eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

These forms of feedback often focus on assignments and homework prior to college, where feedback becomes scarce. In contrast, medical school can overwhelm students with detailed information, like longitudinal reports on multiple-choice question performance throughout the year.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Collect teacher feedback to ensure buy-in and improve fidelity. A year later, we tried another curriculum that was more flexible and easier to use, but it was not tightly aligned to our standards so our test scores remained flat. In fall 2017, we formed teacher committees and solicited feedback.

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eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2017

Further, what if this mindset change led to an increase in student achievement on tests? The technique involves testing students twice: once individually and once in groups. In a sense, it makes the assessment a learning opportunity and also a feedback opportunity, which is what it should be.”. Achievement Gains x 3.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This is the second part of a two-part story looking at how one school is piloting MIT research on playful assessments to measure student growth. And perhaps most novel, instead of traditional tests, they’re using “Sparkle Sleuths,” one in an emerging set of assessment tools to measure their mastery. Read part one for background.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2018

When I taught middle-school English language arts and science, I remember taking over a classroom that had an old cabinet filled with science class materials, including bags of mini-marshmallows and boxes of toothpicks. However, with all the standardized tests they take nowadays, kids can’t just make molecules out of marshmallows.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

I invited Rabbi Elchanan Poupko , a middle school teacher, to write a guest blog and share a strategy for pairing and grouping students for after school work. Growing up, once we left school at the end of the day, it was over. It has also yielded incredibly positive feedback. The results?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

There is truly nothing more powerful–or that grows your practice morethan watching yourself on video, and the use of this technology will help our teachers engage in more meaningful self-reflection while receiving targeted feedback from coaches and coordinators.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2019

And when he’s not spending time with some of his favorites—StarCraft and Hearthstone—he’s teaching middle school students how to build their own. During the course, they also learn how to use the feedback their peers give them. Their classmates then test their game and give feedback.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2025

A student might not remember their score on a math test, but they likely vividly recall that time they shot the winning basket that sent their team to the state championship. Tech as a tool to facilitate movement-based learning Using technology to support learning is a core priority at West Baton Rouge Parish Schools. Start small.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2021

A former middle school teacher whose need for a better gradebook solution ultimately led him to found his own company, Hundsness and his team have spent the past 17 years evolving and developing Jupiter’s integrated systems to make the work of educators more seamless. It’s an iterative process, part art and part science.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

For example, our middle school program Career Explorations has embedded real-world, industry-specific soft skill exercises, including applied math, graphics literacy and reading comprehension. Assessment could take various forms, including [evaluations in] project-based learning, simulations and scenario-based tests.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Brunswick City educators in grades K-12 will accelerate the creation of authentic digital classrooms by integrating Discovery Education’s Science Techbook into instruction, while middle school educators will begin integrating Discovery Education’s Social Studies Techbook into teaching and learning. Read more.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2023

ChatGPT adds to the suite of AI tools that might be encountered in an ELA classroom, along with automated essay scoring, writing evaluation and feedback. We evaluated one writing platform that gave students immediate, AI-generated feedback, with unlimited opportunities to use the feedback to revise and resubmit their essays for better scores.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology (Office of Edtech, for short) issued a Request for Proposal for a better way to help schools evaluate edtech tools before making a purchase and. “[We Anyone interested in giving it a test run and leave feedback can do so TKTK.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2018

One day I had been planning to discuss metacognition—a learning strategy I teach to my middle-school students. These principles of feedback driven-metacognition and retrieval would take my teaching skills farther than I had imagined. For too many students, that aha-moment happens while they’re taking the big test.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In middle school, I participated in Future City , a STEM competition for middle schoolers. Influenced by my own experiences and the philosophy of my school, competition became a staple in our classroom culture. Another student cried when they didn’t get stickers on their test, even though they tried their best.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

The User Research Category: Cogent Education Cogent Education , producer of a set of interactive science case studies called “Interactive Cases,”puts students in the shoes of a professional scientist.The team believes in the utility of “testing early, testing often” with users. It’s the most honest feedback you can get.".

