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JANUARY 30, 2023

Learning a new language is challenging, requiring a student to master four basic skills–listening, reading, speaking, and writing–from scratch. It’s especially true when it comes to writing assignments: With poor writing skills, students can’t deal with essays and other homework the way they need to get a good grade.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

percent of students reported having a test, quiz, or exam within their first week of school. percent), and writing papers or essays (44.1 These platforms help with tasks such as breaking down complex math problems, summarizing difficult readings, generating essay ideas, and even providing personalized study plans.

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eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2017

Students of teachers who participated in the Pathway Project, which includes 46 hours of training in the “cognitive strategies” instructional approach, scored higher on an academic writing assessment and had higher pass rates on the California High School Exit Exam than students whose teachers did not receive the training.

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JUNE 6, 2017

The university has created a way for automated software to give students in large STEM courses feedback on their writing in cases where professors don’t have time to grade hundreds of essays. We always have written exams, but it never hurts to have students communicate more through writing.”

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JUNE 10, 2025

For instance, there’s a corner of TikTok reserved for tech influencers who rack up thousands of views and likes teaching students how to most effectively use AI programs to generate their essays, including step-by-step instructions on bypassing AI detectors. It’s not especially high-tech or even particularly ingenious.

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JULY 5, 2024

Here are popular online resources to prepare for ACT and SAT tests ( click for updated list ): Albert Online — lots of SAT practice exams, including subject areas. College Board Kaplan Test Prep Khan Academy reading-writing-practice Mindsnacks SAT Vocabulary –a big part of succeeding on the SAT essay is knowing the right word Number2.com

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

While it traditionally is an assessment tool for college-bound seniors, more and more high schools are choosing it as an exit exam for graduating seniors (such as these changes in Ohio and the State of Washington ). In this article, I’ll focus on preparation for the SAT essay portion. take practice tests.

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MAY 3, 2024

Officials have said that the auto-scoring system will save the state millions of dollars that otherwise would have been spent on contractors hired to read and score written responses — with only 2,000 scorers needed this spring compared to 6,000 at the same time last year. Using technology to score essays is nothing new.

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JUNE 5, 2023

Here are popular online resources to prepare for ACT and SAT tests ( click for updated list ): Albert Online — lots of SAT practice exams, including subject areas. College Board Kaplan Test Prep Khan Academy reading-writing-practice Mindsnacks SAT Vocabulary –a big part of succeeding on the SAT essay is knowing the right word Number2.com

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JANUARY 6, 2023

All last year, you read, and we tallied. Thanks for reading, and happy new year. College’s Use of Exam-Proctoring Software to ‘Scan’ Rooms Violated Privacy Rights, Judge Finds By Jeffrey R. Tapia In a moving personal essay, Ruby C. As a Student, I Couldn’t Afford a College Sweatshirt. As a Professor, I Keep That in Mind.

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2016

To the casual observer, the SAT looks the same — questions on math and English, an essay, a set amount of time to finish each question. But the college entrance exam has gotten a makeover. The nearly four-hour exam drops to three hours if students decline the now-optional writing portion.

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JULY 29, 2020

In the latest episode of EdSurge Live, we interviewed two professors who have long questioned traditional methods of grading about how to approach exams, essays and other assessments next semester: Susan D. Tony Crider, professor of astrophysics at Elon University, offers his students “ epic finales” instead of final exams.

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MAY 6, 2019

With Advanced Placement exams starting this month, the past weeks have kept Amanda DoAmaral working around the clock. The company’s name is a reference to the best score possible on the AP exam. On Fiveable, visitors can watch livestreams of AP exam review for free. And she’s starting with subjects that she knows best.

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MAY 4, 2018

Here are five great websites to prepare you: The classroom is not the only place you can prepare for your IELTS exam. There are many platforms online that offer opportunities for you to prepare for the different stages of the exam: Speaking, Writing, Reading, and Listening. Stress has been taken out of your IELTS exam prep.

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MARCH 8, 2018

She’d read my articles about preparing for SAT/ACTs and had a story of her own detailing how she helped her children prepare for their ACT. As spring approaches, my eldest daughter Katherine, now in her junior year, is bracing herself for the upcoming ACT exams, while my youngest, Elizabeth, a sophomore, is getting ready for next year.

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APRIL 9, 2020

That’s the approach the College Board is taking this spring with its adapted AP exams. For example, a philosophy professor at University of Notre Dame designed an introductory course that draws on “ interactive digital essays ” published on mobile-friendly web pages attached to the online syllabus, reports Inside Higher Ed.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

A study by the Council of the Great City Schools found that Portland and Oregon students are some of the least-tested in the country when it comes to mandated standardized exams. They replaced the familiar, and easier, Oregon state reading and math tests, the Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, or OAKS. What a JOKE!…

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Implementing these strategies are not only beneficial for teachers, but they also have the power to ease additional challenges for students pursuing a post-secondary degree with a disability. Most common accommodations by students with disabilities.

