The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2017

I’ve included a comparison matrix with features to help you figure out what system is best for you. So there’s a lot of benefit to really flipping that and having students be the creators of the assessment rather than students just doing the task. As a teacher, Connie taught various elementary grades and 8th grade ELA.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

Grading student work by hand takes time and there is always a lag between students’ assessment and the resulting feedback. Games provide targeted, in-the-moment feedback based on a player's current performance. It’s hard to do the same thing in a math class.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Both of my parents were public educators; my father an elementary principal in Hackettstown and my mother an elementary teacher in Flemington. This recognition has been validated by state-by-state data comparisons. For all the hoopla, PARCC has told us nothing we didn't already know from previous assessments.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sitting at my computer screen after being directed to explore the results of the latest adaptive assessment, “smart tests”, required by the district, I hear their little joke in my head and think, “No, it sure isn’t.”. As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners. .

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Assessment Study Groups Personalized Learning 111

eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2024

A new research report from NWEA , a K-12 assessment and research organization, explores trends in science achievement since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using MAP Growth assessment results for grades three to eight, NWEA researchers found a mixed story of academic recovery. This report analyzed data from 621 U.S.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sitting at my computer screen after being directed to explore the results of the latest adaptive assessment, “smart tests”, required by the district, I hear their little joke in my head and think, “No, it sure isn’t.”. As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners. .

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Assessment Study Groups Personalized Learning 105

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2022

Third, researchers have yet to examine how the children’s subsequent school experiences may have affected the results, a significant limitation given earlier work finding that the program’s short-term impacts varied considerably depending on the quality of the children’s elementary school teachers. As researchers, we have some concerns.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

This was the tail end of my first school year as the principal at Madison County Elementary School, a pre-K to 8th grade Title I school, located just outside of Huntsville in Gurley, Ala. The assessment findings are used to guide our work with students. This pill incident woke up our school community.

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Elementary Comparison Meeting Study 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2024

The world was still recovering from the disruptive effects of the global pandemic when the test, called the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, was administered. The 2022 Program for International Student Assessment asked test takers about school and mathematics. Unlike the belief in some other countries, the U.S.

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Comparison Survey Report Groups 141

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

At South Newton Elementary School In Newton, N.C., educator Rebecca Vass, who teaches informational technology with science and social studies integration to fourth graders, uses a data wall so her students can track their progress on a quarterly benchmark assessment the district uses.

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Data Student Data Privacy Comparison Outcomes 166

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This is especially true with literacy, where it’s all too easy to lose track of student progress and performance as students make their way through elementary and middle school. We had growth data in every elementary school like we’ve never seen before. A reading program that everyone loves.

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Data Classroom Elementary Outcomes 111

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The first report, The State of Student Learning in 2022 , analyzes reading and mathematics data gathered from nearly two million Grades 1–8 students during the 2021–2022 school year via the edtech company’s i-Ready Assessment tool. Students in upper elementary and lower middle school grades showed the greatest persisting setbacks in 2022.

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Trends Elementary Data Comparison 97

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This story also appeared in AL.com and The Associated Press Piedmont City schools landed in the top spot among all school districts nationwide in a comparison of math scores in 2019 and 2022. Piedmont Elementary School in Piedmont, Alabama. Every four weeks, teachers get together to examine student data. 31, 2023, in Piedmont, Ala.

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Data Elementary Groups Report 136

The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2022

Teens who read more paper books scored higher on reading assessments. Even among students of similar socioeconomic backgrounds, those who read books in a paper format scored a whopping 49 points higher on the Program for International Student Assessment, known as PISA. Credit: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. years of learning.

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Study Survey Report Comparison 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

In recent months, the phrase has been associated with Mississippi’s performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the Nation’s Report Card. These supports, we suspect, have been influential in better preparing Mississippi elementary school teachers and changing instruction in K-3 classrooms.

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Policies Elementary Learning Comparison 98

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Concerns About AI’s Implications: “It Deprofessionalizes Teaching” In comparison to the optimism coming from educators like Kristopher Hupp, others fall on the opposite end of the spectrum—worried about the effects that artificially-intelligent technologies might have on the role of the teacher in the classroom.

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IXL Learning Education Comparison Digital Learning 140

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift At a training session this summer, Pitts, a teacher at Oakdale Elementary in Sandy, Utah, learned why: The program works best when teachers supervise kids rather than sending them off to do exercises on their own.

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Software Company Training STEM 136

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2024

Students also need adequate training, even in elementary and middle school. The leading indicators of STEM troubles ahead are apparent within the 2022 scores from a national test called the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). It’s one of the only tests that can be used for comparisons across states and generations.

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STEM Data Report Comparison 140

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. Simon and the rest of the district turned their focus to food security , internet connectivity for families in need and online suicide prevention assessments.

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Strategy Learning Data Dropout 207

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

O’Neal Elementary School, in Elgin, Illinois, none of the third graders could read and write at grade level according to state tests in 2019. Just nine miles away sits Centennial Elementary School, where 73 percent of third graders met grade-level standards on that same test. At Ronald D. This story also appeared in Daily Herald.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 4, 2024

Researc h: The Influence Of Socioeconomic Status In Elementary School Kieffer (2010) organized a study on upper elementary students focusing on reading levels of English language learners (ELLs) and native English speakers. The comparison between the two groups highlight the impact SES has on reading.

