

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OPINION: Black-white disparities in education correlate with teachers’ implicit biases, but it will take more than education reform to solve the issue

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In a study published in July, we found suggestive evidence supporting the need to address bias in the classroom. Notably, these biases are implicit because the IAT assesses individuals’ automatic associations of white and Black people with certain attitudes using high-speed computerized tasks. Sign up here for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Debunking the ‘Gold Standard’ Myths in Edtech Efficacy

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2019

Few can offer buyers independent assessments of the value of their products, even if those same entrepreneurs have sweated and toiled to build great wares. The conditions of a classroom are too different from those in a medical clinic. Summative Research This is all about outcomes and includes the classic RCT and QED research programs.

EdTech

EdTech Company Outcomes Study

The dark side of education research: widespread bias

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2019

And that may be leaving teachers and school administrators in the dark about the full story of classroom programs and interventions they are considering buying. For example, a personal tutor tends to produce larger student gains than a curriculum used by an entire classroom. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter.

Education

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Michigan School Administrators’ Journey Toward Increased Equity and Inclusion

edWeb.net

MAY 27, 2021

Dr. Davis also emphasized the importance of listening to conversations at all levels, from school board meetings to individual classrooms and student forums, and noticing what conversations are not taking place as well as what happens during the conversations that do take place. Shivers teaches doctoral-level coursework at Madonna University.

Professional Learning

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5 Principles for Evaluating State Test Scores

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

But as Mitch Slater, Co-Founder and CEO of Levered Learning, pointed out in his edWebinar “ A Little Data is a Dangerous Thing: What State Test Score Summaries Do and Don’t Say About Student Learning,” looking at data from one set of assessment scores without context is virtually meaningless. It’s] the power of and. Christina Luke, Ph.D.

Analysis

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More than a Checkmark

MIND Research Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

The focus must shift from dominantly spotlighting the wide range in formal rigor and confidence in the studies themselves (that “one good study” paradigm which I discussed here ) to considering the range of credible facts that demonstrates a program’s effectiveness in real-world classroom settings. Learn more here.

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Bring Science to Life: The Impact of Video Game Simulations

edWeb.net

APRIL 11, 2020

Disciplinary core ideas that focus science curricula, instruction, and assessments on the most important aspects of science. Three-dimensional learning – The standards are based in three learning dimensions central to science and engineering education: Practices, the behaviors of scientists and engineers. Lindsey Tropf, M.Ed.

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Staying Educationally Relevant in Instructional Technology

Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

It has always been my goal for technology integration to look seamless in a classroom. Classrooms?) I have in my mind what I think would look best but I realize I'm often too close to the forest to see the trees. And to be honest, it has taken a while for me to see that happen. Grade levels?

Technology

Technology Education Program Evaluation Guidelines

IES Selects ST Math for Replication Studies

MIND Research Institute

MAY 9, 2019

“We look forward to using ST Math to help IES realize its vision of a healthier and better-informed market in education program evaluations. But it was a one-off on our program three generations ago, pre-common-core assessments, and one type of school profile.

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IES Selects ST Math for Replication Studies

MIND Research Institute

MAY 9, 2019

“We look forward to using ST Math to help IES realize its vision of a healthier and better-informed market in education program evaluations. But it was a one-off on our program three generations ago, pre-common-core assessments, and one type of school profile.

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Privacy and Security Evaluation of the Anki Vector Robot

Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

As part of the launch of our new smart-device security testing, the Common Sense Privacy Program evaluated a popular smart device called Vector and conducted a hands-on basic security assessment for parents and teachers to learn more. Vector has "eyes" with a 720p HD camera.

Robotics

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Privacy and Security Evaluation of the Anki Vector Robot

Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

As part of the launch of our new smart-device security testing, the Common Sense Privacy Program evaluated a popular smart device called Vector and conducted a hands-on basic security assessment for parents and teachers to learn more. Vector has "eyes" with a 720p HD camera.

Robotics

Robotics Policies Mobility Program Evaluation

Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

In some places, principals and administrators consider themselves well-equipped to assess research claims, ignore the bunk and choose promising products. They don’t have the skills to assess whether promising findings with one group of students may realistically translate to their own buildings. The results were stark.

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OPINION: Instead of panicking over test scores, let’s rethink how we measure learning and student success

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Our scientific approach to program evaluation goes beyond asking whether a programs curriculum works to understanding how and why it works. Administering meaningful assessments can spotlight schools and districts that are struggling so that we can allocate resources and attention where theyre most needed.

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Instructionally Useful Assessments for Ambitious Teaching

What Makes a Good Assessment?

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Empowering Community Perspectives in Evaluation Research

Fair Grades, Dropping Grades, Grading Versus Knowledge

Documenting and Reflecting on Learning

U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

OPINION: Black-white disparities in education correlate with teachers’ implicit biases, but it will take more than education reform to solve the issue

Debunking the ‘Gold Standard’ Myths in Edtech Efficacy

The dark side of education research: widespread bias

Michigan School Administrators’ Journey Toward Increased Equity and Inclusion

5 Principles for Evaluating State Test Scores

More than a Checkmark

Bring Science to Life: The Impact of Video Game Simulations

Staying Educationally Relevant in Instructional Technology

IES Selects ST Math for Replication Studies

IES Selects ST Math for Replication Studies

Privacy and Security Evaluation of the Anki Vector Robot

Privacy and Security Evaluation of the Anki Vector Robot

Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

OPINION: Instead of panicking over test scores, let’s rethink how we measure learning and student success

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