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It’s 2020: Have Digital Learning Innovations Trends Changed?

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While peer-reviewed journals are important mechanisms to share research, she feels that scholars can also present the results of those studies in other ways to help influence practice in a more timely manner. Joosten also argued that the field should evaluate trends through subgroups of underrepresented students to promote equity.

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This Toolkit Helps Take the Stress Out of State Testing

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We know that educators at all levels are responsible for making big decisions based on student evaluation outcomes. Students know that a lot is riding on state exams, and inevitably, students who experience test anxiety feel the extreme pressure to do well. Assessment For Learning. 10 Tips for Testing Success.

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Are Your Assessments Fair and Balanced?

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According to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), the body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the southern states, the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) evaluative framework consists of an assessment indicator.

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How U of Michigan Built Automated Essay-Scoring Software to Fill ‘Feedback Gap’ for Student Writing

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We always have written exams, but it never hurts to have students communicate more through writing.” After a writing fellow quickly reviews it, the score gets delivered to the student via the eCoach system. Essentially, they provide a subset to the computer and they develop a model used to evaluate future papers.”

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Are Your Assessments Fair and Balanced?

Faculty Focus

According to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), the body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the southern states, the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) evaluative framework consists of an assessment indicator.

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To Leverage Tech in Writing Instruction, This Superintendent Channeled Justin Bieber

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These prepare them for the state writing exams in eighth and tenth grades and help teachers across the district calibrate their scoring and expectations. The district’s intense focus on writing instruction, however, isn’t all about acing state exams. Students must make the time to practice and to peer-review each others' work.

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As Colleges Move Away From the SAT, Will Admissions Algorithms Step In?

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Even the College Board, maker of the SAT, advised colleges to be flexible about requiring the test in the upcoming admissions cycle because of challenges students face getting to in-person tests and glitches in the group’s efforts to administer exams remotely. They also simply may not work.

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