eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2022

The pandemic reignited the debate over shifting away from high-stakes testing to a more balanced assessment approach that’s part of the regular instructional cycle. States did without the data used for high-stakes decisions such as A-F grading of individual schools, and educators were left to look to other methods to evaluate learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Today’s tip: How to Evaluate Apps. Here are thirteen tips to evaluate the apps you’ll find useful in your classroom: free or small fee. stand the test of time. Category: Pedagogy. positive parent reports. rated ‘for everyone’ or ‘low maturity’. no in-app purchases or billing.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

It helps students understand what is expected and how they will be evaluated. Testing a solution involves investigating how well it performs under a range of likely conditions. When teachers provide students with the rubric at the start of any assignment or task that will be assessed, the rubric serves as a roadmap.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It is a process where students evaluate their work, reflecting on what they’ve learned, how well they’ve understood complex concepts, how much progress they’ve made toward mastering key skills, and where they may need to invest time and energy to improve their concept knowledge and skill set.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Key points: Creating a culture where all students see themselves as capable math thinkers starts with leaders Key questions that unleash powerful PLCs Ethical PD: Doing right by the teachers who do right by the world For more news on teachers PD, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub One of my first vivid memories of math is of timed tests.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Be informed before testing: Districts must thoroughly understand the tool, including its privacy practices, security measures, and contract terms, before making a commitment. Start with staff: Testing AI tools with staff, rather than students, helps avoid premature exposure of student data.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

We want our students to embrace the process of designing, building, testing, and refining their projects. Students design a tower, calculate the cost of materials, record its height, and then evaluate how well it performs. Once the test has concluded, they go back and see if they can make the tower even better!

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Key points: A study offers important considerations for how colleges can best evaluate student performance Test: The four-letter word that works with GPA for college admissions What data is necessary to help students succeed? Early success in college has been shown to be an indicator of successful and timely degree completion.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Therefore, it is important not only to test that links are still active, but also to regularly check that they lead where you want your students to go to access the OERs. The post How and Why to Evaluate Open Educational Resources (OERs) appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning.

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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.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

These brief screeners use a sample of disconnected test items that are just as likely to miss a student’s problem areas as to find them. Even lengthy evaluations by specialists have all the same limitations. Even lengthy evaluations by specialists have all the same limitations.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In some cases, early, effective literacy instruction can shrink the gap between typical reading and dyslexia so much that it doesn’t appear on diagnostic tests. After my son’s evaluation, I knew I had to take action. My son didn’t know how to actually read; he was just smart and very good at guessing.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

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. Demonstrating learning in the AI era The advent of Gen AI in education is reshaping the way we assess and demonstrate learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2024

In January 2023, about one month after the release of ChatGPT, there were already stories about colleges switching to “pen-and-paper” tests to battle the AI bots. If teachers instead evaluated their learning process with the same weight as their final product, cheating would fall by the wayside. Why not just have AI do everything?”

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Teach Hub

OCTOBER 25, 2024

If you’ve been a teacher for a while, you already know how much standardized tests shape everything from what you teach to how you’re evaluated. These tests seem to influence how you prepare lesson plans, so you may feel pressured to “teach to the test” rather than foster a love of learning.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

For parents and teachers, addressing these challenges requires a multi-faceted approach that combines thorough and adequate testing, open communication, and proactivity. For example, clinicians at a Colorado-based SBHC incorporate more technology, like objective ADHD testing, to design effective accommodation plans.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2025

This information allows educators to evaluate the conversation and make the final decision about how best to ensure reading accountability. Felix Lloyd, CEO of Beanstack, shares, Our engineers designed and trained Benny with extensive educator input and real-world testing to ensure Book Talks are meaningful, age-appropriate, and safe.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

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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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2024

Now, more than ever, educators need to focus on the four upper levels of Bloom’s 1956 taxonomy (with evaluation at the top) and the processing and applying levels of Costa’s levels. This includes analyzing data, evaluating scenarios, and creating new solutions, which AI cannot easily replicate.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2024

For the summer program, I created an experiment in which students got to test out different types of road salts. In my experience, even reluctant students become interested in setting up a science experiment when they have some level of agency over what they will be testing. Both are readily available on Amazon. Give students agency.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2024

Before I adopted phenomena-based instruction, most of the questions students asked were some variation on, “Is this going to be on the test?” They were focused on whether they would have to memorize this fact or that process to pass a test. Instead, they are constantly asking themselves, “How does this connect to my driving question?”

