Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

This year, the College Board, having learned from those experiences, is announcing more changes in an effort to provide “unprecedented flexibility” in the age of pandemic-era testing, says Trevor Packer, a senior vice president at the nonprofit who leads the AP program. They said, ‘Please don’t take that away,’” Packer recalls.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2015

This April piece , on the difference between testing vs. assessing , was published as part of Innovation In Action, a monthly column from the International Society of Technology in Education focused on exemplary practices in education. You don’t have any tests.” I laughed, but the student was serious.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Unfortunately, as many as 40 percent of students who take AP exams will earn a 1 or a 2 on those tests, which will not help them test out and earn those coveted college credits. Start talking about the test on Day 1. Let students know that they can expect the test to be rigorous and that, as a result, they need to be prepared.

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eSchool News

MARCH 22, 2021

The College Board recently announced that it is getting rid of the SAT Subject Tests and Essay, and the list of universities that are test-optional is growing daily. Simplifying the process would benefit students and universities alike. This is a step in the right direction, but so much more needs to change.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2020

Changes to a major standardized test usually take months—or even years—to develop and are typically announced well in advance of the first official exam sitting. On April 3, the College Board offered details about alterations to the AP tests it will administer this May. Makeup tests will be available from June 1 through 5.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 9, 2019

Sometimes I didn’t even know what the format of the final exam would be…essay, multiple choice, or short answer. I spent hours reviewing notes that spanned an entire semester because it was all “fair game.” ” I never had a clear sense of what content would appear on the final.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Seventy percent of high school juniors and seniors believe AI-powered tools, including ChatGPT, can be a resource in brainstorming ideas for their college essays or short answer responses. AI-powered tools can help students brainstorm ideas for a college essay. One state, Iowa, requires no reading licensure test at all.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Oregon teachers wish they didn’t have to give their students Smarter Balanced English and math tests because the tests take too much time, have confusing directions and are unfair for students who don’t have computers at home or who have inadequate technology at school.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Because the tool can assist with assignments like generating essays from prompts, students quickly integrated these technologies into the classroom. These are just a few examples of the biases present in current AI use in education, but they already raise alarms. For humans, we recommend anti-bias practices to overcome these perceptions.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

percent of students reported having a test, quiz, or exam within their first week of school. percent), studying for tests (48.8 percent), and writing papers or essays (44.1 Brainly also asked college-bound students if AI chatbots had a presence in their college application process, in their essay or short answer questions.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Seven million students took the SAT test last year. Driven in part by the educational imperative to minimize student testing, what better solution than a test already heavily vetted as being inclusive and cross-cultural that many students are familiar with. take practice tests. Turnitin Revision Assistant.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

The University of Michigan’s M-Write program is built on the idea that students learn best when they write about what they’re studying, rather than taking multiple-choice tests. Wilson researches the application of automated essay scoring. “I U-M presents a really interesting model of adoption.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2015

Creating, sharing, delivering and grading of tests, along with analysis of results, happens in real-time in one platform. Being able to easily create and deliver quizzes and tests to students in the classroom, and then put the results of those tests to work immediately to help improve student learning was the motivation behind Apperson, Inc.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

As students cram, her team of four has been scrambling to meet the demand on Fiveable , where she and other teachers broadcast live test-prep sessions. In its first year, she claims, more than 90 percent of the 400-plus students on the platform passed their AP World History and US History tests. More than 2.8

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2024

For instance, instead of banning tools like ChatGPT for essay writing, teachers can encourage students to use AI in their work but clearly document how their essays evolved through multiple drafts. Students then engage in “intelligence augmentation,” or the enhancement of human intelligence through AI tools.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Here are some quotes from Michael Bloomberg about testing students , with my annotations in italics… “Many companies (including mine) use tests in hiring.” The hiring ’tests’ for your financial software, data, and media company are multiple choice tests of factual recall and procedural regurgitation? Your thoughts?

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2019

These days the leaders of the College Board, which runs the SAT, have been making a surprising argument—that colleges and parents should stop taking the scores of its signature test so seriously. In this new era, the College Board is testing a controversial new metric that has been labeled as an “ adversity score.”

