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Building Better Rubrics: Empowering Learners Through Effective Rubric Design

Catlin Tucker

Using rubrics helps teachers stay focused during the grading process and ensures that grading is objective, consistent, and fair. This helps to shift the focus away from the teacher-student relationship and towards the quality of the student’s work, promoting a more objective and fair grading process.

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Where’s the Humanity? The Case for Putting Language Arts Into STEM

Edsurge

It started with an underwhelming science fair—the type we’re all familiar with: students standing next to handmade posters, listlessly describing their projects, usually alone. We often neglect to tell students that reading, writing and communicating are just as necessary to success as technical skills,” Longcor explains. “In

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Can a Test Ever Be Fair? How Today's Standardized Tests Get Made.

Edsurge

Then there are the psychometricians—the math savants who design tests and create complex algorithms that attempt to make them fair to all students. Mark Moulton : Here that whole question is, what does fair mean? Then the state hands off to a vendor who writes a test. asks Mark Moulton. EdSurge: What might make a test unfair?

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94 Intriguing Writing Prompts for High School

Teachers Pay Teachers

High schoolers write a lot every school day. How can you help them improve their writing skills and have fun at the same time? Thats where daily writing prompts come in! Write a thank-you note to someone in your life. Have students write to the prompt before class begins. Do you like watching sports live or on TV?

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Wow! This inquiry-based, technology-rich school has no tech staff

eSchool News

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. She ended up doing an art installation and website on the theme “Rightfully Ours.”

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Five ways school leaders can end the year on a strong note

eSchool News

Awards can range from academic excellence and perfect attendance to contributions in sports, arts, and community service. This could include science fairs, art exhibitions, or community service projects. Highlighting success stories : Use newsletters, social media, and school websites to share success stories.

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5 practical ways to support English learners in the classroom

eSchool News

Language acquisition isn’t something that is limited to a 45 or 90 minute block of language arts. Teachers should make efforts not to turn to the whiteboard to write while speaking. Related : How to help ESL students improve writing skills Designing fair and inclusive tests for non-native speakers

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