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

And perform worse on tests. Of course, like every other subject, the true test and value of civics and history extends far beyond academics and assessments. As teachers combine these resources to build a lesson plan, the platform offers feedback on its effectiveness based on the Composer learning science framework.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2024

The study analyzed NWEA MAP® testing scores from 1,885 third- through fifth-grade students across eight schools within a single district. Combined, the duo provides a comprehensive, evidence-based math solution from kindergarten through middle school.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 15, 2024

The Beauty of Freewriting Engaging in creative exercises such as freewriting, mind mapping, and storytelling can foster innovation and proficiency in essay writing skills, while seeking guidance from top essay writing services can offer valuable feedback and support in refining one’s craft to achieve academic excellence.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

From IBM’s test scoring machines in the 1930s to the Speak & Spells of the 70s, innovators and educators have been trying to improve education with technology for decades. Feedback: Nearly every teacher we’ve spoken to admits that there aren’t enough hours in the day to accomplish everything on their to do list.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2018

“We are also actively in conversation with the partners getting feedback from them on what's working, what's not working and how do we make adjustments to continue to improve.” Arcadia will be using the platform at the Rancho Learning Center and certain classrooms in their First Avenue Middle School.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

It was early May—and in New York, that’s the dreaded season of testing. There are plenty of tests—but follow me, for a moment, to P.S. 279 Captain Manuel Rivera, Jr., a district middle school located in the Bronx. Neither students nor teachers at P.S. 279 love standardized tests. Flashback a moment to last May.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

It’s no surprise that a recent study found that Algebra 1 is the most repeated class in high school, and that both students’ performance on state tests and their grades decrease each time they repeat the course. At New Mexico’s Farmington Heights Middle School , teachers use game-based learning to personalize instruction.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

In 2015, as Arkansas implemented new learning standards and an end-of-year test, educators at Paragould School District received discouraging news: Their test scores were significantly below the state average. Using Data to Inform Instruction (Webinar for School Leaders). Their efforts have paid off. Edulastic Enterprise.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Dolton-Riverdale, whose student population is overwhelmingly Black and low-income, had been hit hard by the pandemic, with a steep jump in absenteeism and dip in state test results. But because this is a novel approach, it’s hard to say whether students who are missing school would actually log on remotely using the new technology.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2018

After beta testing the new tools and tweaks to existing ones, Google has released its new version of Google Classroom to the public, just in time for the new school year. . The tool improves the grading workflow, so that educators have more time to spend personalizing feedback.”.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

candidates at MIT’s Lifelong Kindergarten research group, say it all started with a single piece of feedback: “Just make learning fun.” Scrawled across a form, the advice came from a group of 12 year olds at a mindfulness retreat hosted at a school near MIT. Manuj Dhariwal and Shruti Dhariwal, a pair of Ph.D.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2017

This spring we are launching 900 middle school science games on our content platform. The other teachers reported similar feedback. The Hero of Middle School. Andrew Jackson is now the Hero of Middle School. She adds, “It didn’t matter because Andrew Jackson is now the Hero of Middle School.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

elementary and middle schools. Since its launch in August 2011, ClassDojo has held firm to its commitment to never charge teachers and schools. The company began piloting Beyond School with parents this past September, and the app will be publicly available for a monthly subscription in February 2019.

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Schools Feedback Middle School Middle School 159

Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2019

Back then, most K-12 educators saw computer programming as a narrow technical skill, too difficult for most elementary and middle-school students, and useful only for students planning to become professional programmers. As we tested prototypes of Scratch 3.0, The initial results are encouraging.

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Teaching Languages Language Middle School 168

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Her school is located in Houston’s Fifth Ward neighborhood and serves a student body that is nearly 100 percent classified as economically disadvantaged. The Texas Education Agency awards letter grades to schools and districts based on test scores and other student performance metrics. Map by Nadia Tamez-Robledo for EdSurge.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2016

Instead of waiting until a test is failed, we can use formative assessments to know whether student learning is on track. Examples might include giving better feedback at work, improving my skills in a second language, or learning how to write SQL queries. Having the same goal multiple weeks in a row a-ok. I couldn’t agree more.

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Learning Elementary School Elementary School Writing 167

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The nonprofit runs the learning platform Zearn Math, whose instruction stresses interactive features and feedback to students, according to the website. To the Gates Foundation, Zearn is a “thoughtful” digital curriculum that allows A/B testing and informed analysis based on real-time data from teachers and students, says Hughes. “So

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Math Middle School Middle School Achievement 152

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Throughout my experience as a middle school teacher, I struggled with my presence as an educator, shifting and changing with every new trend presented through PD and feedback given by well-meaning administrators. In practice, it requires teachers to see students beyond labels, test scores, and socioeconomic status.

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Teachers Middle School Middle School Learning 160

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

But it really kicks in during middle school. What we find in our middle schools is that students are starting to develop their own voices as writers,” Cotton says. We provide training so they all have a good sense of how to evaluate writing and provide feedback to students.” And useful feedback is crucial.

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