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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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MARCH 6, 2024

How the Value of a Diploma Has Changed Just as teachers are navigating all the changes happening in education, so are students. Admittedly, I find it hard to counsel them when the value of a diploma and the future of society keeps moving before I have time to adjust.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

This jargon is often used by administrators who support corporate education reform and distraction or by those who are simply unaware. Brick and mortar charter schools have been known to use questionable (and unethical) recruitment techniques and “counseling out” poor standardized test-takers. What do teachers want?

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Students can continue improving their test scores even after the party starts for a chance to join in the last hour. Two Major Battles’ Kelli Frazier, now a counselor at Bowie Middle School and colleague of Ibarra, was undertaking her counseling internship during the COVID-19 lockdown. After Covid, we saw an increase in aggression.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Testing the Theory Cajon Valley’s application of vocational psychology is unique for a school district that doesn’t serve high schoolers. These tests are based on the work of John Holland, a psychologist whose theory on vocational choice in the mid 20th century is foundational for the field.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

And since today’s school counselors work with all students in a school — through classroom instruction, small group, individual counseling and individual consultation — having those smaller ratios gives school counselors an opportunity to deliver information and curricula and … to address gaps around opportunity, equity and access.

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

Become an Admission Test Objector COVID-19 ushered in the era of test-optional admissions. De-centering standardized tests in the college application process is unequivocally a good thing. Going “test optional” is an excellent first step, but it's not enough. Big change starts with small steps. And many U.S.

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MAY 14, 2019

Students can find data on colleges including average test scores, financial aid offered and essay deadlines. A college counseling director at Taipei American School in Taiwan, Neill had searched for college counseling software that had more international offerings for his students.

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APRIL 5, 2019

School counselors are not only an important influence in the lives of students, but research shows that students attending schools with lower counselor-to-student ratios were more engaged in higher-quality college counseling learning decisions, and in turn made more informed college decisions.

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MAY 4, 2017

secondary schools and universities , where demand for counseling services is rapidly outstripping supply. test scores increasing from 60/100 to 71/100). Finally, we foster preventive mental health by closing the gap between traditional counseling service and SEL / character development programs. Existing College SEL Programs.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

They juggle high-stress classrooms and constant pressure from administrators and state officials to improve students’ standardized test scores. In the last 20 years, the agenda that has been pushed forward—it’s demonized teachers, dehumanized teachers and focused on standardized tests in math and literacy as the only measures of success.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic complicated the application process further with disruptions to in-person advising, testing and extracurricular activities. Counseling Students to Submit Applications Dorma Lozada, a senior at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan, recalls going through the college application process herself a few years ago.

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MARCH 18, 2020

With price packages that range from from 499 rupees (about $7) a month to 1,499 rupees (about $20) for two years, EduRev offers videos, notes and practice tests on subjects that range from business and programming to engineering and economics. The platform hosts more than 500 courses and 100,000 videos, documents and tests.

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MAY 19, 2020

In California, where PresenceLearning is based, acute shortages in licensed special educators have continued even as the percentage of special-needs students has grown. Her former colleagues from the test-prep giant later joined her to lead the company’s financial, technology and marketing operations.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Students will receive tailored counseling to build strong candidacies for elite colleges, as well as assistance with every facet of the admissions process during the college application season. Tutoring (for academic subjects & standardized tests). ? AtomicMind also aims to help these students more easily obtain financial aid.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

Springboard recruits mentors who work at big companies to counsel students one-on-one through the ups and downs of learning new skills and navigating the job search process. “To I must have passed the test as well.” “The mentors make a difference for these students,” says Mark Sherman, managing director at the investment firm.

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JULY 2, 2019

The company has also participated in several education technology accelerator programs, including xEdu in Finland and Edstart by Amazon Web Services. Another study , by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers, used a group of 17 children to gauge the potential for robots supporting early language development.

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JULY 24, 2024

Students at rural high schools may lack access to adequate counseling about college options and financial aid, or they may not be offered classes that selective institutions look for among applicants, such as calculus. Members of the STARS College Network are testing strategies to improve the odds of students feeling comfortable and thriving.

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

Policymakers in Tennessee and Texas, for example, have explicitly encouraged the use of technology in developmental education reform. In general, colleges are using many of the same technologies in developmental education as they do to provide instruction and supports for college-level students.

