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K-12 Assessment and Teacher Evaluation: Lessons from Tim’s Fifth Grade Class

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Jun 26, 2013

Matt Chapman authors the final installment of NWEA's three part educator evaluation series focusing on K-12 assessment and teacher evaluations.

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Enriching Online Education through E-Service-Learning

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Jun 25, 2013

While the physical separation of online students from the campus poses a significant challenge to participating in service-learning opportunities, pioneering educators are attempting to offer equivalent learning experiences to online students.

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STEMbite: Transforming Video Lessons with Google Glass

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Jun 21, 2013

Two months ago, I received Google Glass. No, I don’t work for Google, and I’m not a software developer. I am an online science teacher, one of the only teachers in the world to have the highly coveted device.

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Looking Forward to Edtech Women Dine at ISTE

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Jun 20, 2013

We are looking forward to sharing stories, making new friends, exploring solutions, developing ideas, and igniting change with all of the amazing women who will be in attendance. We know this event will be the first of many EdTechWomen Dine events at ISTE and we are honored to be a part of it!

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K-12 Assessments and Teacher Evaluation: Using Data to Help Teachers Strengthen Their Practice

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Jun 19, 2013

In the second addition to this three part guest series, Dr. Anne Udall of NWEA argues that there is real opportunity for schools and district leaders to use assessment data, particularly from interim assessments, to help educators grow their expertise.

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Scrapbook Showcases a Year of Gains for Virtual Learning

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Jun 12, 2013

State by state, more parents are gaining the option to send their child to a full-time public virtual school. That’s the story told by our PublicSchoolOptions.org 2012-2013 scrapbook, released last week.

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K-12 Assessments and Teacher Evaluation: Putting Students First

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Jun 12, 2013

In the first part of this three-part guest series, Dr. Raymond Yeagley of NWEA discuss putting students first when creating assessments for individual classrooms or at scale.

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Bigger and Better: How Schools Can Increase Admission While Maintaining Quality

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Jun 9, 2013

How can schools let more students in while still maintaining educational quality? Is it possible for students to feel connected, inspired, and accountable for their education – to really excel – in a large school with large classes?

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The Running Record, Now on the iPad

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Jun 7, 2013

Reading is arguably the most important thing an elementary student needs to master and fluency, as the research shows, is a great indicator of how successful overall they will be.

EdTech

What’s Keeping Me Up At Night

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Jun 4, 2013

Preston Smith, the CEO of Rocketship Education shares his thoughts about the biggest challenges facing CMOs and how EdTech providers can be part of the solution.

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