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. Should we be averaging grades?

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 5, 2021

A new bar has been set for state-grants-funded digital math programs evaluation. The Utah STEM Action Center has released its 2020 annual report , which includes the results of their comprehensive statewide program evaluation.

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User Generated Education

MAY 21, 2017

Blogging acts as a formative assessment whereby I, as the educator, get an opportunity to learn what elements of the projects were significant for my learners. Work is easily reviewed and edited for errors. Learners’ classmates can easily view and comment on one another’s work. A Picture Tells So Many Stories.

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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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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 16, 2018

Different States, Different Assessments: In a single study, only one assessment (state test) is used, so results are specific to that assessment. But assessments differ widely (still) from state to state in level, type, and emphasis. Moreover even within one state, the assessment can change from year to year.

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Digital Promise

JULY 13, 2016

Establishing Goals and Program Evaluation. Digital Curriculum and Assessment. Leadership and Organizational Design. Messaging and Effective Communication. Budget and Resources. Technology Infrastructure. Personalized Professional Learning. Data Use and Security. Family and Community Engagement.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

Examples of districts that embed practical evidence-based analysis into their program evaluation and budget cycles include efforts such as Jefferson County Public Schools’ Cycle-based Budgeting program and Schenectady City School’s return on investment review. But that’s likely to change when budgets get tight.

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Education with Technology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Here are some questions about assessment and mobile learning to think about as you plan for your mobile learning. Who/ What will assess the students’ mobile learning? D) an online program evaluates learning. F) some one in the class, school, or another school assesses the learning. assesses the learning.

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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. Entrepreneurs, moreover, couldn’t imagine waiting until their products were “done” to do a single, huge expensive RCT program.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

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. Chin is a doctoral candidate in education policy and program evaluation at Harvard University. Sign up here for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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MIND Research Institute

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Students are struggling through challenge puzzles on weekends, helping each other on tough problems, and seeing that perseverance reflect on how they approach assessments. To formally assess the impact of ST Math, Gaines performed a program evaluation, analyzing NWEA scores, ST Math data and even interviewing teachers.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2019

During this advisory time, students use the software to research careers, research their majors and even figure out which careers match their personality using Xello’s Matchmaker assessment. When students get the list from the assessment, they can click on a career that interests them and dig deeper. What is the income?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 28, 2020

With $250,000 from ECMC Foundation and a matching grant from Strada Education Network, the Emergency Coaching Network will provide up to 5,000 students at participating institutions with support from InsideTrack coaches specially trained to assess and support across a range of challenging situations.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2022

August18, 2022— The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) has added Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready Assessment for Grades K–12 to its approved list of Gifted EducationAssessment Measuresto identify students’ eligibility for gifted education programs in the achievement domain. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., About Curriculum Associates.

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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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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2019

During this advisory time, students use the software to research careers, research their majors and even figure out which careers match their personality using Xello’s Matchmaker assessment. When students get the list from the assessment, they can click on a career that interests them and dig deeper. What is the income?

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2018

Its Summer Arts and Learning Academy, for elementary schoolers from high-poverty schools, has been particularly effective at minimizing summer learning loss, as measured by reading and math assessments in the spring and fall from one school year to the next. And students seem to love it.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2019

Developers often create their own yardsticks for measuring student success, devising their own assessments to go along with their programs. But those same gains are often not evident in a reading or math assessment given to all students each spring. “Every single person said ‘no.’

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 23, 2018

With all 14 states’ math tests transformed to the same basis (statewide z-score) it was possible to aggregate and compare data across any state or assessment. Control schools were not filtered based on math programs being used. EdTech Evaluation Resources: Program Evaluation Rubric.

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edWeb.net

MAY 27, 2021

After starting with individual work, the next phases cover district assessments and audits, designing a district plan, and then providing support and coaching during the implementation of the plan. And equally important is determining all the assessments and grading are free of bias and accurately reflect student mastery.

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MIND Research Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Furthermore, frequent, comparable studies shed light on patterns of outcomes, including across grade levels, across different assessments, and for students at different performance levels. An annual frequency is vital due to the constant and significant changes over time to programs, standards or assessments, and the education ecosystem.

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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. Christina Luke, Ph.D.

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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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Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Am I to follow and be held to the ISTE coaching guidelines of best practice that include: Visionary leadership Teaching, learning, and assessments Digital age learning environments Professional development and program evaluation Digital Citizenshp Content knowledge and professional growth If so, there has to be some changes.

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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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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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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 1, 2023

Understanding methods for evaluating the impact of a program can also go a long way. What was the frequency of the program's evaluation? At MIND, we've continuously evaluated ST Math's impact in many schools and districts over the years. For example, how were the results measured consistently?

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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.

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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.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 16, 2020

Panelist Phyllis Jordan, editorial director at FutureEd, pointed to the results of the organization’s analysis of states’ 2017 ESSA plans, which require one non-academic indicator for school assessments. The Research Division is the internal hub in OPS for all things data, assessment, research, and evaluation.

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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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