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MARCH 20, 2024

Earlier that day, I received an email from our district informing me that my school had the lowest completion average on our beginning of year reading exam. Instead of direct and efficient, she read me as cold and curt. I had a lot on my mind and in retrospect, I was really on edge.

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JUNE 12, 2018

Students may feel relief as they hand in an exam, but the moment marks the beginning of stress and anxiety for instructors and teaching assistants, who may need to grade hundreds of tests in a short time. To use Gradescope, a grader scans exams or assignments into the platform and each question is given a rubric.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

For example, I want to make sure my quizzes and/or exams consistently measure deep content understanding and analytical skills as opposed to my students’ competency in reading, writing, or the English language. For example, before an exam, I discuss how and why I would prepare differently for a multiple-choice versus an essay exam.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Colleagues suggested that I switch to multiple choice exams, but I declined because I believe strongly in the importance of open-ended problem solving. Read at least some of the exchanges between students and add your own perspectives when specific student feedback is lacking. I always recommend that teachers start small.

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APRIL 26, 2018

Do exams still serve a purpose? Where there’s an alternative there must be a standard, so we started our chat creating a list of what those standard assignment are: exams, quizzes, essays, reports, lab manuals and the like. But why, then, do so many courses still rely on exams? I'm excited to read more!

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MAY 31, 2017

UWorld is a leading provider of question bank materials for professional licensing exams like USMLE, ABIM, and ABFM, considered by many to be the gold standard in test preparation. Define difficult words from within the app (for reading prep). More about SAT prep: How to Prepare for the SAT Essay. I should have known better.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you change the way you give exams and design assignments? Banning the use of technology for exams can create an inaccessible, discriminatory learning experience. Banning the use of technology for exams can create an inaccessible, discriminatory learning experience.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you change the way you give exams and design assignments? Banning the use of technology for exams can create an inaccessible, discriminatory learning experience. Banning the use of technology for exams can create an inaccessible, discriminatory learning experience.

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JULY 31, 2019

“The era of trying to measure aptitude is finally over,” wrote the College Board’s president, David Coleman, in an essay in The Atlantic earlier this summer, referring to the version of the test that has been in place since 2014, when the SAT was last revised.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Implementing these strategies are not only beneficial for teachers, but they also have the power to ease additional challenges for students pursuing a post-secondary degree with a disability. Most common accommodations by students with disabilities.

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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. can’t read on grade level, is a problem with a solution: “It boils down to being culturally responsive.” The HadaNõu Collective. WordsLiive.

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MAY 1, 2018

Depending upon the level of service subscribed to, students can view videos, take practice quizzes and exams, and get credit for classes passed through a proctored exam. All they need is an internet connection and a webcam (for proctored exams). Take quizzes and proctored exams available in your subscription.

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APRIL 24, 2018

I had no problem getting started with Clutch Prep even though I purposefully didn’t read instructions on how to sign up or use the website. Not only does Clutch Prep have videos to supplement academic textbooks, they offer a course to assist preparation for MCAT exams. How to Prepare for the SAT Essay. How to get started.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Two weeks into the school year, I have students who are still struggling with the diagnostic test, which is designed to see where the students are in reading comprehension and writing for 11th grade literature. I can start him out with a text closer to his reading level to regain some confidence and give him a sense of accomplishment.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

For example, I want to make sure my quizzes and/or exams consistently measure deep content understanding and analytical skills as opposed to my students’ competency in reading, writing, or the English language. For example, before an exam, I discuss how and why I would prepare differently for a multiple-choice versus an essay exam.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Now, students are wondering why they have to do assignments that AI chatbots could do for them, especially when AI could do the work, like write an essay or research paper, in just a few seconds. Students are rarely told why they have to do papers, projects, essays, discussion forum posts, or other assignments other than “to get a good grade.”

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Now, students are wondering why they have to do assignments that AI chatbots could do for them, especially when AI could do the work, like write an essay or research paper, in just a few seconds. Students are rarely told why they have to do papers, projects, essays, discussion forum posts, or other assignments other than “to get a good grade.”

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Well, that essay was called The New Education and it was so important that Harvard hired this young man—he was only 34. I read an article recently by one of the educators at Google who said, “why should my daughter learn differential equations anymore when she could just put that into a box on Google and get an answer?”

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MARCH 7, 2018

In an earlier article , I focused on preparation for the essay portion of the SAT. This time, I’ll discuss some of the great online sites that help students prepare for the math and reading portions. When ready, students can take SAT practice exams and then repeat review in their weak areas. Kaplan Test Prep.

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