Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has historically required prospective undergraduate students to submit a standardized test score as part of their applications. Even now, as testing has resumed—albeit with social distancing, face coverings and limited seating—access to testing centers is not equal, nor equitable.

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eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

Test-optional and test-blind admissions in recent years could mean a radical expansion of access to selective colleges. The patchwork of admission test policies in college admissions underscores a larger challenge—and opportunity—for both K-12 and higher education.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2017

In my second year, in an effort to get technology into the hands of the students, foster authentic inquiry, and break the “test-prep” mentality which has come to dominate many a school landscape, I launched Inquiry Fair. It allows us to reach students with high-level thinking and reasoning, regardless of their reading level.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2019

These days the leaders of the College Board, which runs the SAT, have been making a surprising argument—that colleges and parents should stop taking the scores of its signature test so seriously. In this new era, the College Board is testing a controversial new metric that has been labeled as an “ adversity score.”

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

For instance, consider a scenario where a district uses standardized test scores to evaluate teacher performance. If the data is skewed by socioeconomic factors or if the test itself is biased against certain groups, it could lead to unfair evaluations.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2023

Poptential course packages include everything instructors need to teach a subject, including lessons, e-books, bell ringers , quizzes, and tests. Poptential is available via a digital platform that allows students to access lessons even in poor bandwidth environments. The curriculum is standards-based and developed by teachers.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2021

Discovery Education offers educators, students, and families hundreds of no-cost, on-demand VFTs that empower educators to provide all students with access to remarkable learning experiences without ever leaving their desks. Testing the Limits Virtual Field Trip with Boeing Premiere: September 30 th at 1 PM ET.

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eSchool News

JULY 5, 2024

AFT President Weingarten says “there is tremendous potential for AI use in schools” but school districts and their tech departments should review programs and materials before allowing students access to them. She also warned that with any new technology, the safety and privacy of students should be protected.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

It seems like they had it last night when we studied, but then they take the test and struggle to remember.” That is, the best of access to knowledge and the best of recall. We might wonder how this can be, but it is a fairly common phenomenon. Learning doesn’t happen by cramming. Our daily routines are rush, rush, rush.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2019

Access and Equity Across topics, students have raised questions and concerns around who has access to the benefits of technological innovation, and which students or groups are not being served. Outcomes, Testing and Grading Which methods of assessment best measure learning and ability?

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

Bier and others involved in the project say that they are testing the approach in a variety of educational settings, including public and private K-12 schools, community colleges and four-year colleges. EdSurge: The app you developed helps teachers test out their learning materials to see if they’re effective. Do not use those, please.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2024

Higher ed’s adoption of AI translates to outcomes and compared to high school students, more higher ed students report AI technologies have had a higher positive impact on efficiency: (63 percent vs. 53 percent), learning support (59 percent vs. 52 percent) and access to personalized learning or study materials (52 percent vs. 49 percent).

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2020

Even the College Board, maker of the SAT, advised colleges to be flexible about requiring the test in the upcoming admissions cycle because of challenges students face getting to in-person tests and glitches in the group’s efforts to administer exams remotely. The pitch: Use deeper technology to make admissions more deeply human. “I

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eSchool News

MAY 3, 2016

For many teachers, access to timely data that helps tailor instruction in meaningful ways is still a challenge, a Gates Foundation report revealed last year. With Aware, educators can create and administer their own assessments and also import other state and local test results to view students’ progress and understand larger trends.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

Establish Ethical Guidelines : Develop principles that address privacy, fairness, and accountability. Pilot and Evaluate : Test AI applications in low-risk areas and gather feedback to refine strategies. University of Toronto : Developed a comprehensive AI ethics framework that addresses bias, fairness, and data transparency.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

During testing, the device achieved an accuracy rate of identifying pesticide residues on spinach and tomatoes of greater than 85%, meeting the project’s objectives for effectiveness and speed. million educators and 45 million students worldwide, and its resources are accessed in over 100 countries and territories.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

Over the last decade or so , we’ve settled into a choreographed dance around large-scale, state-mandated standardized test scores. Next, people who have nothing to do with the design, administration, taking, or scoring of the tests will then use them to critique states, districts, schools, and/or individual teachers.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Now is the time to reinforce the fundamental scaffolding that determines whether a child has a fair shot at success later in life. Recently, NAEP determined a new reading assessment framework aimed at making the test more equitable. Recently, NAEP determined a new reading assessment framework aimed at making the test more equitable.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2016

