Digital Promise

MAY 23, 2023

In this third post, the author describes lessons learned while leading a cohort of diverse schools and districts through a process of strengthening their edtech systems. Each team worked on addressing a specific problem of practice in their school system.

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Neo LMS

MAY 19, 2020

To quote a study on Evolllution , “60 percent of respondents said technology has fundamentally changed post-secondary teaching and learning. With new kinds of learners entering the education system, it’s time new leadership does as well. Read more: 4 Examples of the best digital access initiatives. Work interdepartmentally.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2024

The current system is working disproportionately well for an increasingly shrinking portion of the population, says Scott Peters, the director of research consulting partnerships at NWEA. It’s an inefficiency in the education system, leaving talent on the table, he says, adding: “Doing nothing is going backward.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

These technologies offer exciting possibilities, from personalized content to tailored assessments that adapt to each student’s pace and learning style. As the NGSS continues to gain traction, we can expect a shift in how student learning is assessed.

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Neo LMS

MAY 28, 2019

In 2000 the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) released its first PISA results (Program for International Student Assessment), and Finland has never been the same again. The effect on education outcomes is significant. Learning has been a national priority since the Finns achieved independence from Russia in 1917.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Secondary trends, found in only a few of the reviewed resources, included: blended learning, dashboards and learning analytics, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. Joosten believes that it is critical to link technology to teaching and learning and recognize that each piece of technology is a part of much larger systems.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2021

This is the story of a student who got lost in the system. My investigation led me to one simple conclusion: The lack of a coherent system failed him. Our system, that we governed as administrators, failed him. Although the RTI framework includes many components, Jason guided my focus on assessment. We had to do better.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Sponsor : PowerSchool has fantastic a fantastic K12 Academic Leaders Webinar Series at coolcatteacher.com/PowerSchoolWebinar including my “Digital Dozen: 12 Tips for Building Your Digital Classroom” and an upcoming webinar on “Best Practices for a Balanced Assessment System.” Stream by clicking here.

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Waterford

JULY 6, 2020

8] Additionally, one study found that when parents are involved in schools, their children are more likely to graduate from high school and attend post-secondary education.[9]. Parent Empowerment: Key to Changing Education Systems. Family engagement can also decrease levels of chronic absenteeism in schools. Cooper, C.W., Sheldon, S.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2019

What sort of backup system is already in place? I talked with the outgoing IT director about any existing recovery systems and previous related discussions. Working with the CDW account manager, we chose a Barracuda backup system and backed up everything on multiple servers. Most systems were up within a few hours.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In the coming year, that broad trend will continue, with a shift to looking beyond knowledge building as schools, districts, and states begin improving capacity and creating systems aligned to the science of reading. No curriculum, however, is the science of reading, and I believe schools and districts are beginning to understand this.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

Making tough choices Later this year, the final round of federal pandemic funding, known as Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER), will expire, leaving school budgets uncertain in many districts. Funds they have come to rely on for staffing and technology will end in September if not allotted.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 11, 2021

Over time, however, especially after the experience of participating in the 40 Hour Teacher Workweek , my wheels started turning about how I could apply Angela’s strategies to my own secondary classroom. The filing system that makes this possible is the organizational tool I’m most proud of, and it’s what I’m going to share with you today.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2023

We wondered about the role of AI in one specific teaching practice: assessing student learning. Then again, we wondered, could an AI scoring and feedback system really help students as much as teachers could? Teachers have the ability to say, 'What were you trying to tell me? Because I don't understand.'

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

So Boyle, who is a secondary school principal at Dalian American International School, located on China’s northeastern coast, let teachers email assignments during the first few weeks out and skip most instruction. By far, the biggest question Boyle’s teachers have had is about assessments. So we’re trying to fill that void.”

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Through school visits and panel discussions with TDSB officials, district leaders explored local policies and systems, the use of data for equity, and professional development and training for teachers and leaders, keeping an eye and ear toward what they could bring back to their own school communities.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2023

Then after we work to get a community stabilized, that's when we can go in and do an assessment of who may need some additional support, like our mental health interventions. They're really at risk for secondary traumatic stress , and that's something that we always have at the forefront of our minds as trauma-informed professionals.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2023

When those sixth grade students finally sat down for a reading assessment, their ability to decode print text was at a first or second grade level. I also got trained in Wilson Reading Systems, an Orton-Gillingham and multisensory approach to teaching the basic phonics instruction many of my middle school students never received.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

When a public school system in the San Francisco Bay Area explored replacing traditional grading practices with a form of “standards-based grading system” meant to eliminate bias, it sparked widespread opposition from parents. This school system is hardly alone in drawing controversy over changes to grading systems.

