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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.
EdTech
Better & More Writing: 14 platforms & 31 Apps
Math gets all the love--at least that appears to be the case in the edtech world. But applications of automated essay scoring have been growing steadily for 15 years. The shift to digital instructional materials, preparations for state online assessment, and a new crop of writing apps is adding new energy to digital ELA.
Personalized Learning
Designing Inquiry-Based PLCs to Differentiate Instruction and Drive School-Wide Improvement
Schools that establish inquiry-based PLCs for the specific purpose of looking at student data to inform curriculum, instruction, and intervention are having the most success.
Personalized Learning
K12 Inc. Annual Survey Examines Online & Blended Learning Implementations
K12 Inc. announced today that their annual survey of district and school leaders reports that school districts offered significantly more online learning opportunities during 2013 than were offered in 2012.
Personalized Learning
Competency Education: The Solution to Retention
As we turn the corner in designing new learning systems, the notion of considering retention can now be safely set aside. In a competency based learning system, no child is retained. It is as simple as that. Why?
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?
Personalized Learning
The Power of Student Work
The Common Core, however, will necessarily generate thousands of examples of high quality student work. If we are able to share these examples, teachers, students and parents will be able to see what both “off” and “on goal” work looks like.
Leadership
Next-Gen Advisory: 10 Keys to College & Career Readiness
All of the great high schools that I visit have a strong distributed counseling system and advisory structure--a souped up homeroom that promotes a sustained relationship with an advisor, academic monitoring and management, and links to services.
Personalized Learning
10 Elements of Next-Generation Higher Education
Next-gen higher education systems will share 10 elements resulting in broader access, stackable credits/credentials, and higher completion rates.