Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It’s not just a test of one’s ability to put thoughts into words; it requires substantial time investment, focused attention, memory, critical thinking skills, and the physical mechanics of handwriting or typing. Too often, feedback is given on finished products.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

Unlike traditional tests, Wakelet empowers students to demonstrate understanding in a personalized and reflective way. It also facilitates peer and teacher feedback, making assessment a more collaborative process. Reviewing their collections provides a richer, more comprehensive view of their understanding than a standard test would.

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eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

Test-optional and test-blind admissions in recent years could mean a radical expansion of access to selective colleges. The patchwork of admission test policies in college admissions underscores a larger challenge—and opportunity—for both K-12 and higher education.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

More recently, educators have implemented formative assessments, allowing students to receive ongoing feedback about their learning during the learning process. In a world where pen and paper, or even digital tests, cannot be administered with any “fidelity” due to lack of supervision, what is the goal of assessment?

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2021

But the goal remains: School leaders must work to improve their schools and their districts in the form of better test scores, higher graduation rates, new innovative programs, state-of-the-art technology initiatives, and more.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2023

Key points: End-of-year statewide assessments are vital, but are flawed in several ways A “through-year” system administers shorter tests throughout the year that can give teachers immediate feedback See related article: 3 new trends in student assessment All around the country, school has ended for students and summer break is underway.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

This includes on-demand tutoring along with AI tools that offer feedback on written work. AI Writing Review enables students to submit their drafts for lightning-fast feedback. Carnegie Learning’s MATHia gives educators real-time feedback and assessments to help them understand where students are and where they’re headed.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The traditional methods of testing and evaluation must evolve to accommodate the capabilities of AI. Demonstrating learning needs to move from testing memorization to showcasing transferable skills. AI-assisted tools can provide real-time feedback, enabling personalized learning experiences that adapt to each student’s progress.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

As educational technology companies look to place learning science at the core of their products, there are three key steps to success: aligning their teams around education outcomes, building a feedback loop, and evaluating and validating your results.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

These forms of feedback often focus on assignments and homework prior to college, where feedback becomes scarce. This raises an essential question: What kind of feedback information is genuinely useful for students? This idea is well understood in grading, but not as so in feedback to students.

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Multiple Choice Questions Feedback Students History 277

eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2021

Our district went through an extensive process of brainstorming and researching the best approach for renovations, including district leaders attending conferences, testing out several products with their teachers, and discussing feedback and ideas with each other.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

The situation is made even more challenging by the lack of suitable feedback mechanisms to help teachers understand who is struggling in class and to help them quickly find the root cause of the student’s challenges. Most tools that teachers have for this purpose are lagging indicators such as tests, quizzes, and homework.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2023

In general, through-year assessment refers to testing that takes place throughout the school year to provide feedback on student progress and ultimately make a proficiency determination. The interim assessment is given in the fall and winter, while the summative test is given in the spring, to make a proficiency determination.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Here is one way teachers can use AI tools to curate an entire class’s flow, its study materials, and practice tests without the aid of an army of teaching assistants. A disclaimer for all educators: During my testing, ChatGPT, Claude, Le Chat, and other AI tools would routinely generate rudimentary questions in response to my prompts.

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Teach Hub

OCTOBER 25, 2024

If you’ve been a teacher for a while, you already know how much standardized tests shape everything from what you teach to how you’re evaluated. These tests seem to influence how you prepare lesson plans, so you may feel pressured to “teach to the test” rather than foster a love of learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2025

The basic steps of design thinking are empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test (Interaction Design Foundation, 2016). The goal is for students to lead with empathy to identify and define a problem, then develop a realistic solution to that problem that can be tested and refined through feedback.

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Failure Critical Thinking Essay Feedback 306

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2024

A network of small public high schools in New York City is exploring whether artificial intelligence can change the way teachers receive feedback about their classroom instruction. Proponents say it could save lots of time for instructional coaches and expand access to feedback that improves the quality of teaching.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 24, 2015

homework, classwork, projects, tests, and projects), I identified the main skills we would be focusing on developing in this class and used those to create my gradebook categories. It’s my job to support them during this phase of learning by providing meaningful feedback and support.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Students were tested before and after they played the game either on a desktop or through immersive virtual reality, with researchers comparing their scores to see whether the game helped the students better grasp the material. All students saw an improvement in their test scores.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

It’s crucial for teachers to create classrooms that are safe places for students to try, experiment and get meaningful feedback that allows them to make sense of what’s going on around them. And conversely, if a student can’t read or understand the words “add” and “subtract,” they won’t do well on a math test.