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2019

Biggest challenge: Our school is required to enforce a series of standardized tests every year to assess a student’s achievements and knowledge learned in the grade level. When students weren’t passing these tests, their self-confidence was diminished and it affected their willingness and effort during difficult tasks.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

Option 1 Science: Design a new experiment to test a scientific hypothesis Science: Write a research paper on an environmental issue Math: Solve a set of problems and explain your solutions in a video tutorial Math: Develop a math game that helps others learn about a mathematical concept or process English : Write an essay analyzing the symbolism in (..)

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eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2020

Remark Test Grading Cloud available to all teachers for free, including electronic bubble sheets for distributing and grading assessments. is offering instructors a free 60-day subscription to its popular Remark Test Grading Cloud application.

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

They’re often ineffective as a teaching tool, they’re easy for students to cheat, and they can exacerbate test anxiety. Yet more professors seem to be turning to the format these days, as teaching loads and class sizes grow, since multiple-choice quizzes and tests can be easily graded by machines.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

million test takers took its redesigned test between March and June 2016. million test takers took the old SAT during the same period in 2015. College Board started administering the new test in March 2016. Some 7 percent of test takers did not answer the race and ethnicity question.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

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. ESL students need stellar writing skills to pass exams and language tests or enter the university.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2023

This article offers ideas that are outside traditional essay writing and test taking mediums. What is equally important is that we provide varied assessment opportunities so students can demonstrate understanding in different ways.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2017

When teachers used digital educational games in the classroom, students raised test scores by more than half a letter grade in only three weeks, according to a study from researchers at Vanderbilt University and partners at Legends of Learning , a research-driven educational game platform.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

Sarah Blaine said: ten years into private practice, I don’t draw on my two months of intensive bar test prep to advise my clients or manage my work. I don’t rely on essay formulas to craft my briefs, and of course I have never encountered an MBE-style multiple choice question. Test prep works. via [link]. Related Posts.

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eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

Test-optional and test-blind admissions in recent years could mean a radical expansion of access to selective colleges. The patchwork of admission test policies in college admissions underscores a larger challenge—and opportunity—for both K-12 and higher education.

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Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2023

It’s time for handwritten essays in class without devices. In these same conversations, I hear teachers eager to revert back to timed writing by hand, the five-paragraph essay, and other formulaic approaches to writing. They scored ChatGPT’s work using the same College Board rubric their essays were evaluated against.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

As more and more students were educated with their peers, we started to realize that having all students read the same book and take the same test doesn’t work. Ten to fifteen years ago, the whole class would read The Old Man and the Sea, analyze how Santiago develops over the course of the text, and write an essay.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Many educators recognize that standardized tests don’t measure everything—and that some of the most critical types of growth can’t be measured by a numerical score. Seven years ago, during my first year of teaching, all of my eleventh graders failed the Georgia State End of Course Test in American Literature. Something didn’t add up.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

Joining well-known and beloved study tools, including Flashcards and Learn and Test, this back-to-school Quizlet is introducing: Magic Notes: With Magic Notes, students can upload their class notes to Quizlet and instantly and automatically turn them into flashcards, practice tests, and more.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2017

[ Editor’s note : “My Tech Essentials” is a new monthly feature on eSchool News that highlights the choice of ‘must-have’ technology used by one tech-savvy educator; with the hope that other educators might also find these peer-tested tools useful. Be sure to check back every month for a new “My Tech Essentials.”].

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eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2025

The basic steps of design thinking are empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test (Interaction Design Foundation, 2016). The goal is for students to lead with empathy to identify and define a problem, then develop a realistic solution to that problem that can be tested and refined through feedback. link] Dorland, A. 2016, May 25).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 30, 2024

Create a timeline that includes important dates such as application deadlines, standardized test dates, and scholarship deadlines. These may include standardized test scores (SAT or ACT), high school transcripts, letters of recommendation, and personal essays. A well-crafted essay can set you apart from other applicants.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Students often demonstrate their learning through written explanations in the forms of short answer questions and essays. The traditional methods of testing and evaluation must evolve to accommodate the capabilities of AI. Demonstrating learning needs to move from testing memorization to showcasing transferable skills.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

It can handle a variety of language tasks, including answering questions, writing essays, generating creative content, offering explanations, giving advice, and engaging in natural-sounding conversations” (as explained by ChatGPT itself).

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Over the course of my career, I’ve had some years where my students’ standardized test scores were on the rise , and other years where they stagnated. It counts when an essay expands from one unclear sentence to three paragraphs of of compelling narrative, even if three paragraphs doesn’t cut it on the rubric. Probably not.

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