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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Assessment Secondary Training STEM 175

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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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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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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Assessment Training Twitter Course 160

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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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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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

With the current stresses and concerns about generative AI, turning to the vision of a variety of science fiction authors seems a reasonable tool for educators in both secondary and higher education classrooms. It prompts discussions on accountability, transparency, and the risks of allowing AI systems to operate without sufficient oversight.

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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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Secondary Data EdTech System 153

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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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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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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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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Data Secondary Education Assessment 117

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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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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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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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

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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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2024

Meanwhile, digital media, heavily reliant on visuals and text, with audio often secondary, is playing an increasing role in education. Audio is often a secondary consideration; particularly once users can read. For example, username/password login forms can be replaced with QR codes; many school-oriented systems have already done so.

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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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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In 2020 and 2021, Congress passed the CARES and ARP Acts, which created and added to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Program ( ESSER ). As a first step, assess your top 10 most expensive ESSER programs and answer these questions: What is our plan to close out or continue to fund this particular expenditure?

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The 21st Century Principal

MARCH 29, 2014

When the 2012 PISA scores were released, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan declared the American Education system “stagnant.” In addition, the test-centric school system culture fostered by Arne Duncan''s policies have forced schools to devote inordinate amounts of time to test-prep. Whether or not that’s true is debatable.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2024

But how are we addressing the ways that the system has failed our secondary students when they first learned to read? 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.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

As a result, more students than ever need assessments. Schools are grappling with clearing a backlog of assessments while striving to assess every student accurately. There is a focus on acceleration, challenging teachers to help students reach mastery and fill holes while trying to stay on pace to hit end-of-year assessments.

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Strategy Assessment Outcomes Secondary 111

edWeb.net

MAY 12, 2022

The panelists noted the importance of establishing structures and systems that support the transformation process, and engaging classroom teachers, specialists, and administrators in developing a comprehensive and cohesive approach. At the Secondary Level. First Steps and Long-Term Goals. (MT),

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2019

It’s an instructional guidance system that either consciously or unconsciously promotes specific pedagogies. We must provide teachers with the ability to customize unit structure and learning activities, select from a range of primary and secondary sources, and adapt assessments to meet the needs of all learners.

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Neo LMS

JULY 31, 2018

As a campus administrator, you need to assess whether your institution is competitively positioned over other organizations offering students similar courses. Use the Data Lab provided by the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) to assess where your campus stands against others in your niche. Campus competitive analysis.

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