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Will gamification replace paper tests?

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Nearly everyone remembers the stress of taking a test in school. In fact, around 40 percent of students regularly report experiencing moderate to severe anxiety over tests. Even elementary school students can struggle with fear and performance anxiety on standardized tests. So, what does gamification involve?

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Standardized tests are pests—here’s why

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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.

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Why AI in the classroom needs its own ‘doll test’ 70 years post-Brown

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Key points: AI chatbots are only as unbiased as the data they’re trained on and the humans who design them 5 key recommendations for AI in education New group targets AI skills in education and the workforce For more on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub As we mark the 70th anniversary of the landmark Brown v.

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Rethinking student assessment: Tools and strategies for meaningful evaluation

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According to a recent study, over 60 percent of educators believe traditional assessments fail to fully measure student understanding. Here are five powerful resources that can transform how you evaluate student progress. Reviewing their projects provides deeper insights into their understanding than a multiple-choice test would.

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Test: The four-letter word that works with GPA for college admissions

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College admissions trends have followed suit, especially regarding standardized testing. The debate over using test scores in college admissions has oscillated between requiring them and questioning their necessity in favor of relying more on student grade point averages (GPAs). Over time, standardized tests have evolved in many ways.

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With Rising Concerns About Dyslexia in Young Learners, Riverside Insights Introduces First-of-its Kind Playbook to Streamline Evaluations

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. – Riverside Insights ®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today debuted a new Assessment Playbook focused on streamlining the evaluation of dyslexia, the most common learning disability, affecting 20% of the population.

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Beyond digital literacy: Why K-12 educators must prioritize data literacy

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In todays technology-rich classrooms, digital literacy is becoming a foundational skill–students are learning to navigate devices, use educational software, and collaborate online. For K-12 educators, building students data literacy is not a nice-to-have. It is essential. Our classrooms are data-rich, but are we data-literate?

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