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What data is necessary to help students succeed?

eSchool News

In contrast, medical school can overwhelm students with detailed information, like longitudinal reports on multiple-choice question performance throughout the year. This raises an essential question: What kind of feedback information is genuinely useful for students?

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Pulling the Plug on a Personalized Learning Pilot

Edsurge

After gaining board and trustee approval in June 2016, the district decided to run a one-year pilot program for the 2016-2017 school year for sixth graders at the district’s two middle schools, Graham and Crittenden. These bright guessers are going to be in big trouble in high school if we don’t push them beyond that.”

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Let’s Prepare Students for the World—Not Tests

Edsurge

Spring means one thing to many elementary and middle schools across the country: test prep. Students across the country are gearing up to take federally mandated, state-administered exams, and teachers, administrators and parents all feel the heat.

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