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MARCH 16, 2020

During these first few days of schools moving online, educators are adjusting to a new—and likely chaotic—environment. Students will receive refunds if they already registered for May, their March test centers were closed or they did not receive March scores. What about AP tests? Here is more information. And the ACT?

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

The Every Student Succeeds Act includes block grants intended for technology, among other uses. It also opens the door to new state testing systems. Title IV, Part A includes three subparts, including one that speaks directly to technology in schools. Next page: New state testing procedures explained.

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MARCH 12, 2019

Federal prosecutors charged nearly 50 people on Tuesday with crimes in connection to an admissions-fraud scheme in which parents allegedly paid millions of dollars to get their kids into highly-selective colleges by cheating on admissions tests or helping them pose as student athletes. led by William Singer.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

Despite their exhaustion, educators across our nation have worked tirelessly, transforming their kitchen tables into classrooms while simultaneously becoming the cafeteria, technology, custodial and counseling staff for their own children.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

The school offers each students, who often arrive to the school from local shelters or the streets, two physical and two dental exams, as well as on-site mental health counseling. Untreated trauma is an invisible epidemic in inner-city neighborhoods,” says Ashley Edwards, founder of counseling text messaging platform MindRight. “We

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JANUARY 2, 2023

Educational technology solutions that are engaging, effective, and easy-to-use for students, teachers, and chief academic officers will continue to play a crucial role in the year ahead. Not every assessment needs to be a test. Ultimately, what matters is what works for improving achievement. –Dr.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

With no school counseling team — and teachers weary from other new programs and systems — EPIC needed a partner it could trust to serve Tier 2 students. Based on this need, Aurora Public Schools was in the implementation stage when the Director of Mental Health and Counseling unexpectedly had to take a leave of absence.

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JUNE 15, 2020

For the longest time in education—the past 15 to 20 years—we've been trying to use assessment solutions for pedagogy problems. We have been operating within this mindset that, if we just test enough, we'll be able to identify the problems and then make them go away.

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OCTOBER 17, 2016

Never ones to pass up an opportunity to dig into topics that spark controversy and spotlight opportunity, EdSurge sat down with education technology lawyer Gretchen Shipley at our recent California Tech for Schools Summit. And at least 14 states have passed student data privacy laws, so far. What about cameras and Skype for Classrooms?

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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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APRIL 29, 2020

One way Niche has combat this issue is through a particular rankings list for “standout schools” that focuses on factors like diversity, graduation rates and state test scores for economically disadvantaged students. With the COVID-19 outbreak, more schools have made the SAT and ACT standardized tests optional for the class of 2021.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2021

I was just a broad computer science major originally, but since coming here and meeting some of the faculty and getting counseling about my strengths and interests, I've switched to cybersecurity. The curriculum integrates all the certification tests I need to take. I’ll get certified along the way.

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MARCH 28, 2022

The federal agency estimates that a significant share of programs would fail its proposed quality tests. Second is the quality of key services, including teaching and career counseling. Conversations on this topic are also happening in the U.S. Third is how relevant program curricula are to what employers are looking for from workers.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

This kind of technology has also already entered the world of education. While researchers are testing novel applications of facial recognition, such as scanning student faces for boredom , some K-12 schools have installed cameras and software to try to deter crime.

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AUGUST 27, 2024

–Jessica Campos, Instructional Technology Coach, Mesquite Independent School District In the 2024 to 2025 school year, districts will be asking more questions about evidence of impact when they’re evaluating and selecting education technology solutions.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Student test scores and graduation rates in the school had also spiked, marking what all considered the start of a turnaround in the suburban district. These students were dealing with hardships that no amount of tutoring or test prep could compensate for. “I Well, almost all. Still others went hungry outside of school hours.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

The space will provide learners access to technology, academic advising, tutoring and college counseling. The details haven’t been worked out yet, he says, but the site will likely be at an existing education space—a library, a school or a community college. “We

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APRIL 10, 2019

What was once a sleepy conference at Arizona State University that charged $50 for attendance has now become ground zero for dealmaking in the education technology industry. (A Portfolio companies will also have the opportunity to test products with WGU’s network of students and it’s incubator lab, which conducts efficacy evaluations.

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