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3 Things Educators and Edtech Suppliers Need to Talk About

Edsurge

Of course, following interoperability standards can help ensure the entire system works together and makes it faster, cheaper and easier to make future changes or additions to the ecosystem. Will it make life easier for already overwhelmed educators, or is it just one more item on their to-do list? Is it accessible to all learners?

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Ensuring Equity for English Learners (ELs)

Catlin Tucker

Therefore, it is essential to assess their language abilities and design instruction that meets their needs. This ensures they are exposed to grade-level academic content while developing their English language skills. ELs need instruction tailored to their language proficiency level.

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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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An Expanded Definition of Student Success

Digital Promise

In a recent presentation to the League of Innovative Schools Assessment working group, Erin and Eric shared the Cortex platform and described the academic growth and progress they have seen among their students since the platform’s implementation. Positive Youth Development.

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The Inconvenient Truths About Assessment

TeachThought - Learn better.

The Inconvenient Truths About Assessment. In terms of pedagogy, the primary purpose of an assessment is to provide data to revise planned instruction. This can mean that it’s often easier to assess something other than an academic standard than it is knowledge of the standard itself. by Terry Heick.

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OPINION: How top charter schools became an ‘afterthought’ in one state

The Hechinger Report

The decline has accelerated, and results from the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have pushed the state into the “learn-from-our-mistakes” category. Academic standards were the next to go. Department of Education called Algebra I the gateway course to all higher math study.

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What If Your Co-Teacher is a Computer?

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

The principal's students were in an alternative setting and the main delivery and assessment of content came from an online course platform. However, when teachers leaned in with mini-lessons or other activities, students were inevitably knocked "off pace" from their time away from the online course platform.