eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Traditional tests focused on factual recall may instead give way to assessments that better align with NGSS’s emphasis on critical thinking, problem-solving, and the application of knowledge in real-world contexts. As the NGSS continues to gain traction, we can expect a shift in how student learning is assessed.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The lack of computer science technology educators in middle schools continues to be a genuine crisis, especially considering the critical role of STEM education in preparing students for future careers. But we’re not testing the teachers. 00:04:43 Speaker 1 There’s uh, automatic or passive evaluations.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Let’s take an example of a middle school student struggling with systems of equations. They want to know what they don’t know and prefer to review tests thoroughly, identifying trends in their mistakes. In contrast, listing the student’s deficiencies can seem overwhelming and not give the student a road to success.

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eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2019

The district has 33 schools, ranks in the top 6 or 7 in every category in the state, and is growing by 400 to 500 students per year. Biggest challenge: “In Florida, as in many states, we’d been given mandate after mandate about standardized testing, teacher evaluations, etc.,” says Bill Emerson, assistant superintendent.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

A study co-authored by MIT scholars concludes that widely disseminated school quality ratings reflect the preparation and family background of their students as much or more than a school’s contribution to learning gains. In these districts, students can opt for any school in the district, but some schools are oversubscribed.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2017

Studying a zebrafish might be the key to increasing students’ science knowledge and attitudes toward science education–at least, that’s what a five-year evaluation of 20,000 K-12 students indicates. Middle school students demonstrated significant positive gains on 8 of 9 knowledge questions.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The Cook Center is among the first awardees to receive EIR funds for a project with an exclusive focus on mental health and suicide prevention as keys to improving school climate and learning. Though only two years old, the Cook Center’s model has already been adopted by 229 districts and 3,617 schools, offering more than 2.4

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

For example, our middle school program Career Explorations has embedded real-world, industry-specific soft skill exercises, including applied math, graphics literacy and reading comprehension. Assessment could take various forms, including [evaluations in] project-based learning, simulations and scenario-based tests.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

As Alpha Public Schools administrator Jin-Soo Huh told EdSurge this past summer , “Edtech companies have a responsibility when putting out studies to understand data clearly and present it accurately.” Although most Phase I SBIR studies are small, informal tests, Webb helped Woot Math enroll 600 students in an RCT (randomized control trial).

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Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2022

School is not the problem. This statement was shared by a former middle school student of mine during his freshman year of high school. John* was getting all A’s and one B in stark contrast to the B’s, C’s, and D’s received in middle school. Students are the problem.”

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2019

Solution: We began our search for a new registration process by evaluating numerous scheduling formats ranging from future scheduling and arena scheduling to flexible modular scheduling and rotational scheduling. Our middle school locations are currently discussing and outlining ways to expand arena scheduling to junior high.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Romano-Arribito is an EdSurge columnist and has spent about 27 years in the classroom teaching everything from first grade to middle school in her home state of New Jersey. But systemic pressures, such as top-down initiatives or punitive evaluation systems, can deplete teacher autonomy.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

He asks students to evaluate the sources of information they’re reading and, where possible, gets them to think about how other disciplines, such as biology or the social sciences, are involved. Clearing Up Misconceptions That flexibility is less helpful to teachers like Jill Ronstadt at Orange Lutheran High School in Orange, Calif.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2023

ChatGPT adds to the suite of AI tools that might be encountered in an ELA classroom, along with automated essay scoring, writing evaluation and feedback. We evaluated one writing platform that gave students immediate, AI-generated feedback, with unlimited opportunities to use the feedback to revise and resubmit their essays for better scores.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2017

When charter schools do well, they often have a lot to brag about. The best-performing charters boast of well-behaved students who earn top grades, high scores on standardized tests, and astonishing college-acceptance rates compared to neighboring district schools.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2024

LearnPlatform by Instructure conducted an independent study in accordance with ESSA Level II requirements to evaluate the effectiveness of Mathletics in improving academic achievement. The study analyzed NWEA MAP® testing scores from 1,885 third- through fifth-grade students across eight schools within a single district.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-your-own adventure (kind of) role playing. Students start the course with a pre-test to determine a baseline for their financial literacy.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 29, 2022

Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-your-own adventure (kind of) role playing. Students start the course with a pre-test to determine a baseline for their financial literacy.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

