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Personalized Learning
What’s More Important, High Test Scores or Self-Direction?
The education technology discussion is fraught with false dichotomies. One that I find particularly troubling is the false choice between improving test scores and preparing for life and work in the 21st century.
EdTech
Why Proficiency Matters
By: Cari Miller. WhyProficiencyMatters.com presents the facts, data and analyses on proficiency expectations in all 50 states. This interactive site empowers parents to understand the importance of high proficiency expectations and to explore the proficiency gap in their state.
EdTech
Parent Access to Secure, Quality Student Data is not an Option, It’s an Imperative
By: Aimee Rogstad Guidera. Parents want all the information possible to help support their kids, in school and beyond. Still, most states aren’t giving parents the information they want—and deserve—to make smart decisions about their child’s education.
EdTech
Data Backpacks: Portable Records & Learner Profiles
A DLN Smart Series paper that purposes the use of data and learner profiles that track, preferences, motivations, and personal accomplishments of students to meet the evolving needs of teachers, students, and parents.
Personalized Learning
Should Teachers Share Formative Assessment Results in the Classroom?
By: Ron Drabkin. Immediate feedback, sharing, and coaching can help to improve students’ attitudes, their aptitudes, and ultimately their achievement. Here is what sharing formative results can look like in your classroom.
EdTech
What Can We Learn About Personalized Learning from Individualized Education Plans?
By: Karla Phillips. The goal of an individualized education plans (IEPs) for students with special needs is finally beginning to extend to ALL students with the movement towards personalization. Central to the idea of personalization are the concepts of learner profiles. So, what can we learn about learner profiles from IEPs?
EdTech
Increasing Achievement and Saving Time by Selecting the Right Assessment and Instruction Tools
By: District Administration Custom Publishing. How a district in Ohio used adaptive technology and instruction tools to eliminate excess testing by assessing students strategically, thus creating actionable data and performance measures.
Ed Policy
Why Authentic Proficiency Matters
Is your student truly proficient? New website from ExcelinEd helps start an important conversation about the importance of accurate proficiency scores and the danger of state proficiency gaps.
Personalized Learning
It’s Time to Build a Better Transcript
There's a growing chasm between the information institutions capture about students and the type of information useful to students and future employers. Anecdotal evidence suggests that leading entrepreneurial businesses don’t even look at college transcripts, because the long list of cryptic course titles and credit hours don’t reveal what students actually learned.
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Empowering Global Educators Through Digital Badges
By: Julie Keane & Chelsea Waite. Digital badges and micro-credentials connect and empower educators. This article discusses both the benefits of badging and micro-credentialing as well as what is next in the field for global educators.