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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. There are three main reasons why this occurs: Data isn’t always reliable. They don’t live and breathe the struggles educators face every day.

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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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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

AP courses are a time-tested way to prove academic rigor, making them an integral part of many students’ college admissions strategy–their importance for college admissions, however, comes down to what a school offers. How important are AP classes for college admission? That does not mean, however, that they are necessary.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2021

With Parallel, evaluations begin within days instead of waiting months and cost a fraction of the price of traditional evaluations which can be upwards of $5,000. This proprietary technology cuts the evaluation time in half, allowing students to receive a full report within just two weeks.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2024

It will cost around $500,000 to develop, test, and implement over two years, according to the network. The tool will also be able to use “natural language processing,” a branch of AI that seeks to understand the meaning of language, to evaluate how “positive,” “respectful,” or “insulting” the teacher’s language is.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

While this flexibility can be advantageous, it may also create inconsistencies in how AI tools are utilized and evaluated across different courses. This passive approach leaves the decision to individual instructors or departments, potentially leading to varied practices within the same institution.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

In some schools, however, our data and test scores indicated that students were struggling. The Early Literacy Initiative addresses early literacy learning through the application of consistent high-quality instruction, targeted interventions, timely data evaluation, and collaboration between school and district leaders.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2025

The five-year study, Improving Student Achievement Across State Borders and State Standards, concluded that the print, digital and hands-on program, coupled with high-quality professional learning, raises students standardized test scores.

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eSchool News

MARCH 15, 2024

Study after study has shown that effective library programs can increase student literacy and test scores and create more equitable student outcomes. Let’s take a look at what makes libraries such critical parts of the school environment: Why do libraries matter?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Base groupings on information : Use pre-tests, formatives assessments, learning styles, and even student interest surveys to divvy up the students. Use a variety of assessments : Not all evaluations need to be formal pencil-and-paper or computer-assisted exams.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Emmersion’s adaptive assessments evaluate and certify speaking, writing and reading abilities, which shorten an organization’s time-to-hire and improve customer satisfaction scores. Emmersion’s cofounders, Brigham Tomco and Dr. Jacob Burdis, will remain with the company. Accurately establish language skills with AI. About Emmersion.

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eSchool News

MAY 17, 2022

But when we look back at people throughout history who have made a significant impact on society, it’s not their school reading, math, or science test results that measure their success. Future PISA tests will include measures of creative thinking (PISA 2022).

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

That vision became AEF Schools , a place designed for students who needed something differenta structured, supportive environment where learning goes beyond textbooks and tests. The Preparatory Programs support students who thrive in a structured setting without the added stress of homework or standardized testing.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Moreover, it facilitates adaptive assessments, moving beyond traditional testing to evaluate critical thinking skills. Adaptive assessments, powered by AI algorithms, will provide a more nuanced understanding of students’ capabilities beyond conventional testing.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2024

They were able to iteratively test and refine blockbased coding solutions to address real-world problems, resulting in solutions with moderatetohigh levels of both precision and efficiency. The average U.S. score for computational thinking was lower than the international average. For computational thinking, the U.S.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2022

,” a recently published study from Ball State’s Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER), utilized Indiana Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network (ILEARN) test scores from Spring 2019 to Spring 2021 as a measure of learning for Indiana public K-12 schools. Hicks and Faulk wrote in the study’s executive summary.

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