Edsurge

MAY 26, 2019

It’s a 6-lesson course that gathers coworkers to discuss trending educational topics and philosophies, and our colleagues have found that it has been helpful in helping them succeed in their roles. Then as a group, we try on different perspectives and opinions of how Common Core assessments are shifting the focus of American education.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2025

On the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a national test done every two years, Minnesota fell from second place among the 50 states in 2009 on eighth grade math scores to eighth place in 2022 , the latest year of available data. Department of Education spokesperson Alberto Betancourt.)

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Educators use a variety of resources to meet the needs and interests of individual students, including videos, images, games, non-fiction text and varying types of assessments. Changes in What Teachers Know and Do in the Common Core Era. Teachers Know Best: What Educators Want from Digital Instruction Tools. Why Do They Want It?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

You pick your subject area, let’s say it’s language, and you have a set of standards, like the Common Core standards. It can cause weird things to happen with the trend line for peoples’ scores. That’s why the trend is toward adaptive testing. It’s a reasonable trend. I’m a supporter of Common Core.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The decline has accelerated, and results from the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have pushed the state into the “learn-from-our-mistakes” category. In 2010, the Commonwealth ditched English and math standards that were a model for other states in favor of weaker national standards known as the Common Core.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

NCES has been administering the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exam since 1969. Yet, Carr is hopeful about the trend toward higher standards, noting that more rigorous classroom work might come out of it. “I Are your definitions of what is proficient reasonable?

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 7, 2016

For all intensive purposes most of these students could care less about the curriculum, Common Core Standards, or standardized tests (i.e. Assess existing curricula, programs, and offerings within your school community Consider global trends and best practices, which will then help you to develop themes.

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Kathy Schrock

JANUARY 1, 2014

How can the use of infographics be used to address the Common Core State Standards? The second way infographics can be incorporated into teaching and learning is by having students create an infographic as a formative or summative assessment. ELA Common Core Standards CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.7

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2018

In the past, kids in K-2 would get a reading assessment with their teacher but students in upper grades were just expected to be able to read. It was difficult to ascertain those students’ reading levels unless you were a reading specialist, and even then, assessments were performed individually and were very time-consuming.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

‘Technology in education’ has become the buzz phrase for cutting edge classes that are plugged into the latest education trends. For Common Core schools: How do they prepare students to succeed with online testing? End-of-year assessments of the Common Core grade-level standards are delivered online.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2022

The studies that were excluded did not fit the review’s criteria of assessing child learning and development outcomes.) It was an attempt to move away from the rigorous, academic-focused kindergarten classrooms that emerged in a nation concerned about low reading scores and meeting the Common Core standards. Subscribe today!

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2019

It’s unfortunate: There’s a ton of great technology available to support teachers and enhance the learning experience and—if investment trends in edtech are any indication—we’ll see even more innovation in the upcoming years. When assessing return, teachers look for the following: Will It Help Meet Learning Objectives?

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eSpark

APRIL 7, 2022

This means that there are more concepts, terms, and trends in education that teachers need to be aware of - but how do you keep track of them all? Keep reading to discover the meaning of some of the most common trends in Edtech. Edtech is being used in classrooms more than ever before.

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Edsurge

MAY 20, 2024

Mysa’s curriculum relies on Common Core, the same national standards as public schools, Fiske says. To some observers, these are part of the same trend. South Bronx Classical probably just has my heart,” he says, adding that its students’ scores in math and reading assessments showed it to be a “diamond in the rough.”

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

To supplement in-person support offered during class and lunch periods, I published a simple Google site to house my lessons, assessments, and other resources. I stepped up my game by adding even more videos and assessment exercises to my class website, mining resources from IXL and CK-12.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The Common Core ELA writing standards encourage students to “use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.” Whether teacher or student created, each timeline is assigned its own URL that allows for easy access for collaboration and assessment.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

One more stat — which may explain the whole social-media-as-news-trend — and then I’ll connect these dots: 60% of people don’t trust traditional news sources. They can search based on subject matter, video topic, Common Core or state standard, or simply browse a list of videos.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

The New York Times has a new education supplement, called Learning, and The Hechinger Report is collaborating with the Times to produce Bulletin Board, a collection of noteworthy ideas and trends in education that will appear on page 2 of the section, which will come out four times a year. The April issue’s theme was “Nontraditional learning.”