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 1, 2020

Our current educational system is now more dynamic and complex due to Covid-19. As school systems around the world move toward a remote learning model, consideration of the needs of both teachers and students is imperative. Remote Learning AP Culture of Assessment. A guest post by Dr. Courtney Pepe. and ending at 6:45 p.m.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Students at the Secondary School for Journalism in Brooklyn had become increasingly frustrated with Summit Learning. The Secondary School for Journalism is one of about 380 schools nationwide using Summit Learning, a personalized learning program that involves the use of an online instructional software, called the Summit Platform.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2021

This “blurring” of secondary and postsecondary education could point to a new way forward: a model that is neither high school nor community college but a combination of the two that saves students time and money, while offering them new kinds of guided support and preparation for careers.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

But it may be enough to know the report exists and can be freely downloaded and doom-scrolled to assess the thinking of dozens of experts. Data Tendrils Increase Their Reach Higher education data is being connected in more ways, including into K-12, workforce and early childhood data systems. Postsecondary and Secondary Credentials.”

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Waterford

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In an alphabetic system such as English, developing readers must be able to isolate the sounds within speech in order to associate those sounds with the letters that represent them. Because your students enter your classroom with differing skill levels, consider assessing phonological awareness skills to form small groups.[6]

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 11, 2023

There has been a multitude of conversations regarding assessment and grading practices, focusing on shifting practice that makes more sense not only for the current time we live in but also moving forward. She had said, “How we assess drives our teaching, not the other way around.” ” I would agree.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2021

Nonprofits will seek opportunities to ensure assessments and curricula measure and teach essential skills most important to secondary and higher education students and institutions. Tying CenterPoint’s’ data literacy services to CAE’s assessment approaches offers mutual clients innovative solutions to address potential learning gaps.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

It just so happened that a group of about 50 biology students were testing products from Hands-On Labs, a company that offers at-home lab kits coupled with online instruction and assessments. He did not respond to a question about how much the system paid Labster. Not every college in the system has jumped onboard.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Think back to an assessment you took in your elementary years. The assessments you took were not that memorable; you probably didn’t have a lasting connection and there was absolutely no impact on you as a learner whatsoever. So why can’t we do that in a class that [only] allows for traditional assessments? Let’s embrace that!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 13, 2018

Socrative is one of the most well known and widely used student response systems and for good reason. But more and more teachers are recognizing its value as an easy-to-use and quick-to-setup backchannel and student response system. Or students can pose a question and get answers from classmates. Polls, forms, and surveys.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

With PLCs, we decide as a team that ‘this’ is really what every student at Benton High School leaving Algebra 1 should know how to do,” says Brandy Beckman, Secondary Math Instructional Facilitator. Often, PLC groups take the lead in creating curriculum, resources, or assessments. They have particular goals for students in each grade.

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eSchool News

JULY 10, 2019

The Algoma District School Board (ADSB), located in Ontario, Canada, serves a diverse group of 9,400 students across 39 elementary and 10 secondary schools. Our district uses the School Effectiveness Framework (SEF), a tool that is based on best practices, to help us effectively monitor, reflect and gather teacher data throughout our system.

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TeacherCast

AUGUST 30, 2015

Edsby is a robust, cloud-based, mobile learning management system that incorporates social learning, course planning, assessment management, and much more into a simple, easy to use package for the entire school community. About Company. Edsby transforms how students, teachers, parents and administrators engage.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

“We have kids that on our benchmark knowledge assessments are scoring what is the equivalent of second grade, first grade, fourth grade,” said Fisher, who is also a professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University. Credit: Image provided by Patty Topliffe Poor reading skills are a nationwide issue.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 19, 2019

Many teachers have a phone jail system, where students submit their phones before class and collect them when it ends. Secondary and middle schools in Ontario, Canada , are banning the use of cell phones during classes effective from September 2019. However, we should also take into account the fallacies in the current school system.

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EdNews Daily

JANUARY 29, 2020

The current public education system has stagnated. This system should be created with an OPEN SOURCE mentality so that it is perpetually being redesigned and refined. Changes necessary at the basic level of our current system: Eliminate structured classrooms. Barriers to entry: Our current system is massive and unable to pivot.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 24, 2024

As many experts will point out, DEI initiatives are prone to fail when they arent getting at the crux of the issue–existing systemic processes and challenges that prevent promising solutions and DEI-focused policies from being successful. Thats what this is designed to do.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

Administrators were a bit more tempered in their responses, expressing hesitation about whether live observation is the be-all, end-all in assessing edtech impact. Mike Dorsey, Director of Secondary Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for the Houston Independent School District, felt the same. Trends change.

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