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Kansas City: A Great Education Improvement Story
In what may be the most improved urban American district, Kansas City, Kansas achieved results by a sustained focus on rigor and relationships. They started with a new goal—college and career readiness (a novel idea ten years ago). They got to know their students, they got them in the right courses, and the teachers got on the same page about good teaching.
Assessment Will Advance When It Moves Into the Background
Digital Learning Now is a framework for state education policy for the digital age. Key to quality is Element #8, Assessment and Accountability. On assessment, DLN suggests that states should administer testing online: Administering tests digitally has multiple benefits. Tests can be administered and scored quickly and…
Desmos Graphing Calculator
Several new features have been added to the Desmos Graphing Calculator. Colleen Young uses it in the classroom as a powerful resource and particularly likes the sliders feature.
Data Quality Campaign Discusses Data for Teacher Effectiveness
The Data Quality Campaign released "Using Data To Improve Teacher Effectiveness" this July, a policy brief targeting the way data analysis can be used to improve teacher effectiveness, professional development and student outcomes.
iNACOL President & CEO Discusses Vision for Proficiency-Based Learning
David Nagel with THE Journal recently interviewed iNACOL, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning, President and CEO Susan Patrick about her vision to shift from a system based on seat time to proficiency- and competency-based learning models in her recent report, "Cracking the Code: Synchronizing Policy and Practice for Performance-based Learning."
iNACOL Calls for a Comprehensive Policy Redesign
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) released "Cracking the Code: Synchronizing Policy and Practice for Performance-Based Learning" this July, a report stating that it will take a "comprehensive policy redesign" to move toward performance-based learning models beyond traditional K-12 advancement.
iNACOL Calls for a Comprehensive Policy Redesign
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) released "Cracking the Code: Synchronizing Policy and Practice for Performance-Based Learning" July, a report stating that it will take a "comprehensive policy redesign" to move toward competency-based learning beyond traditional K-12 advancement.
Promoting Quality Online Learning
Fordham is launching a series of working papers on digital learning. Rick Hess makes an important contribution with the first paper focused on quality
Assessment as Portfolio of Personal Bests
In the most interesting comment of the day, Coleman said, “I like to think of assessment as a series of personal bests.”
The Cost-Comparability Conundrum
We’re stuck and $365 million may not help. The United States places an unusual degree of importance on the reliability of yearend standardized tests. These tests have been around for 15 years and, because we have so little performance data, we try to use them for a variety of purposes. …