Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Tutoring can make writing less of an isolating process because students can access different audiences and, as a result, receive feedback that is in the function of its message and not only for the sake of a grade. Tutoring practices that include non-evaluative feedback and mindful approaches support writers’ growth holistically.

Evaluation 119

Evaluation Feedback Writing Languages 119

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

It helps students understand what is expected and how they will be evaluated. Rubrics also provide students with feedback, helping them understand their strengths and areas where they need to improve. Second, it allows teachers to provide more targeted feedback to students based on their performance on each criterion.

Fairness 545

Fairness Assignments Feedback Evaluation 545

Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2021

Instead of the teacher being the only source of information, support, or feedback, students develop the skills necessary to be resources for one another. Students will learn how to be valuable resources for each other when it comes to feedback and collaboration. If not, can you modify your design to create more balance?

Blended Learning 519

Blended Learning Feedback Learning Beliefs 519

eSchool News

APRIL 28, 2025

The report recommends consolidating digital platforms, providing enhanced training for teachers and parents, and implementing policy adjustments based on direct feedback from stakeholders. The findings emphasize the need for unified portals and simplified user experiences to enhance efficiency and engagement in K-12 education.

Schools 273

Schools Communication Evaluation Feedback 273

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Bell Ringer Retrieval practice Review activities Spiral review Spark Activity Encourage inquiry Pique interest in a topic Present a creative writing prompt Goal Setting Set an academic, personal, or behavioral goal for the week Reflect on the actions/behaviors needed to reach that goal Feedback Form Ask students to provide feedback.

Evaluation 546

Evaluation Feedback Writing Assignments 546

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

Some students will need additional support, scaffolds, feedback, or reteaching to understand key concepts and apply specific strategies, processes, or skills. Formative Assessment Strategies There are different categories of formative assessment, including observational assessments, checks for understanding, and formative feedback.

Feedback 428

Feedback Quizzes Coaching Discussions 428

eSchool News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

New data and analysis released by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds ample opportunities for improvement in states’ teacher and principal evaluation policies. The new NCTQ report, State of the States 2022: Teacher and Principal Evaluation Policies , presents data and analysis on policies from all 50 states and D.C.

Evaluation 169

Evaluation Teachers Feedback Achievement 169

eSchool News

MAY 30, 2025

Easy to find, not always true: Helping students evaluate AI-generated content For more news on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub For years now, the promise of AI in education has centered around efficiency–grading faster, recommending better content, or predicting where a student might struggle.

Ethics 174

Ethics Intelligence Feedback Questions 174

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Tutoring can make writing less of an isolating process because students can access different audiences and, as a result, receive feedback that is in the function of its message and not only for the sake of a grade. Tutoring practices that include non-evaluative feedback and mindful approaches support writers’ growth holistically.

Evaluation 98

Evaluation Feedback Writing Languages 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Giving regular feedback to roughly 100 middle and high schoolers has been my greatest challenge as an English and writing teacher, and it hit home for me sometime in 2013. My challenges with the feedback load were officially impacting my health and family life. Students were getting the feedback they needed faster.

Feedback 218

Feedback Peer Review Teaching Writing 218

Catlin Tucker

MAY 20, 2023

It provides immediate and ongoing feedback to both the teacher and the student. When students can view and interpret their formative assessment data, they can engage in metacognitive processes, such as planning and goal setting, tracking and monitoring their progress, and evaluating and reflecting on their learning.

Metacognitive Skills 481

Metacognitive Skills Universal Design Blended Learning Evaluation 481

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2025

The guide breaks down the edtech purchasing cycle into three processes: edtech selection, implementation and evaluation. They rely on 1EdTechs TrustEd Apps program, Lightspeed Insight and internal help desk tracking to evaluate tools for privacy, use and impact. AI is transforming tools and pushing prices up, says Magley.