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Learning Study Elementary Data 135

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

A 2020 review of 100 tutoring programs found that intensive tutoring is particularly helpful at improving students’ reading skills during the early elementary years, and most effective in math for slightly older children. This comparison of the two approaches using education technology is promising, but more research is needed.

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Study Elementary Training Strategy 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

A student at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School. Lee Elementary, a Pre-K-8 school on Chicago’s southwest side. “I As part of their jobs, special education teachers assess students and develop teaching plans based on each student’s skill levels. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report.

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Personalized Learning Education Learning Elementary 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2022

“The big picture takeaway is that learning mirrors pre-pandemic trends,” said Karyn Lewis, a researcher at NWEA, which sells assessments to schools to track student progress. A comparison of spring achievement scores before and after the pandemic on NWEA’s MAP tests. Math scores continue to drop for middle schoolers. Source: NWEA.

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Data Report Comparison Learning 95

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Assessment as an Ongoing Act of Learning: A Heutagogical Approach: Melanie Booth. is a type of essentialist, behaviorist education based on the three Rs – receiving by listening to the teacher; responding by taking notes, studying text, and doing worksheets; and regurgitating by taking the same assessments as all other students in the cohort.

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The Mobile Native

APRIL 25, 2014

Comprising students and teachers from 24 elementary, middle and high schools across the country, VILS provides individualized, on-site and virtual professional development tailored to address specific areas for improvement at each school as identified by a preliminary needs assessment. and Niemes Elementary School (Cerritos, Calif.).

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Mobile Learning Mobility Comparison Learning 61

Linways Technologies

MARCH 13, 2020

Each of these are mapped with measurable outcomes to assess attainment. The believed that classifying goals like this would be beneficial to assess college student performances better. cognitive psychologists, curriculum theorists, instructional researchers and testing assessment specialists led by Lorin Anderson, a colleague.

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Assessment Outcomes Strategy Comparison 94

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

But these “action research” studies are often poorly designed without comparison or control groups and their conclusions — my idea worked! Clifton, the fourth grade teacher, tracked daily and weekly “exit tickets” for her students, a short assessment to check if her students comprehended the lesson of the day.

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Classroom Groups Comparison Study 141

The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2016

This week, Education Commission of the States released a 50-State Comparison and Companion Report summarizing state statutes, rules and regulations related to K-3 quality. The comparison also addresses other issues impacting K-3 quality, including full-day kindergarten, teacher-to-student ratio requirements and instructional quality.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Higher education has found itself under increasing pressure to change that, just as has happened in elementary and secondary schools, where a battery of standardized tests constantly check in on what students know. The push is coming from policymakers and consumers who want to know the return on their investments in college.

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Learning Outcomes Survey Assessment 111

Hapara

AUGUST 18, 2023

A recent UNESCO report showed that across the nation, elementary and secondary students with disabilities experience higher rates of violence by teachers and are up to 1.5 For example, teachers tend to assess learners who are Black differently than white learners. percent more likely to be suspended multiple times and 2.2

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2023

In traditional public schools, by comparison, Black students learned only half as much as their white peers in the subject. New York City is now requiring elementary schools to choose from three different reading curriculums ; charters are exempt. In many of these studies, students in charter schools outperform , too.

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Study Comparison Outcomes Report 113

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 30, 2024

Yet because of discrepancies in discipline definitions in each state, direct comparisons between states are not advisable. We considered them as zero since there was no way to accurately assess that number. This allowed for an overall look at how many punishments were assigned for broad types of behavior. Suspended for…what?

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Comparison Data Analysis Report 102

MIND Research Institute

MARCH 9, 2021

A novel study released by Proving Ground , part of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, found increasing ST Math use by more than 10 minutes per week correlated with higher math gains on multiple state standardized math assessments. Kathryn Kahler-Rickman Elementary School Math Teacher, LAUSD.

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Online Learning Software Learning Comparison 93

techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

Math RIT points on the NWEA MAP Growth Math Assessment from winter to spring, exceeding expected growth of 3.3 Stride also has the Progress Monitoring Assessments (PMAs) that can be administered four times per year.” It allows for an apples to apples comparison.” Outcomes: Using UpSmart, Wirth’s students “gained an average of 5.5

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Adaptive Learning Tools Learning Outcomes 79

techlearning

MARCH 13, 2018

CSUSA assessed students’ reading abilities in the fall, winter and spring using the computer-administered, adaptive screening tool, NWEA™ MAP®. In comparison, students in the non-Core5 schools increased their RIT score by 12 points on average. Students who met their usage targets in Core5 increased their RIT scores by an average of 15.6

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Comparison Elementary Differentiated Instruction Assessment 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The Nation’s Report Card, with its bad news about National Assessment of Education Progress, or NAEP, math and reading scores, drove home a message long hinted at : The pandemic created disastrous academic deficits for U.S. Education during the pandemic was itself an educational experience, although not one that can be assessed by the NAEP.

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