eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2016

As education policy moves away from the much-maligned No Child Left Behind and toward new legislation focusing on learning outcomes, technology-enabled formative assessments are moving to the foreground as a way to gauge student learning in real time. “[Districts] are really looking to publishers to help them with that.

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Multiple Choice Questions Exams Coaching Motivation 189

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Summative: the more comprehensive tools used to measure what a student has learned at the end of a school term, such as exams and final projects. This line of thinking led ICLE and HMH to develop a resource called Bridge and Grow Pathways , a roadmap to help teachers prioritize learning outcomes. It's super sophisticated.

Education 213

Education Quizzes Exams Textbooks 213

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

When I started teaching data science and artificial intelligence in Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering, I was frustrated by how little insight I actually felt I had into how effective my teaching was, until the end-of-semester final exam grades and student assessments came in. So how does one identify a student’s knowledge state?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

It eventually expanded into high school, scaling up its challenges like levels in a video game and borrowing elements from game design—such as its approach to final exams, which are interactive and structured like “final boss” levels. But make no mistake: game design is very important for learning.

Skills 168

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

Using and copying a master course will support new educators, retain course quality across sections, and help meet course learning outcomes (CLOs) and program learning outcomes (PLOs) as it will guide educators on what they need to teach and do each session. Flexible proctored test dates.

Exams 111

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 111

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

And as I began to research this issue, I discovered that most of the technology investment in educational institutions really doesn’t impact learning engagement for learning outcomes. He effectively provides his students with what he refers to as “low-stakes” testing.

Study 165

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2016

BenchPrep, a digital learning platform company, will work with ACT to leverage technology to bring personalized, web- and mobile-based ACT test prep to all ACT test takers. million students in the US high school Class of 2015 took the ACT test—approximately 59 percent of all high school graduates in the United States.

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Testing Exams Learning Outcomes High School 102

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Of the district’s 230 schools, 36 expressed interest in being a test school, eight participated in the pilot and five ultimately received funding and support to launch the wall-to-wall model in Fall 2015. Anecdotally, she notes that the initiative is having a far greater impact on students than the test scores can ever reveal.

Learning 167

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

Using and copying a master course will support new educators, retain course quality across sections, and help meet course learning outcomes (CLOs) and program learning outcomes (PLOs) as it will guide educators on what they need to teach and do each session. Flexible proctored test dates.

Exams 96

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 96

Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2016

Acumen , we have been increasingly looking for business models with the potential to improve learning outcomes for the poor. Start with test prep. Counterintuitively, we’re seeing that even the most creative and idealistic entrepreneurs might need to start by building relatively boring products to improve exam scores.

Exams 105

Exams Secondary Education Testing Achievement 105

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. Most authoring software also integrates assessment tools, testing learning outcomes.

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Online Learning Lecturing Learning Instructors 153

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. Banning GenAI tools is not the solution Many students use GenAI tools to aid their learning.

Academic Integrity 137

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 137

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 14, 2023

Its array of question styles, including multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and fill-in-the-blank, facilitates swift quiz and exam question creation from various document formats such as PDFs, DOCs, and PPTs. This personalized approach empowers students to focus on areas requiring more practice, optimizing learning outcomes.

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Quizzes Gamification Teaching Methods Feedback 148

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 15, 2021

This work often involves extremely sophisticated proficiency scaling of desired learning outcomes, student leveling diagnostics, and individualized instruction and student interventions. 33) and that “Repetition is good for learning but terrible for motivation” (p. Learning modality matters A LOT.

Quizzes 143

Quizzes Learning Lecturing Students 143

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Summative assessment, on the other hand, evaluates student learning at the end of a unit, semester, or academic year. Examples include standardized tests, final exams, and end-of-course projects, which measure student achievement against predetermined criteria and provide a snapshot of overall learning outcomes.

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Textbooks Metacognitive Skills Education Teaching Methods 130

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2025

Learning applications, student information systems (SIS), financial aid platforms and testing applications often operate independently, with no communication between them. For example, AI tools should use data responsibly, improving learning outcomes without storing sensitive information in proprietary, vendor-controlled data lakes.

Exams 104

Exams Culture Secondary Education Accessibility 104

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Now, some educators—and consultants—are calling for edtech consulting firms to be held accountable for whether or not their million-dollar advice translates into improved, measurable learning outcomes. EdSurge analyzed data from the state report card on every elementary school in the first personalized learning implementation cohort.

Coaching 143

Coaching Learning Feedback Exams 143

Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2024

While we support the do-it-yourself model that I already mentioned, we partner directly with organizations to test and iterate on Kolibri so that we can build a better product. Recommended Resources: Explore Kolibri Donate to Learning Equality About Learning Equality Want to get started with Kolibri?

Education 167

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Experiential learning in its many forms is widely recognized as a high-impact educational practice, one that has been thoroughly tested and shown to be beneficial to a wide spectrum of college students. Experiential learning is a process through which a learner constructs knowledge, skill, and value from direct experience.

Learning 122

Learning Problem-Based Learning Students Lecturing 122

Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

But optimizing a flawed model of education is not in the best interests of our students, and from a learning outcomes perspective may make things worse than they already are. In the case of adaptive learning, education commentator Audrey Watters gave examples of how things can go badly wrong on her blog.

Learning 104

Learning Math Exams Textbooks 104

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. Banning GenAI tools is not the solution Many students use GenAI tools to aid their learning.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 98

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

And as I began to research this issue, I discovered that most of the technology investment in educational institutions really doesn’t impact learning engagement for learning outcomes. He effectively provides his students with what he refers to as “low-stakes” testing.

Study 100

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 100

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

These visual representations enhance the learning environment and provide valuable reference points for students throughout the school year. Moreover, traditional assessment tools, including quizzes, tests, and exams, remain essential for gauging student comprehension and mastery of material. What tools do teachers use?

Teaching 130

Teaching Textbooks Learning Styles Teaching Methods 130

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Experiential learning in its many forms is widely recognized as a high-impact educational practice, one that has been thoroughly tested and shown to be beneficial to a wide spectrum of college students. Experiential learning is a process through which a learner constructs knowledge, skill, and value from direct experience.

Learning 98

Learning Problem-Based Learning Students Lecturing 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2016

language RIT (student growth) points on the popularly-used MAP exam or—by equivalence—at least one grade level, demonstrated in a graph (shown below) on the company’s website. Evaluation Research or Efficacy Studies: How developers determine whether a product has a direct impact on learning outcomes. #2:

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Study Middle School Middle School Languages 107

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Beyond personalized learning, AI contributes to administrative efficiency in K-12 institutions. Automated grading systems powered by AI streamline the time-consuming task of assessing assignments and exams. AI also plays a role in the early identification of learning disabilities and special needs.

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Ethics Education Gamification Learning Styles 130