eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

AP courses are a time-tested way to prove academic rigor, making them an integral part of many students’ college admissions strategy–their importance for college admissions, however, comes down to what a school offers. How important are AP classes for college admission?

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Exams Motivation High School High School 294

eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Key points: Virtual reality offers learning beyond just verbal communications 3 AR/VR resources that nurture student curiosity Reaching the 4Cs with 3D and virtual reality For more on VR in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Multilingual students face unique challenges that can hurt their performance in school. In the U.S.

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Science English Communication Language 288

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2024

Texas is turning over some of the scoring process of its high-stakes standardized tests to robots. News outlets have detailed the rollout by the Texas Education Agency of a natural language processing program, a form of artificial intelligence, to score the written portion of standardized tests administered to students in third grade and up.

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Fairness Testing Grades Essay 198

Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2020

Students who were expecting to take online tests proctored by Examity received a notice that the service had been temporarily suspended. Upon logging on, they saw a message which said in part: “Due to staff safety concerns related to COVID-19, the Examity platform is temporarily down.

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Testing Exams Local Government Activities 143

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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Testing Exams Internet Fairness 162

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2021

Learning does not just mean facts and content but includes a broad range of skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, and effective written communication, as well as social and emotional well-being. . Students’ critical thinking, problem solving, and written communication skills are essential for success in college and career.

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Critical Thinking Exams Students Communication 254

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Savvas PathMaker uniquely enables educators to offer a diverse set of personalized opportunities for a wide variety of students’ college and career interests, preparing students for industry certification exams and equipping them with transferable job skills and college credits to chart their own path forward.”

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Exams Learning Science Lecturing 270

eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2023

Are students allowed to retake tests on which they did not do well? Effective instructional design models and psychometrics generally anticipate that students can master an end-of-course exam with a 70 to 80 percent score. Exams that do not reflect that criteria may have been poorly designed.

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Grades Teachers Instructors Exams 265

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The verbal exam is the world’s first fully automated speaking assessment and covers nine languages, including English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin, Portuguese and Tagalog. Educational institutions use WebCAPE , Emmersion’s adaptive placement exam, to measure learners’ reading, grammar and listening skills.

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Language Languages Exams English 241

eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2023

Testing needs to occur with outside systems and partner organizations. One student I was aware of missed his final comprehensive exam for his master’s degree because the notice was only sent to his student email and not to his staff address, which he used exclusively.

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Accessibility Exams Communication Attention 356

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

With Advanced Placement exams starting this month, the past weeks have kept Amanda DoAmaral working around the clock. As students cram, her team of four has been scrambling to meet the demand on Fiveable , where she and other teachers broadcast live test-prep sessions. million tests in 2018, according to The College Board.

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Testing Exams Teachers History 155

Edsurge

JULY 27, 2020

As more colleges and school districts prepare to resume remote instruction for the fall, educators may worry how to prevent cheating when assignments and exams are held online. Part of the issue when designing assignments and exams to deter cheating is recognizing what cheating in 2020 looks like.

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Exams Academic Integrity Plagiarism Assignments 218

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Here are some quotes from Michael Bloomberg about testing students , with my annotations in italics… “Many companies (including mine) use tests in hiring.” The hiring ’tests’ for your financial software, data, and media company are multiple choice tests of factual recall and procedural regurgitation? Your thoughts?

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Testing Essay Exams Critical Thinking 107

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

For students, practicing mindfulness exercises helps them stay focused and calm during high-pressure moments like tests or presentations. Similarly, students thrived when we introduced group projects that prioritized teamwork and communication over competition. Burnout doesnt have to be an inevitable part of education.

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Teachers Students Exams Culture 280

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2018

The beauty of playful assessment, she says, is that it can be done without interrupting the rhythm of learning, thereby alleviating student anxiety around testing. Teachers are evaluated on those standardized tests. These students rarely take multiple choice tests. They believe it could eventually replace traditional math exams.

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Testing Evaluation Gamification Middle School 168

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The pandemic is changing the way tests and quizzes are conducted at colleges across the country, with the rapid adoption of new tools that proponents say catch cheating, but in ways that many students say amount to an unacceptable invasion of their privacy. In that model, colleges are typically charged on a per-test basis.

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Plagiarism Exams Confidentiality Testing 218

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Many educators recognize that standardized tests don’t measure everything—and that some of the most critical types of growth can’t be measured by a numerical score. Seven years ago, during my first year of teaching, all of my eleventh graders failed the Georgia State End of Course Test in American Literature.

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Testing Exams Essay Ethics 132

eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2020

Eko’s virtual classroom experience ensures teachers, students, parents and school staff all stay connected ensuring a sense of school community and spirit, minimizing the disruption to learning and student progress. The platform includes the following features: Dynamic communication channels to stay connected as a class.

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Quizzes Exams Learning Communication 182

eSchool News

JULY 10, 2023

Orlando, Florida – Certiport, a Pearson VUE business and the leading provider of performance-based IT certification exams that accelerate academic and career opportunities for learners, announced the winners of their 2023 Adobe Certified Professional US National Championship.

