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LearnWith.AI Launches TeachTap, the first AI-powered learning app for AP exam prep and high school courses

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“TeachTap is a game-changer for students preparing for AP exams and studying high school courses. Pearson Edgington, a high school senior who piloted TeachTap, shared his experience: “TeachTap made studying for my AP exams actually fun and interesting. Chief Product Officer Phil Hewinson.

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Why Old Arguments for Earning a Diploma Don't Resonate With My Students — and Which Ones Will

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What Happens When Students Don’t Receive a Diploma Culturally, graduation is a right of passage and a source of immense pride. Passing these exams is especially difficult for our students who are recent immigrants and are still learning English. How will it shape their self image and how their loved ones see them?

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

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Moulton has worked in the field for about 15 years with a small family-run company called Educational Data Systems , which makes exams for local districts and high stakes tests for the state of California. Do you take pains to make sure that the people designing these algorithms are a cross section of different ethnicities and cultures?

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Engaging Students in Meaningful Learning Experiences

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For one of the assessments, I conducted an online, objective-type quiz, consisting mainly of multiple-choice questions. This claim was validated when I graded the final exam, a rigorous three-hour subjective type of exam. The class average was an impressive A. We are used to working hard, and we can handle it.

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5 Conditions for Getting Formative Assessment Right

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The most common way to do this is with some kind of a test, which traditionally happens at the end of a unit — a final exam of some kind. But in fact, it actually helps to have a closed question if you really want to check for understanding.” You want to create the kind of culture where formative assessments are not intimidating.

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Engaging Students in Meaningful Learning Experiences

Faculty Focus

For one of the assessments, I conducted an online, objective-type quiz, consisting mainly of multiple-choice questions. This claim was validated when I graded the final exam, a rigorous three-hour subjective type of exam. The class average was an impressive A. We are used to working hard, and we can handle it.

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Pulling the Plug on a Personalized Learning Pilot

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The district’s proximity to big technology companies at the heart of Silicon Valley also seemed like a cultural fit for this kind of futuristic learning. I want my 5th grader to be well-educated… Tapping away at multiple choice questions is not high level math,” another parent said. Don’t experiment with our children.” “I

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