eSchool News
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Key points: Standardized tests aren’t inclusive and often lead to unnecessary stress Educators should shift focus from standardized tests to ensuring students become independent learners See related article: What’s the state of K-12 assessment? This shift, while intended to improve test performance, comes at a cost.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
That holds true for students scoring a 5 on the test as well as a 1 or 2. This potentially sets them up for low performance, as well as a compounded sense of struggle at more critical times in life, such as when preparing for a career in nursing, accounting, or many others that require standardized testing. There is a threshold.
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eSchool News
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Have them create their inventions and test them out. See it as an opportunity to discuss what they’d do differently if they had more time. The science comes in by discussing why their prototype works. With the example of the book holder, questions to discuss could be: What materials work best to keep the book from slipping?
Catlin Tucker
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
In pairs or groups, students can compare their answers to an answer key or a strong exemplar and work together to check, correct, and discuss their questions. We should treat review and practice not as tests of competence or compliance but as stepping stones towards mastery, encouraging a growth mindset in our students.
Catlin Tucker
FEBRUARY 16, 2020
We discuss how the design of classrooms can shift the focus from consumption to creation, how the school schedule can be used flexibly to give students more agency in identifying what they need and when, and how grouping students by needs and skills instead of by age can provide them with a more personalized learning experience.
eSchool News
MAY 24, 2023
.” – John Dewey Back in 2007 when I was teaching Algebra I at the local middle school, the biggest question for mathematics teachers on our campus was whether students could use their calculators while doing classwork and on standardized tests.
eSchool News
MAY 14, 2025
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