Evaluation 134

Evaluation Secondary Education Disabilities Feedback 134

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

It takes time to articulate what each level looks like; however, the benefit of this approach is that you do not need to write clarifying feedback. reduces the time teachers spend grading because they simply mark the language on the rubric and do not have to write additional feedback to justify a score.

Blended Learning 520

Blended Learning Essay Feedback Writing 520

Catlin Tucker

JULY 2, 2019

I encourage teachers to think about the purpose of the work students are doing and evaluate whether it makes sense for them to invest their time and energy grading that work. They pass back that work and students are often left to digest the grade and feedback in isolation. Then they collect that work and grade it in isolation.

Grades 419

Grades Assignments Evaluation Coaching 419

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 6, 2022

It’s always a challenge to evaluate teachers. But Christian Miraglia, Education Consultant and part of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew, suggests asking students to evaluate the teacher. Here’s how that would work: A Teacher’s Best Evaluator. So I was prompted to think about teacher evaluations and their effectiveness.

Evaluation 155

Evaluation Feedback Curriculum Assignments 155

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2021

Golden collects the results, which students give anonymously, then studies the feedback and makes a list of all the information she’s received. This practice is called early-term feedback. In general, faculty and instructors are really responsive to student feedback. Collecting feedback can be as easy as passing out index cards.

Feedback 187

Feedback Instructors Students Syllabus 187

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Students need to get comfortable thinking about their learning and evaluating the development of specific skills. I encourage teachers to design lessons that allow them to pull feedback into the classroom so that students received focused feedback while they are working. Sustaining Effort and Persistence.

Universal Design 545

Universal Design Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Learning 545

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

How many hours each week do you spend on creating, sharing, monitoring, evaluating and providing feedback on student activities? An easy-to-use platform for teachers to handle the entire loop from creation to feedback can be the answer to saving time and energy. There’s a feedback option for every teacher—and every student!

Feedback 156

Feedback Motivation Evaluation Education 156

Faculty Focus

MARCH 13, 2025

When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). 2002; Spencer & Schmelkin, 2002). Sojka et al.

Feedback 108

Feedback Questions Course Evaluations Evaluation 108

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 14, 2021

The 5Es instructional model is composed of the following stages: 1) Engage, 2) Explore, 3) Explain, 4) Elaborate, and 5) Evaluate. Evaluate: Assess the Effectiveness. Members of the PLC will need to collect artifacts of student learning and student feedback to evaluate the effectiveness of the strategy, technique, or model.

Teachers 425

Teachers Blended Learning Learning Evaluation 425

eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Teachers should ensure students are using AI as a thought partner and for instant feedback, not simply to obtain answers to questions. Feedback: How can students evaluate and think critically about their work and improve upon it based on real-time feedback? is a requirement for AI literacy.

Ethics 337

Ethics Feedback Evaluation Assignments 337

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2024

A network of small public high schools in New York City is exploring whether artificial intelligence can change the way teachers receive feedback about their classroom instruction. Proponents say it could save lots of time for instructional coaches and expand access to feedback that improves the quality of teaching.

Intelligence 328

Intelligence Teachers Coaching Feedback 328

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Tricider is a free online tool that simplifies the decision-making process and makes it more equitable by allowing users to leave plenty of feedback. The feedback is listed in three easy-to-read columns, which helps make even complex discussions easy to digest. Conceptboard’s template is just as straightforward as the evaluation model.

Teachers 332

Teachers Feedback Evaluation Intelligence 332

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Writing is often difficult for educators to teach, challenging for students to do, and hard for administrators to monitor and evaluate. The software automates and accelerates many aspects of the writing-evaluation process, though each teacher’s grading and feedback also remain crucial parts of the process.

Writing 293

Writing Evaluation Distance Learning Feedback 293

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The traditional methods of testing and evaluation must evolve to accommodate the capabilities of AI. AI-assisted tools can provide real-time feedback, enabling personalized learning experiences that adapt to each student’s progress. Gen AI is flipping this on its head.