Successful makerspaces will focus not only on the tools (there are no requirements for specific pieces of technology) but on the process of manufacturing, testing, and demonstrating ideas. For the challenge, entrants must sketch out their ideal makerspace and make it work within existing space already available.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

Yes, this cruel pandemic has crashed our economy, filled our hospitals, emptied our public spaces, and tested our communications like nothing before. Millions of these students fall into the Homework Gap because they do not have broadband access at home. They can’t join classes online because they do not have internet access at home.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2016

Ensuring equal access to resources can help improve educational outcomes and close achievement gaps for children from low-income families, according to a new study. The study from the Educational Testing Service (ETS) notes that improving state finance systems can go a long way to support equitable funding and increased resource access.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Medina: Well, the brain rules start out with a fair amount of skepticism. This has been tested at every age group and wherever it has been tested has been found to be the same result. Is it fair to say your solution to challenges in the American education system is more P.E.? Exercise improves cognition.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

Establish Ethical Guidelines : Develop principles that address privacy, fairness, and accountability. Pilot and Evaluate : Test AI applications in low-risk areas and gather feedback to refine strategies. University of Toronto : Developed a comprehensive AI ethics framework that addresses bias, fairness, and data transparency.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

To Truman, the worksheets, which were meant to fill a bit of time in the morning, had become a form of timed testing, presenting him daily with a task he couldn’t complete. By giving students access to many types of dramatic play props, children have the freedom to explore and develop their own sense of gender and gender roles.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2015

The federal agency is charged with protecting investors and maintaining fair, orderly and efficient markets. He sold his holdings and emerged as a project critic, although he later voted to purchase additional devices for schools and for testing.). The SEC declined to comment and does not, by policy, confirm or deny investigations.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2021

So does lacking reliable access to a computer. I Feel Ashamed’ To enjoy full access to digital textbooks, video software and other online learning systems, college students ideally would have their own, modern computers, according to Francis. Spotty internet service makes remote learning hard for many college students.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Ensuring that assessments are fair, inclusive and meaningful for all students is a growing priority for educators. Often, students see assessments as punitive — failing a test can be damaging — rather than performative. Tests can be part of the learning experience, just as games and recitals are.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

And universal assessments that test multilingual students in English can provide inaccurate information that teachers use to guide their practice or can wrongly indicate learning disabilities. These easily accessible charts use grade level bands to identify what students are currently capable of and what they’ll be capable of in the future.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Pushing students to get involved in research early can also amplify inequities among those who don’t have access to expensive research programs or opportunities at elite institutions. These courses “make it so students understand the value and can test out whether it's the right fit for them.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. More importantly, students will have better access to lessons designed specifically for their learning style. — Suren Aloyan , Co-Founder & CEO, PopUp EduTech, Inc.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Little did the Edquity team know how soon that belief would be put to the test. Students lost jobs, child care and access to dorms, dining halls and food pantries. At Dallas College, many students don’t have reliable access to housing they can afford, Wilkins says. What felt in fall 2019 like a climax was only a prelude.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 21, 2025

Like the smile from acing a test or the joy of earning a reward, those flashes of satisfaction are unforgettable. Turn off the lights and test it out. You’ll also get an answer key, plus Google Forms and Slides, for easy digital access. Ready to make more of those moments? Let students adjust and experiment as needed!

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Plus, he adds, its common for tracking to focus on narrow factors such as test scores that don't account for discrepancies in opportunities to learn math that accrue throughout a students academic career. That was true in San Francisco, Nguyen says. Its worse when class and race intersect, he says.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

These barriers are impacting schools—which are growing their own competitive esports programs—through a particularly important metric: access to college scholarships. These types of funds are difficult to track and are even harder to analyze in terms of equity of access. Schools are just as vulnerable to this access gap as well.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Here’s our summer pilot story: ReSchool Colorado (a multi-year initiative of the Donnell-Kay Foundation to design and launch a new education system), has been testing emerging concepts with willing partners in safe spaces and at safe times, like the summer, where learning is occurring outside the regular school day. The Testing Backdrop.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

At my suburban school in South Carolina, the term is used liberally to describe students who may fail the End of Course Tests, students who might not get promoted to the next grade level and those at risk of dropping out of school. The majority of my students work hard but test poorly, though a small percentage of them are unmotivated.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. More importantly, students will have better access to lessons designed specifically for their learning style. Access to interactive experiences, 3D drawings, site visits, etc.

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