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Redesigning the educational model after COVID

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Our instructional and assessment methods must eradicate the real and perceived barriers of disparities that prevent us from reaching every student. When interrogated with depth and breadth, achievement assessments are inequitable by structure and design. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001).

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What Is Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy?

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In 2001, a group The group consisted of “representatives (from) three groups: cognitive psychologists, curriculum theorists and instructional researchers, and testing and assessment specialists” (Anderson & Krathwohl 2001). Who Revised Bloom’s Original Taxonomy? Hereafter, this is referred to as the revised Taxonomy.

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How to help children develop executive functioning skills

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Bush signed into law in 2001, schools that did not consistently meet federal standards for proficiencies could face funding cuts. The Every Student Succeeds Act, ushered in by President Obama, largely transferred the accountability of these assessments from the federal to the state level.

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Using Feedback Logs to Empower Learners

A Principal's Reflections

Goodwin & Miller (2012) provided this summary: In Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock's 2001 meta-analysis, McREL researchers found an effect size for feedback of 0.76, which translates roughly into a 28-percentile point difference in average achievement (Beesley & Apthorp, 2010; Dean, Pitler, Hubbell, & Stone, 2012).

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Homework: Good or Bad? Here Is What Research Says

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Some of these reasons according to Blazer include: - Review and reinforce materials learned in class - Check students understanding and assess their skills and knowledge - Enhance students study skills - Provide students with learning opportunities where they can use their newly acquired skills to explore new insights. Epstein, J. Warton, P.

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Everything You Need To Know About the Georgia Milestones Assessment System

Georgia Test Prep

If you’ve got a child in the Georgia state school system, then you’ve probably heard of the Georgia Milestones Assessment System and how important it is. This post is a comprehensive guide on what the Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS) is all about. Grades 3 – 8 will take the End of Grade (EOG) assessment.

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PROOF POINTS: Researchers blast data analysis for teachers to help students 

The Hechinger Report

That was the idea behind the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Another pair of researchers also reviewed studies on the use of data analysis in schools, much of which is produced by assessments throughout the school year, and reached the same conclusion. Why doesn’t data analysis work?

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