Metacognitive Skills 339

Metacognitive Skills Ethics Critical Thinking Evaluation 339

eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2022

Its teacher-preparation program had already been using video-based feedback for seven years. During pandemic-induced shutdowns, Ralph provided feedback to preservice teachers from her back porch. Their solution was to set up a structure that focuses on video observations “that are safe and non-evaluative.”

Coaching 317

Coaching Education Distance Learning Evaluation 317

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The “Ongoing Assessment” document was designed to encourage students to take ownership of both their work and the evaluation of that work. Another column is dedicated to teacher feedback. Students are able to post comments and questions in response to our feedback and this often leads to a conversation about how to improve.

Grades 420

Grades Feedback English Evaluation 420

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 28, 2020

I want students to know that their teachers are there to support them as they work because learning is a process and everyone needs feedback and help to improve. I know how important it is for students to receive regular feedback, so they know where they are excelling and where they need to focus their time and energy to improve.

Blended Learning 343

Blended Learning Feedback Learning Communication 343

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2019

The summer break gives us time to recharge and re-evaluate why we do this challenging work. What are you spending time providing feedback on? Are students using your feedback to improve the quality of their work? Do your grades evaluate knowledge, skills, compliance? 1 Articulate Your WHY and Revisit It Daily.

Metacognitive Skills 366

Metacognitive Skills Schools Blended Learning Evaluation 366

Faculty Focus

MARCH 13, 2025

When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). 2002; Spencer & Schmelkin, 2002). Sojka et al.

Feedback 96

Feedback Questions Course Evaluations Evaluation 96

eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2024

Help is coming, but not necessarily in the ideal way: with ESSER funding running out , districts are re-evaluating the impact and scope of edtech solutions. Evaluating the impact of edtech solutions is a logical thing to do. District leaders need to regularly evaluate who is using the solutions they’re investing in.

Evaluation 286

Evaluation Feedback Students Achievement 286

eSchool News

AUGUST 15, 2024

It equips them with the knowledge to critically evaluate information, understand scientific concepts, and make informed decisions in a rapidly changing world. The CRAAP strategy teaches students to evaluate information sources based on five criteria: Currency , Relevance , Authority , Accuracy , and Purpose. Is It CRAAP?:

Science 312

Science STEM Evaluation Critical Thinking 312

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Edtech evaluation is currently the Wild West. As long as the data aligns with the edtech company’s goals, third-party evaluations can be the strongest selling point for solution providers. A decision-maker should not hesitate to reach out to their nationwide network of peers to get honest, unfettered feedback.

Evaluation 321

Evaluation Feedback Testing Achievement 321

eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2023

million educators will be able to quickly and easily evaluate a submission for the presence of AI-generated text and provide feedback to students in their current Turnitin workflows. Over 10,700 institutions and more than 2.1 Educators told us that being able to accurately detect AI written text is their first priority right now.

Writing 299

Writing Academic Integrity Education Feedback 299

Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2024

Recommended Resources ISTE’s Advancing Edtech Evaluation and Selection page includes a set of user-friendly resources designed to help teachers and education leaders select the best edtech on the market. Convened an advisory group of experts in user experience design, learning design, equity and justice, and edtech product evaluation.

Evaluation 117

Evaluation Testing Feedback Achievement 117

eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Using a powerful and proprietary computer algorithm, WriQ automates and standardizes the assessment of student writing against national norms, evaluating each student’s writing across a number of criteria. As a result, teachers are able to quickly assess writing proficiency and provide students with specific and personalized feedback.

Writing 257

Writing Gamification Motivation Evaluation 257

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

These forms of feedback often focus on assignments and homework prior to college, where feedback becomes scarce. This raises an essential question: What kind of feedback information is genuinely useful for students? This idea is well understood in grading, but not as so in feedback to students.

Multiple Choice Questions 277

Multiple Choice Questions Feedback Students History 277