Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2017

Instead of spending hours grading assignments designed to help students develop these skills, I limit my energy to providing feedback in class as they work and grading the actual assessments–exam, essay, performance task. ” It’s a fair question. Some teachers have asked, “How do you have time for this?”

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Grades Essay Exams English 419

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

Then there are the psychometricians—the math savants who design tests and create complex algorithms that attempt to make them fair to all students. Mark Moulton : Here that whole question is, what does fair mean? So they write a bunch of tests items or questions of different kinds. asks Mark Moulton.

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Testing Fairness Multiple Choice Questions Exams 167

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Exam blueprints are a teaching tool that is still shrouded in controversy. Understanding the utility and impact of exam blueprints from a student perspective can be a game-changer. They can also help instructors to ensure that exams are fair and equitable. No more guesswork—students know exactly what to expect.

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Exams Fairness Instructors Teaching Methods 119

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Exam blueprints are a teaching tool that is still shrouded in controversy. Understanding the utility and impact of exam blueprints from a student perspective can be a game-changer. They can also help instructors to ensure that exams are fair and equitable. No more guesswork—students know exactly what to expect.

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Exams Fairness Instructors Teaching Methods 111

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). This consistency ensures all students are judged by the same criteria, offering a fair assessment of their readiness for college-level work.

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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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Exams Testing Disabilities Learning 112

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The most controversial new tech tool for colleges since the start of the pandemic is automated proctoring, which aims to detect cheating on online exams by using algorithms that watch students via their webcam and look for suspicious patterns of behavior—often sending clips of questionable moments to professors for later review.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2019

Access and Equity Across topics, students have raised questions and concerns around who has access to the benefits of technological innovation, and which students or groups are not being served. Are standardized tests a fair gauge for predicting college success? Want to know more about what these students had to say?

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Fairness Education Students Disabilities 165

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2020

The question of who’s most likely to succeed also drives the world of selective college admissions. They question whether new selection systems create opportunity for more students at college, or just replicate a particular model of student success. It’s an endorsement, an expectation and a prophecy from the graduating class.

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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. Is There a ‘Better Way’?

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Testing Exams Internet Fairness 161

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2018

There were a number of questions she wanted to answer back then, questions she’s still asking now: “How do you change a high school curriculum, and why is it so hard to change?” “How Employers will stop trusting schools to vet their candidates with metrics like the ACT, SAT and Advanced Placement (AP) exams.

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Testing Teaching Exams Evaluation 159

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

If I have to call a clinician, I'm calling a central number and they ask me 10 questions to get me to the right person. 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. So I started doing more.

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Exams Schools Languages Language 196

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2019

The report brought a wave of national interest in the project—along with questions about how any group can accurately put a number on something like adversity. The goal is to help colleges weigh the cultural and socioeconomic background of students as they review their applications.

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Exams Fairness Testing Evaluation 132

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Survey respondents were overwhelmingly extremely negative in their response to every question, according to a summary of the survey results the released Monday, ahead of Tuesday. Nearly 1,300 teachers, representing less than 5 percent the state’s teaching corps, responded to the online survey.

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Testing Teachers Math Essay 143

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

Traditionally, assessment in higher education has mainly been standardized exams and course work pieces of varying degrees of realism. Astoundingly, ChatGPT can assist in “leveling up” these exam items as well as aid in designing high quality alternative assessments. It has become a game changer in classroom assessment.

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Education Academic Integrity Fairness Exams 116

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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Exams Coaching Counselling Fairness 102

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

At the end of next school year, thousands of high school students will sit down at individual workstations, laptops in hand, for an end-of-course exam. I think there’s more of a question about that. I think there’s more of a question about that.” Is it important to measure those skills? Their goal?

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Testing Exams Multiple Choice Questions STEM 108

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

As educators and students grapple with what is allowed when using generative AI (GenAI) tools, I have compiled five tips to help you design or redesign academic integrity statements for your syllabus, assignments, exams, and course activities. Write your own GenAI use policies for assignments, exams, or even class activities.

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Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 137

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Given the speed at which today’s employees flit from job to job, many employers may be questioning the value of investing in extensive professional development. MIT’s Supply Chain Management MicroMasters attracted over 180,000 learners , of who 1,100 completed all five courses in the series, and 622 passed the final exam.

