Essay Teaching Testing 
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
APRIL 19, 2015
You don’t have any tests.” I teach graduate level courses about educational technology, such as Online Tools for Teaching and Learning. The thought of asking students to take tests to show their knowledge had never crossed my mind. I just don’t think that tests can capture my students’ true learning experiences.
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Catlin Tucker
AUGUST 23, 2024
This shift has led to the growing adoption of co-teaching models, where general and special education teachers collaborate to meet the diverse needs of their students. First, let’s explore the benefits of using the station rotation model to enhance co-teaching and create more inclusive classrooms.
eSchool News
AUGUST 9, 2024
While 89 percent of teachers reported in a recent survey that they believe generative AI will have an impact on teaching, recent reporting in the Wall Street Journal and The74 have rightly identified some of AI’s limitations in education, questioning the technology’s ability to serve as, for example, an effective tutor.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 8, 2023
As the college essay program manager for Write the World, a nonprofit writing organization for teens, I oversee a group of advisers who guide students through the essay writing process. I have seen firsthand the anxiety that students experience when it comes to writing their college essays.
Catlin Tucker
DECEMBER 19, 2014
In the past I’ve had students write a timed five-paragraph argument essay about whether Montag, from Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, is a conformist or nonconformist. My students had already written four essays this year, so I decided to ditch the essay. Similarly, I have students who are great test takers.
Catlin Tucker
AUGUST 24, 2015
homework, classwork, projects, tests, and projects), I identified the main skills we would be focusing on developing in this class and used those to create my gradebook categories. Although I used a detailed rubric to grade their essays and projects, I only entered the total score into the gradebook.
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