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It’s Time to Blur the Boundaries Between High School, College and Work

Edsurge

For example, even as early as 2010, 15 percent of community college entrants (or 1.4 Aligning assessments with community college admissions would help ensure more students pursue a postsecondary education. In many ways, these arbitrary boundaries are already starting to blur. In some states, the share was as high as 37 percent.

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On paper, teens are thriving. In reality, they’re not

The Hechinger Report

Somewhere in the 2010-12 time frame, that abruptly changed. More focused, community-based assessments may do a better job at capturing some of these more subjective measures than the large-scale national models currently in use, Anderson said. As other measures improved, youth also reported feeling less anxiety and depressive symptoms.

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How Parent Empowerment Can Change Your Classroom for the Better

Waterford

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]. Parental involvement in middle school: a meta-analytic assessment of the strategies that promote achievement. Child Development, 2010, 81(3), pp.

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How Differentiated Instruction Can Help You Reach Every Student in Class

Waterford

Our programs assign these lessons based on a student’s placement assessment and their demonstrated mastery. Guidelines to assist the implementation of differentiated learning activities in South African secondary schools. Exceptionality: A Special Education Journal, 2010, 18(1), pp. Landrum, T.J., and McDuffie, K.A. Tulbure, C.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., FY 2010 $100,000,000.

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On paper, teens are thriving. In reality, they’re not

The Hechinger Report

Somewhere in the 2010-12 time frame, that abruptly changed. More focused, community-based assessments may do a better job at capturing some of these more subjective measures than the large-scale national models currently in use, Anderson said. As other measures improved, youth also reported feeling less anxiety and depressive symptoms.

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Strategies to Mitigate the Impacts of COVID Slide

edWeb.net

” She points out that researchers, educators, and district administrators won’t have any empirical evidence until student assessments reveal learning gaps due to COVID slide and summer learning loss. Understanding why it is taught focuses on data derived from assessments that maximize the data. Learning Gaps.