It was early May—and in New York, that’s the dreaded season of testing. There are plenty of tests—but follow me, for a moment, to P.S. 279 Captain Manuel Rivera, Jr., a district middle school located in the Bronx. Neither students nor teachers at P.S. 279 love standardized tests. Flashback a moment to last May.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

–Jessica Campos, Instructional Technology Coach, Mesquite Independent School District In the 2024 to 2025 school year, districts will be asking more questions about evidence of impact when they’re evaluating and selecting education technology solutions. Schenker, Ed.D.,

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Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 338

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2020

If your school doesn’t teach a course about personal economics, there are many online sites that address the topic as mini-lessons. Age group: Middle school. Age group: middle and high school. Students start the course with a pre-test to determine a baseline for their financial literacy.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Portland, OR – NWEA , a not-for-profit, research and educational services organization serving K-12 students, today announced progress it has made toward creating an accessible and equitable math assessment for middle school students with visual impairments. Last October, NWEA was awarded an AI for Accessibility grant from Microsoft.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2024

For example, when Corbett School District was building a new middle school, the superintendent and technology director reflected on the student and teacher behaviors they wanted to encourage rather than focusing on specific classroom technology solutions from the start. Don’t go too big or too small: Size matters.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 8, 2023

It’s no secret many parents are frustrated with public schools. Are kids learning to think or just to pass tests? Consider a pedagogy that transcends rote memorization and the stock drills often found in today’s classrooms, expects critical thinking that teaches how to learn anything — not just school subjects.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Having a snapshot of real-time peer review data gave me more insight into how students were using teacher-developed criteria to evaluate one another. She pushed me to test and measure the quantitative and qualitative data I was gathering. Middle school students role-play feedback interactions, 2019.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 15, 2024

This process of self-evaluation and introspection not only enhances the quality of one’s work but also cultivates a mindset of lifelong learning and personal growth. The Ask a Tech Teacher team came up with fresh rules we think are less threatening and more geared to enabling students to enjoy this important writing style.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Test and evaluate: Conduct testing and evaluation to assess the technology’s performance and suitability for your specific use case. Include necessary background information to help the technology understand the context better. Adjust prompts and fine-tune as necessary.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

We have even developed an open-source A/B testing platform that allows us to evaluate the effectiveness of content changes we make in our software. We're looking at bias in adaptive learning and artificial intelligence technologies. We're looking at how reading affects mathematics outcomes.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2017

So in 1998, he and seven colleagues launched an animated e-learning platform designed to engage elementary and middle school students in math, reading and Spanish curriculum while supporting teachers with assessment tools. It allows for individualized learning paths for all children and can evaluate what works and what doesn’t.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Summative Assessments—Data Points Unlike formative assessments, summative assessments are evaluative in nature—taking place after instruction is complete and gauging mastery of a skill or competency. When I taught high school English, I used summative assessment results as part of data talks with students.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

After a year-long study in 2010, the school determined that this final dimension includes five components: schema development, metacognition and evaluation, effective reasoning, problem solving and creativity. The tasks were then piloted and revised during the school year.

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Teachers Critical Thinking Testing Evaluation 122

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2017

At the end of the session, a personalized five-question assessment (known as an “Exit Slip”) is given to test concepts they individually worked on that day. After a year, Rudolph says the plan was to evaluate its results and decide whether to not to expand the program. But the data cited in the letter was problematic.

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Learning Multiple Choice Questions Math Evaluation 147

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2017

Count Connie Scalzetti, a middle-school teacher at CICS West Belden in Chicago, among the believers. In the middle school, students leverage the. Middle school teachers achieve this through the Summit Learning Platform and elementary school teachers leverage the Google Suite and Google Classroom.

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Learning Middle School Middle School Schools 111

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2019

Programs are geared to the particular learning of Elementary and Middle School, and Middle and High School with games and lessons aligned to state and national standards like Common Core, TEKS and MAFS.

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Math Curriculum Testing Grades 133

k12 Digest

MARCH 4, 2025

He currently serves as the Proud Superintendent of the Texarkana Arkansas School District, where he is committed to making a lasting impact on students, educators, and the community. He later became the Assistant Superintendent of School Leadership for Kansas City Public Schools before taking the helm in Texarkana.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2024

Before her administrative roles, Mathison was a middle school science teacher, leading grade-level teams and the science department. They will be able to log in to one place and access the test results more easily. What measures do you take to continuously monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of data-driven practices?

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