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What data is necessary to help students succeed?

eSchool News

Typically, information presented to students is either qualitative or too broad, such as during parent-teacher conferences or through course grades. These forms of feedback often focus on assignments and homework prior to college, where feedback becomes scarce. This balance becomes harder to strike as more topics are presented.

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Blended Learning: Design a Mini-playlist that Allows Students to Control the Pace of Their Learning

Catlin Tucker

Students who generally struggle to read at grade level could engage with this assignment in ways equal to their classmates who read at or above grade level. Students Warm-up Poll Create a poll or multiple choice question in Mentimeter or Google Classroom to get students thinking about the topic or theme of the video.

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5 ways to integrate gamification into your classroom

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As a fourth-grade teacher, Ive seen how gamification can transform a regular lesson into something my students look forward to. Quizizz: Turn assessments into fun competitions Quizizz is my top choice for a gamification platform. Other question types include fill-in-the-blank, true or false, drag-and-drop, and matching.

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Teachers are burning out. Can AI help?

eSchool News

Indeed, the time spent on teaching class is less than the time spent on preparation, evaluation, and feedback (grading). Using AI, we can eliminate much of the time teachers spend on preparation and grading—reducing their week by as much as 30 percent—and giving them more time for what they do best: teaching students.

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When will assessments finally test deeper learning?

eSchool News

Technology is making the multiple-choice question obsolete. Because timing of the evidence-gathering step (during instruction) and immediacy of feedback are important to the process, online delivery of multiple-choice tests is what many chose to do in the name of “formative assessment.”. Can testing keep up?

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What Happens When a School Closes Its Library?

Edsurge

The Texas Education Agency awards letter grades to schools and districts based on test scores and other student performance metrics. In addition to districts, schools in Texas are individually given A through F grades based partially on standardized test scores. For short-answer questions, they wrote on an index card.

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Kids Discover Online unveils custom assessments feature

eSchool News

“It is so important that our users know we listen to their feedback and requests. With pre-built questions, customization features, automated grading, and Gradebook tracking, teachers will now be able to use our science and social studies content to accurately assess their students’ knowledge and understanding within those subjects.”.