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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

APRIL 19, 2023

Co-created with a nationwide panel of middle and high school teen advisors who provided feedback on design, site features and functionality, and user experience (UX) – alongwith quantitative validation based on feedback from more than 4,600 additional young people, EvolveMe helps kids ages 13-18 prepare for their individual career journeys.

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Mobile Devices Quizzes Feedback Middle School 306

eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2021

Assessment activities (like Response or Monster Quiz) provide students with immediate feedback on whether they submitted the correct responses, while activities like Fill in the Blanks, Super Sort, Label Reveal, and Match ‘em Up give students low-stakes opportunities to test their knowledge and keep trying until they get it right.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

.” For about the past year, school districts as well as individual teachers have been implementing the CompTIA Spark curriculum in middle grade classrooms and providing feedback that allowed for a testing and development period prior to the full-scale launch.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2025

Using tools that provide immediate, tangible feedback, students can engage in investigations that mirror the work of real scientists and connect data to the real-world processes they observe. Probeware supports this by giving students opportunities to engage in real-world investigations, test hypotheses, and interpret data in meaningful ways.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Some believe it will cripple the education system and replace human workers ; others denounce ChatGPT as a free essay-writing and test-taking tool that makes it laughably easy to cheat on assignments, while the validity of responses generated by ChatGPT has also been called into question.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

In fact, one such study demonstrated that students who were taught in classroom environments which employed strategies aligned to research such as productive struggle, discourse, movement and problem solving scored significantly higher on post-tests recalling and applying previous learning than the control group.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2018

The right research-based strategies and technology–like observation and feedback using video–can help districts scale PD efforts. Teachers record and upload portions of their lessons and then share it with the district’s mentor teachers, who act as peer coaches, to receive targeted feedback.

Education 279

Education Coaching Feedback Testing 279

eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Make it known that we desire their feedback, because by doing so, we implicitly communicate to them that we trust their needs. For example, we ask students to make commitments to the class, such as preparing for a test scheduled on a certain date. Partners are also accountable to each other.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Conducted focus groups and device testing with teachers to collect authentic feedback. Held meetings with the Board of Education and tech leaders to identify the best devices, services, and support (at the most agreeable price points). Get buy-in from key stakeholders.

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Technology Feedback Math Testing 279

Teach Hub

APRIL 4, 2025

One of the many responsibilities of teaching is providing students with meaningful feedback. Whether written or verbal, feedback has the power to shape how students approach their education. The key is to provide feedback that encourages growth rather than discouraging effort.

Feedback 81

Feedback Students Essay Learning Styles 81

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

This use of AI can enhance the quality of student submissions and provide valuable feedback that helps students learn and improve their skills over time. Educators play a critical role in assessing the AI-generated content, providing feedback, and ensuring that the material meets academic standards.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Never before have educators been challenged and tested as they were, beginning in March 2020 and up until today, and never before has their resilience been more apparent. The eSchool Media K-12 Hero Awards program, sponsored by Trox , recognizes the determined and dedicated efforts of educators throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Science 328

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

That vision became AEF Schools , a place designed for students who needed something differenta structured, supportive environment where learning goes beyond textbooks and tests. The Preparatory Programs support students who thrive in a structured setting without the added stress of homework or standardized testing.

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eSchool News

JULY 5, 2024

The state also released a webinar that introduces the fundamentals of AI technology and explains how the technology can support and enhance teaching and learning and provide personalized feedback to students depending on the type of technology. Weingarten said. Chalkbeat is a nonprofit news site covering educational change in public schools.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2024

In the past, limited-English or non-English households may have struggled with understanding assignments, feedback, or grading. As with content, most assessments and standardized tests are simply translated directly from English into another language. Take today’s state standardized tests as an example.

English 312

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

eighth gradersstruggle with long-form writing on tests and classwork. As the Wall Street Journal reports , kindergarten students tested in 2023 were about 2 percentage points less likely to begin school at grade level in reading, compared to 2019 data. Yet, this omission has a profound effect on students literacy skills.

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