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Exams Testing Language Languages 221

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

Writing is essential for professional and long-distance communication. Whether they’ll use English online in chat rooms, messengers, forums, and social media profiles, or they’ll need it for professional communication with colleagues and clients (business emails, project discussions, task setting, etc.),

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Writing Skills Essay Language 281

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

At the end of next school year, thousands of high school students will sit down at individual workstations, laptops in hand, for an end-of-course exam. Testing for such skills relies heavily on technology and required a significant retooling. Their goal? Several U.S. states like New York and Kentucky feature them too).

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Testing Exams Multiple Choice Questions STEM 105

eSchool News

JANUARY 11, 2017

The high-stakes nature of state exams means that schools need to assess student understanding in real time rather than wait for scores at the end of year or even the end of a unit. And simply relying on more tests as formative assessments is likely to cause students psychological stress and prompt them to disengage from learning.

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Exams Communication Testing Discussions 203

eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2015

In response, I typically turn to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, whose official position on the subject makes it clear that both students and teachers must have regular access to technology that supports “sense making, reasoning, problem solving, and communication.”

Math 279

Math Blended Learning Coaching Exams 279

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2024

This year in Tokyo, for instance, an 18-year-old allegedly used smart glasses to try to cheat on a university entrance exam. He apparently took pictures of his exam questions, posted them online during the test, and users on X, formerly Twitter, gave him the answers (which he could presumably hear read to him on his smart glasses).

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Exams Testing Ethics Activities 198

eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2019

Biggest challenge: Results on standardized tests revealed that about a quarter of our 9th- and 10th-grade students weren’t reading at grade level. Many of those struggling were English-language learners (ELLs) whose English proficiency wasn’t at the level needed to comprehend challenging texts within these exams.

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English Languages Language Learning Disabilities 212

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

Most tools that teachers have for this purpose are lagging indicators such as tests, quizzes, and homework. Automated grading and feedback : Automated grading systems powered by AI can significantly reduce teachers’ time evaluating assignments and exams. These lagging indicators exacerbate the issue of lack of capacity.

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Teaching Gamification Feedback Intelligence 320

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2020

Necessity begets ingenuity, and for many businesses no test of survival has been tougher than the current one wrought by a global pandemic. Duolingo Passes Its English Test Don’t worry, the pandemic hasn’t shuttered Duolingo’s popular gamified language learning app. to accept its test scores. Denny’s is selling groceries.

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English Exams Testing Languages 204

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

While many students say they’re looking for the assistance they’re not getting from their colleges, professors argue that students are using these sites to cheat on quizzes and tests. It's the way quizzes and exams are proctored. A lot of our original test takers are students who are full-time employed. It's just impossible.

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Study Exams Quizzes Lecturing 194

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Much like participation in an athletic team, esports players learn how to work together as an effective team by communicating and collaborating with each other. We saw that communication between parents and educators soared during and after the shutdown. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company. — Keith Look, Ed.D.,

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Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Language 363

EdTech Magazine

JULY 10, 2019

Increase Cross-Curriculum Communication with Standardized Exams. Personalized education requires cross-curriculum communication. In supplemental education, it is common practice to conduct comprehensive testing to assess new students upon intake and design a personalized plan using that information. .

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Teachers Exams Motivation Learning 162

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2021

Their exams are recorded. They’re communicating more clearly about how and why they use data and recruiting students to help create tech policies and tools. Recommendations about how to foster student trust when it comes to data emphasize the importance of clear communication. Their noses are swabbed. They want privacy.

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Exams Students Internet Knowledge 203

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

during lessons, and offer students a variety of ways to complete assignments rather than requiring everyone to write a paper or take a timed exam. Help them learn what to do if they encounter hurtful language online, how to switch their communication style based on the setting, and ways to debate and communicate with civility.”

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Schools Disabilities Exams Distance Learning 175

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2023

Build and improve your written and verbal communication skills to ensure you can confidently and fluently articulate your ideas and thoughts. Math, including geometry and algebra, can help you pass admission tests and later in college math classes. This will help you ace the college entrance test.

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Exams High School High School Art 146

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Donald McCabe and the International Center for Academic Integrity over the span of 12 years, 68 percent of undergraduates who responded admitted to cheating on tests or written assignments. Reducing students’ test anxiety can help, Millet said. Reducing students’ test anxiety can help, Millet said. One option?

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Academic Integrity Exams Assignments Instructors 144

eSchool News

JULY 5, 2023

Orlando, Florida – Certiport, a Pearson VUE business and the leading provider of performance-based IT certification exams that accelerate academic and career opportunities for learners, today announced the winners of the 2023 Microsoft Office Specialist US National Championship.

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Exams Testing Participation Language 139

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

Maybe we need to communicate more clearly, need to advise more proactively, and need to be responsible for helping students navigate bureaucracy,” Renick says. Students could access chatbot quizzes ahead of exams to help assess their level of understanding. The institution ended up making about such 30,000 interventions that year.

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Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Students 201

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

Like many schools in China, Dalian American uses Microsoft 365, which includes a suite of communication tools that enable file sharing, videoconferencing and real-time chat. Issues With Feedback and Testing It’s much easier to hide in a digital world. and Khan Academy, which allows for timed tests.

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Schools Students Assignments Testing 218