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Building Better Rubrics: Empowering Learners Through Effective Rubric Design

Catlin Tucker

Using rubrics helps teachers stay focused during the grading process and ensures that grading is objective, consistent, and fair. It helps students understand what is expected and how they will be evaluated. Overall, using a rubric promotes consistency, fairness, and transparency in the assessment process.

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Beyond grades: Helping families support students academically

eSchool News

During the pandemic, hints of changing grading standards and possible grade inflation raised concerns for parents and caregivers about their accuracy and fairness given the disruption of school closures and a shift to remote learning. Academic achievement and behavior must be evaluated separately and communicated distinctly.

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3 Non-Negotiables When Teaching Students to Evaluate Their Own Learning

Edsurge

Pinterest boasts more than 1,000 ideas about how students can self-evaluate their own learning. How can we motivate students to want to evaluate their own learning? The first step is to reframe self-evaluation within the context of the learning environment rather than primarily as a task-oriented process. What’s In A Word?

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The 3 biggest misconceptions about AI

eSchool News

We also accept the fact that, many times, a parent helps build their 4th-grader’s science fair project. However, if a student uses generative AI to help them edit their college admission paper or brainstorm a science fair idea, there’s a belief that it is dishonest. In both of these instances, we don’t consider it cheating.

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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. 8: 1079–94 McConlogue, Teresa (2020).

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Data-informed decision-making in education: A comprehensive approach

eSchool News

In educational settings, data can be derived from a range of sources–student assessments, attendance records, teacher evaluations, behavioral data, etc. For instance, consider a scenario where a district uses standardized test scores to evaluate teacher performance.

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Building ethical AI usage in K-12 education

eSchool News

They are responsible for selecting, implementing, and evaluating AI tools that support their pedagogical goals and students needs. How can we ensure that the AI tools we use are fair, transparent, and accountable, and do not introduce or reinforce biases or discrimination? The Ethics of AI Ethics: An Evaluation of Guidelines.

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