Assessment
Personalized Learning
Knowing The Score: Actionable Assessment from Student Writing
The challenge is finding ways to obtain meaningful data from these types of performances, and much of my focus has been on automatically extracting information from students’ writing.
Personalized Learning
CTB Acuity Adds Performance Assessment & Instructional Resources
The Acuity diagnostic assessments is aligned to Common Core and was designed to be used 4 times a year. Tests can be easily modified by teachers or be aligned to a common pacing guide. Haley outlined two big advances on the Acuity platform this year--playlists and performance assessments.
Ed Policy
14 Developments to Watch for in 2014
It's been a big year for innovations in learning. If 2012 was the year of the MOOC, 2013 was the year blended learning went mainstream--even schools that were just layering tabs on top of an obsolete model called it "blended." The following are 14 developments to watch for in 2014.
Personalized Learning
Why Measuring Student Growth Matters Now More than Ever
How can we ensure that teachers have the tools they need to be successful and that students are supported as learners?
Ed Policy
Consortium Points the Way on Proficiency-Based Learning
"David is a great resource for our region," said Nick Donohoe of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, NESSC's primary benefactor. "He has a forward-thinking view of where learning needs to go, related to policies and assessment in particular," and he's particularly good at "summarizing 'edu-ese' for state legislators and local school leaders."
Personalized Learning
“Keep Your 3, I Want My A”: What’s Up With Standards-Based Grading?
Traditional grading systems are inconsistent, subjective, more about effort than outcomes, and not closely linked to the big goal of college and career readiness. Standards-based grading is an effort to provide more accurate feedback on what students know and can do; it allows students to progress based on demonstrated mastery.
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Teaching the Common Core Standards Means Designing Real and Engaging Learning Experiences
Regardless of what you call it, good teaching is good teaching. The Common Core Standards are not new when you look at them carefully. They are refreshing. There, I’ve said it.
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New Assessments for New Skills
Without measurement the teaching of collaboration is extremely difficult. The current challenge is how to develop Collaborative Assessment tasks, particularly formative assessments that align with local curriculum, contexts and needs.
EdTech
Pathbrite Provides E-Portfolios For All Learners
Even though e-portfolios are a natural fit for higher ed, the idea and the tools are quickly trickling down to high school age and even younger because they are great for goal setting as well as recognizing and recording the competencies students need to work towards.
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FLVS Students Outperform State Averages
Based on the Spring 2013 EOC assessment results provided by the Florida Department of Education, FLVS Part Time students performed higher than the state average on the Algebra I EOC assessment by 20 percent, on the Geometry EOC assessment by 24 percent, and on the Biology EOC assessment by 3 percent.