Disabilities Social Studies Testing 
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
In fact, one state, Iowa, requires no reading licensure test at all. The data brief, False Assurances: Many states’ licensure tests don’t signal whether elementary teachers understand reading instruction , provides the most up-to-date analysis on the quality of elementary reading teacher licensure exams being used by each state.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Test data from many sources suggest students are still behind where they were before the pandemic. They also urged states to do more user testing of their websites and to be more transparent about the state of academic recovery, even when it’s not good. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. newsletters.
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eSchool News
DECEMBER 8, 2023
In a new analysis, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds that most states (29 states and the District of Columbia) use a weak elementary teacher reading licensure test, meaning that they do not effectively measure teachers’ knowledge of scientifically based reading instruction prior to entering the classroom.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Terms such as “professional learning communities” and “data-based instruction” take the focus off of children as developing human beings, and force conversations to be about standardized data points from benchmark tests and high-stakes standardized assessments, which can dehumanize the way we address student needs. What do teachers want?
eSchool News
DECEMBER 28, 2022
She sees the possibilities of cross-discipline collaborations: For instance, a social studies lesson on Harriet Tubman could discuss what she could have done for the underground railroad if she had information technology, and what kind of problems that tech could have brought as well. He tried to get ahead of it.
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. Importantly, they create a universal, neutral platform for discussion of the language acquisition levels of students, free of judgment.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 19, 2019
According to research , a ban on phone in the classroom improved the test score by 6.41%. Author Bio: Andrew Carroll is a former high school social studies teacher. How Wearable Technology is Changing Education and Easing Disabilities. Banning the device may seem like the right solution for some. More on digital devices.
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