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Personalizing Your Final Exam

Catlin Tucker

As a student, I remember the stress of preparing for final exams. Sometimes I didn’t even know what the format of the final exam would be…essay, multiple choice, or short answer. My suggestion was to create a personalized final exam. ” I never had a clear sense of what content would appear on the final.

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Don’t wait to start helping students ace their AP exams

eSchool News

Students across the country take AP exams in hopes of earning high exam scores that help them opt out of college prerequisites and ultimately save money on tuition. Start talking about the test on Day 1. Let students know that they can expect the test to be rigorous and that, as a result, they need to be prepared.

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Will gamification replace paper tests?

eSchool News

Nearly everyone remembers the stress of taking a test in school. In-class exams have the power to make even the most dedicated of students quake with fear, not to mention the damage they can do to the egos of struggling learners. In fact, around 40 percent of students regularly report experiencing moderate to severe anxiety over tests.

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Shifting from Teacher Generated Review to Student-Generated Review

Catlin Tucker

Spend less time preparing for tests! This is an unsustainable practice for teachers, especially if they must create review activities for multiple subjects or classes. This teacher-led workflow also robs students of the opportunity to drive their learning and engage in more meaningful review activities.

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Standardized testing isn’t about the score–it’s about preparing students for the future

eSchool News

That holds true for students scoring a 5 on the test as well as a 1 or 2. Strong AP exam scores allow students to earn college credits and potentially skip introductory university courses. Strong AP exam scores allow students to earn college credits and potentially skip introductory university courses. There is a threshold.

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Leveraging digital testing to build student confidence

eSchool News

“I feel like if you do poorly on one test, you kinda get in your mind that maybe this isn’t the subject for you, or you go into the next test feeling less confident. After more than a year in virtual classrooms, students and their teachers have become quite familiar with digital testing and the platforms that make them possible.

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Posting PARCC exams on social media is copyright infringement

eSchool News

One lawyer defends the practice of monitoring students on social media sites after high-stakes testing. A storm of criticism recently rained down on test publisher Pearson Education after the revelation that it regularly monitors social-media sites for public posts that contain secure content from standardized tests it publishes.

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