eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The debate over using test scores in college admissions has oscillated between requiring them and questioning their necessity in favor of relying more on student grade point averages (GPAs). While high school GPAs provide valuable insight, grade inflation can mar their reliability. More students now have straight A’s and 4.0

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

However, assessment is more than just grading and is often misunderstood. In order to provide useful information to instructors and students about student achievement, it must be understood that student assessment is more than just a grade because it should link student performance to specific learning objectives.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

However, assessment is more than just grading and is often misunderstood. In order to provide useful information to instructors and students about student achievement, it must be understood that student assessment is more than just a grade because it should link student performance to specific learning objectives.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2024

This could include science fairs, art exhibitions, or community service projects. Transition plans : Develop comprehensive plans to support students as they move to the next grade level or school. Interactive projects : Implement projects that allow students to apply what they have learned in a real-world context.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2018

When the Opt-Out movement gained traction in 2015, more than 20 percent of New York students (about 200,000) in grades 3 through 8 declined to take state standardized exams, a statistic that raised questions about the future of such testing. Help or Hindrance?

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

that would use a technology-based language development and literacy program to English language learners (ELLs) in grades K-6.Approximately On the 2015 AzMERIT statewide benchmark exam, only 2 percent of ELLs passed the language arts section, and 6 percent passed the math section of the exam.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2019

Outcomes, Testing and Grading Which methods of assessment best measure learning and ability? Are standardized tests a fair gauge for predicting college success? Want to know more about what these students had to say? Download out the full report here.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2024

Earlier this year, she was supposed to take an exam. She never took the exam. For example, in her own instruction, Ganley has had students complete timed tests and then grade themselves, without showing it to anyone else. I mean, to me, this is not fair to students,” she says. When thinking about math, her chest tightens.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2020

to announce that it would halt in-person classes and exams, in hopes that that will slow the spread of the coronavirus. Starting on Monday, March 9, no in-person classes or exams will be held at the University of Washington through the end of the quarter, which wraps on March 20. Hours later, Seattle University made a similar decision.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2020

In addition to assessing students’ grades and essays, admissions officers have long looked to the SAT and ACT to help them decide who will make it in their campus settings, and beyond. But good high school grades don’t always predict timely college completion. The pitch: Use deeper technology to make admissions more deeply human. “I

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

With schools and testing centers closed across the country, COVID-19 has prevented at least one million students in the high school class of 2021 from taking the ACT or SAT exams. Many hundreds of thousands of students are still waiting to take an exam. About 70 percent of students did submit one, while 30 percent did not.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

We have no referral sources in the city for kids who don't have insurance, or don't have means to have a vision screening or a vision exam or can't navigate that system. Well, if you aren't reading by third grade — there are states that predict the number of prison cells they will need based on third grade reading levels.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

A study by the Council of the Great City Schools found that Portland and Oregon students are some of the least-tested in the country when it comes to mandated standardized exams. Both tests were given on computer to every student in grades three through eight plus high school juniors. The behaviors in my classroom have been awful.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2019

Key points from the indictment : — Parents participating in the scheme paid between $15,000 and $75,000 per test to have someone from Edge pose as their child and take their SAT or ACT exams for them, or to correct exam questions just after the test to boost their scores.

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Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

It’s going to improve the level of engagement, which is what correlates directly to better grades,” claims Echo360 CEO and founder Fred Singer. Accessing the transcripts after class is what RIT professor Sandra Connelly says her students enjoy doing in order to review for exams, and for help with their homework.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Learning Management Systems With learning management systems now installed at nearly all higher education institutions here and abroad, instructors can create course materials, assess student progress and generate custom exams. million students.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Districts will forgo a ‘wait to fail’ model where students are identified in third or fourth grade before receiving the instruction they need vs. giving instruction to all students from the onset of school. Now, three school years later, it is fair to say that this generation of students will be like no other.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Cultivating this mindset is vital for students as it offers them a broader perspective and a sense of fairness, empowering them to confront challenges with resilience and optimism. They cultivate a curiosity to explore and understand various fields deeply, rather than focusing on only grades and exams.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Cultivating this mindset is vital for students as it offers them a broader perspective and a sense of fairness, empowering them to confront challenges with resilience and optimism. They cultivate a curiosity to explore and understand various fields deeply, rather than focusing on only grades and exams.

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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2018

Research suggests that simply paying kids for good grades doesn’t always work. The company works with higher-ed institutions to create this list of achievements that can range from perfect attendance and participating in extracurricular activities to maintaining a high GPA and passing an AP exam.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

AI also assists educators in administrative tasks such as grading, allowing them to focus on personalized instruction. Automation of grading, attendance tracking, and data analysis facilitates efficient classroom management. Automated grading systems powered by AI streamline the time-consuming task of assessing assignments and exams.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Districts will forgo a ‘wait to fail’ model where students are identified in third or fourth grade before receiving the instruction they need vs. giving instruction to all students from the onset of school. Now, three school years later, it is fair to say that this generation of students will be like no other.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2016

Additionally, the average grade on the Final Exam was 11 points higher in the hybrid class than that on the 7 totally asynchronous (online) sections of the Spanish 1A class running in the same semester. How Did the ELLs Fair in This Hybrid Biology Course? Avg Final Grade. Bringing the Hybrid Model Into Biology.

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Cal Matters

MAY 14, 2025

Unlike AP classes, which include expensive exams and are limited to certain subjects and high-performing students, these community college classes cover a range of topics and are open to all students. As part of the class, she has to study a career, write a short essay about it and present it at a career fair.

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k12 Online Schools

APRIL 28, 2025

Taking ten AP classes and getting average grades doesn’t impress colleges as much as taking a few challenging courses and excelling in them. From math Olympiads to science fairs, writing contests, coding hackathons, and business plan competitions, theres no shortage of opportunities to test skills against peers nationwide or globally.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As educators have looked to alternatives to assigning essays, one idea that has bubbled up is to bring back oral exams. But even fans of administering oral exams admit a major drawback: They’re time-consuming, and take a lot out of educators. Even so, some educators have been giving the oral exam a try.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2018

Photo Credit: Jenny Abamu Despite a relatively new building, constructed in 2003 as part of a former superintendent’s turnaround project, Fisher has suffered from consistent low performance—falling far below state standards on exams and adjusted growth targets designed specifically for the school. During the 2015-16 school year, only 0.7

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

Virtually every sector of the population has to take standardized exams. Like in other states, here in Iowa high stakes exams start in 3rd grade. In wealthy neighborhoods in New York, there are strong parent movements to opt out their kids from the exams. The wealthy parents aren’t scared, but the poor people are.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

And to be fair, Carol Dweck has acknowledged that this is part of her research program, so I'm not criticizing her particularly. A lot of what we want to do is to give students more opportunities to do things that may not be correlated with grades, right?

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Scholarly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Employing a Zoom option for course access offers each student an alternative method for keeping up with topic coverage and permits a timely review of previous class sessions as students prepare for exams. On student presentation days, I review the recording as a backup method for grading presentations. 2022, February 8).

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 6, 2025

In highly structured, exam-focused systems, any form of “free time” is viewed as wasted time. No-grade passion projects: Students work on topics they love, from dinosaurs to robotics, without the pressure of evaluation. Host a Boredom Fair where students present ideas or creations sparked from unstructured time.

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