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 9, 2019

The key strategy to get to this level of understanding involves a tried-and-true instructional practice: formative assessments and feedback. So what are some main characteristics of these assessment practices? Students learn to set goals, self-assess, monitor their progress over time. You Need Data to Personalize Learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2016

The idea that we can wave our magic wand and assess them all is ridiculous. I’m an advocate of power standards… we should prioritize and assess the half dozen or so that are the most important to get students to the next level. Along these lines, a recent conversation on my podcast with Dr. Douglas Reeves has me thinking.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2018

Educators at Torah Academy teach courses that cover everything from Common Core mathematics to Judaic studies, as well as provide services including speech therapy and vocational training. As a school for students with special needs, Torah Academy does not use letter or number grades to assess student progress. Hardly the case!

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Both fourth- and eighth-grade students posted declines on the math section of the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). And another international exam, the 2015 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) showed back-to-back deterioration in math performance among American 15-year-olds in 2012 and 2015.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

Others went deep, with curriculum, intervention and assessment stacks. All of these players, new and old, are operating in a stable yet fragmented market, finding product-market fit in school systems’ existing market segments: core, supplemental, and assessment. (I Assessment (including state tests) is another $1.2

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Teacher monitoring, assessing, and support during IR. The authors also cite the Common Core Anchor Standard that addresses independent reading: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.10. Assessing Independent Reading. The challenge then is: how do I assess independent reading? Assessing Independent Reading. Notability.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. schools assess. Subscribe today! Janise Lane, executive director of teaching and learning at Baltimore City Public Schools.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Tuesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. . Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Choose as many newsletters as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

And arguably the greatest weakness of the Common Core Standards is to avoid being extra-careful in their use of cognitive-focused verbs, along the lines of the rationale for the Taxonomy. The problem is already on view: in many schools, the assessments are less rigorous than the Standards and practice tests clearly demand.

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

As w/ the previous year''s list, more and more mobile apps are making the list as mobile learning continues to be the rising trend in education. Educators can manage/create student accounts, take attendance, grade, and assess students in real-time, and much much more. Also, a nice place to find Common Core aligned lesson plans.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Fueling them is the most recent results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which showed historical losses in math education. During the pandemic, anxieties about math instruction have grown. Falling behind in math can have long term consequences, since the subject can function as a gateway into STEM careers.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Second, you can try to clean up on the assessment end if you’re still concerned that AI-generated content is in your students’ papers (which might be clear simply because of our usual teacher check-ins, drafting, etc.). ChatGPT) well. Now, we can (with parent permission), but this is a fast-evolving situation that requires vigilance.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

In regard to Creativity, check out my last post, which covers facilitating and assessing Creativity in the classroom. Each project aligns with common core and national standards and delivers measurable learning while using free software. I hope you enjoy and find the time to pass this along via email or a tweet.

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Graphite Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

In the face of concerning trends in students' mental health , some teachers have discovered the importance of incorporating social and emotional learning into classroom practice. Changing trends in how teachers and students use technology Unsurprisingly, the pandemic made certain digital tools essential for teaching and learning.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

Whether from formative and summative assessments or online instructional programs, data is both a powerful indicator of teaching and a driver for personalizing professional development. By digging into your grade level data for various discrete skills, you notice a trend—75% of your third grade classes are struggling with number sentences.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2016

Even assessment changes with competency-based learning. But, wow, are there some challenges ! Competencies by nature remove the class rank and the coveted valedictorian’s spot. Learners are working at a different pace. And when students master things quickly, in some ways, they need to be pushed to level up past the competency.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2018

The trend toward dismantling traditional remedial education is unambiguous. Twelfth-graders’ scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress have barely budged over the last 10 years. Plus the decline in remedial enrollments appeared in 2015, not long after the Common Core State Standards were implemented.

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 25, 2016

Anya Kamenetz was our Future Trends Forum guest on March 15th , and she sparked one of our most energetic discussions to date, focused on testing. Indeed, Anya stated they educators are “fumbling” on qualitative assessment so far. A: Remedial classes are more common at community colleges.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

A formal assessment on key terms then closed the loop, but Onyemaobi’s presentation could now become part of the playlists her teacher puts together for future students. “If If anyone’s having difficulties, the teacher can show it to them,” Onyemaobi says. That’s another way we drill home the importance of completing goals,” Harvey says.

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