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Participation Exams Fairness Study 144

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

Traditionally, assessment in higher education has mainly been standardized exams and course work pieces of varying degrees of realism. Astoundingly, ChatGPT can assist in “leveling up” these exam items as well as aid in designing high quality alternative assessments. It has become a game changer in classroom assessment.

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Education Academic Integrity Fairness Exams 98

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2019

The incident has raised questions about the fairness and validity of the admissions process as a whole, and specifically about whether the SAT is as secure as it should be. They got accommodations, and they didn’t take the exam at their [usual] school. A few students were able to switch the school where they tested.

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Disabilities Exams Learning Disabilities Testing 117

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Anecdotally assess their daily efforts and let that count as much as a summative exam that judges a point in time. The teacher won’t be surprised by a failure or a question they can’t answer. If you’re geeky, you love problems, puzzles, and the maze that leads from question to answer. But make it fair.

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Failure Learning Students Critical Thinking 148

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2018

How does a school engage a senior and the entire learning community, especially in late April when seniors are close to exams and all students are grappling with spring fever and the not-too-distant target of summer? Nicole (right) and peers answer questions during the symposium.

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Students Art STEM Exams 138

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Moving forward, the question will be not, “should we implement collaborative technology in the classroom,” but, “which tools have the most impact for students – wherever they’re located. And those exams–as the learner progresses–will include questions from previous assessments to ensure information is being retained.

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Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Languages 363

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Equity is the fair and just access to opportunities and resources for all. Assessments should be diverse with less focus on high-stakes exams. Fetter (2021) shared that in her experience with high-stakes exams, after the pandemic they did not make sense. Equity is achieved when students receive resources according to need.

Accessibility 98

Accessibility Exams Learning Peer Review 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” Students can communicate peer-to-peer and also engage instructors directly in text, voice, and video, recorded for later access or run immediately in real-time.

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Online Learning Lecturing Learning Instructors 156

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Equity is the fair and just access to opportunities and resources for all. Assessments should be diverse with less focus on high-stakes exams. Fetter (2021) shared that in her experience with high-stakes exams, after the pandemic they did not make sense. Equity is achieved when students receive resources according to need.

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Accessibility Exams Learning Peer Review 93

Gaggle Speaks

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Place value on questions instead of answers. Typically, teachers are constantly asking for answers from students—answers to homework, quizzes, and exams. Asking questions is a sign of inquisitive minds. Asking questions is a sign of inquisitive minds. Ask open-ended questions. Yes or no questions are so definitive.

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Quizzes Exams Fairness Students 76

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

That’s the question posed by a group of researchers who developed a free tool they call the Adaptive Experimentation Accelerator. One example in particular is getting students that are taking, say, an online chemistry course to create a multiple choice question for us. But you might be thinking, how's the quality of those?

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Education 122

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This is a constant question that resides in us. 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. Educators serve as powerful motivators in encouraging appreciative mindsets.

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Instructors Students Motivation Intelligence 119

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

As educators and students grapple with what is allowed when using generative AI (GenAI) tools, I have compiled five tips to help you design or redesign academic integrity statements for your syllabus, assignments, exams, and course activities. Write your own GenAI use policies for assignments, exams, or even class activities.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This is a constant question that resides in us. 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. Educators serve as powerful motivators in encouraging appreciative mindsets.

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Instructors Students Motivation Intelligence 115

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Moving forward, the question will be not, “should we implement collaborative technology in the classroom,” but, “which tools have the most impact for students – wherever they’re located. And those exams–as the learner progresses–will include questions from previous assessments to ensure information is being retained.

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Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Languages 291

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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Middle School Middle School Counselling Schools 114

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? Bringing the Hybrid Model Into Biology. Completion %. Avg Final Grade.

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Hybrid Courses Languages Language English 86

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Automated grading systems powered by AI streamline the time-consuming task of assessing assignments and exams. This raises concerns about fairness and equity, as students from underrepresented groups might face further disadvantages. This raises concerns about fairness and equity in the learning process.

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Education Ethics Gamification Learning Styles 130

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 28, 2025

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. It positions them as self-driven learners, a highly desirable trait. Achievements in competitions lend credibility to a student’s profile.

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