eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

. — Poptential , a family of free, award-winning social studies course packages that infuse lessons with digital storytelling, offers an array of engaging content about the Civil Rights Movement for instruction during Black History Month. history and society. Poptential course packages in American History, World History, U.S.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

As students cram, her team of four has been scrambling to meet the demand on Fiveable , where she and other teachers broadcast live test-prep sessions. One session on AP European History alone got 845 viewers. “I Each session is one-hour long, featuring a teacher narrating and screensharing test-prep materials. More than 2.8

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

That day, Minnijean was not trying to make history–she was simply trying to attend a school she thought would help make her the very best person she could be. In Testing America’s Freedom , a new podcast produced by NWEA , I recount the history of policies and laws that have created, perpetuated, and exacerbated these inequities.

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eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2020

A brief history of adaptive testing. Counselors rely heavily on psychological tests, which led Weiss to become an expert in test theory and practice, and to found the Psychometric Methods graduate degree program at the university. My graduate school mentor, David Weiss , was a counseling psychologist.

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eSchool News

MAY 7, 2025

These hallowed halls of knowledge host sellable information, from Social Security numbers and medical histories to mental health records and bus routes on outdated systems, making them tempting targets for attackers. This means establishing alerts and working towards regular device audits, patch testing, and rollback strategies.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2022

Poptential courses, used by more than 30,000 teachers in 50 states, include everything instructors need to teach a subject, digitally accessible in one place, including lessons, ebooks, bell ringers, quizzes, and tests, as well as pop culture media to make lessons interesting and relatable to students. Module 3.1 Module 3.2 Module 3.2

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

“Would You Rather” Options for Transfer and Application Below are examples of “would you rather” options designed to remove barriers and help students transfer and apply their learning more effectively.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

. — Poptential , a family of award-winning social studies course packages that infuse lessons with digital storytelling, offers an array of engaging content to illustrate the culture, traditions, and history of Native Americans for National American Indian Heritage Month. Poptential course packages in American History, World History, U.S.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2025

Within Beanstack, admins can view the chat history for flagged log entries of their rostered students, including an analysis of student responses. Felix Lloyd, CEO of Beanstack, shares, Our engineers designed and trained Benny with extensive educator input and real-world testing to ensure Book Talks are meaningful, age-appropriate, and safe.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Poptential , a family of free social studies course packages, explores the historical significance of global trade in its World History curriculum, equipping high school educators with media-rich content to help students gain a deeper understanding of the importance of free trade. Course packages in American History, World History, U.S.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 15, 2024

Recent history shows that hackers actually ramp up their activity during vacations and long weekends. Good patch management starts by setting a strategy for implementation, like establishing alerts and leveraging unified consoles, and working towards regular device audits, patch testing, and rollback plans.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

I see an opportunity to encourage students to do the heavy cognitive lift of designing fun and engaging test preparation materials that teachers can use to help their classes review vocabulary, content, and skills. While working with a history teacher this week, she shared how she adapted this game for a review activity in her classroom.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2022

I sought to bring that same joy of reading to my high school history and English students. Study after study has shown that effective library programs can increase student literacy and test scores and create more equitable student outcomes.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has historically required prospective undergraduate students to submit a standardized test score as part of their applications. Even now, as testing has resumed—albeit with social distancing, face coverings and limited seating—access to testing centers is not equal, nor equitable.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2023

The day provides a great opportunity for teachers to discuss the history of taxation in the United States, and to show students how taxes impact buying power.” Poptential course packages include everything instructors need to teach a subject, including lessons, e-books, bell ringers , quizzes, and tests.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Our highest passing rate ever in the history of the school was fifty-two percent before Covid. And we did not teach to the test. In fact, she continues, “There were a couple of kids who said they had never passed the math SBAC test in the history of their schooling, and that 6th grade was the first time.”

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Students are now expected to possess an increased degree of autonomy – probably the highest in history, which might nudge them toward cheating. Related content: 4 best practices for remote testing. It also made academic integrity a significant point of concern. Why is academic integrity important?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

History and Civics in American Schools is a new book that details the decline of history and civics knowledge among students — and offers a plan for how states and local school districts can foster understanding of and curiosity about our nation’s history. history and civics standards.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2019

These days the leaders of the College Board, which runs the SAT, have been making a surprising argument—that colleges and parents should stop taking the scores of its signature test so seriously. In this new era, the College Board is testing a controversial new metric that has been labeled as an “ adversity score.”

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

And yet it remains the most underrated and underutilized learning principle in the history of education. This allowed me to repeatedly test myself on the words and phrases I struggled with (rated 1’s and 2’s), while only occasionally reviewing those I felt comfortable with (4’s and 5’s).

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Testing a solution involves investigating how well it performs under a range of likely conditions. Next Generation Science Standard Grades 3-5 ETS1-2 Engineering Design ETS1.B: B: Developing Possible Solutions Research on a problem should be carried out before beginning to design a solution.

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2023

history teacher Travis Malekpour hesitated assigning his students work in the classroom that required a computer. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. newsletters. Before the pandemic, U.S. He knew not every student had a laptop or tablet.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2024

Before I adopted phenomena-based instruction, most of the questions students asked were some variation on, “Is this going to be on the test?” They were focused on whether they would have to memorize this fact or that process to pass a test. It has energized me and refreshed my excitement to teach new things.

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eSchool News

MAY 17, 2022

But when we look back at people throughout history who have made a significant impact on society, it’s not their school reading, math, or science test results that measure their success. Future PISA tests will include measures of creative thinking (PISA 2022).

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

History I CLEP exam into my existing classes, instead of treating it as a separate task. I also make Modern States (and taking the CLEP test) optional for my students–but I do give extra credit for passing the exam. If your school isnt a CLEP testing center yet, I encourage you to explore the process.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2022

With inflation reaching a 40-year high and talk of a looming recession, high school students are coming of age during one of the most challenging economies in recent history. Poptential curriculum includes everything instructors need to teach a subject, including lessons, e-books, bell ringers, quizzes, and tests. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2023

Why the government needs a borrowing limit: For the first time in our nation’s history, America’s national debt has exceeded $31 trillion as the government spends more than it takes in from tax revenue. The United States was debt free once: On January 8, 1835, the United States national debt hit $0 for the first and only time in history.

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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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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Those complications extend into the higher education world where some colleges accept home-school diplomas and others require GED® test scores as part of the application process. I’m a humanities enthusiast and my favorite online courses included AP® World History, AP® Art History, AP® English Literature, and Eastern/Western Philosophy.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2024

In January 2023, about one month after the release of ChatGPT, there were already stories about colleges switching to “pen-and-paper” tests to battle the AI bots. Your history teacher wants you to write about the Gettysburg Address: Why not have ChatGPT give you some of the main points? What is our role as a teacher?

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eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2023

Parents want their children to have learning opportunities across a variety of modalities, and they want learning to be assessed through demonstration of mastery as opposed to traditional assessments like standardized tests. A Brief History Educating our youth has been an American priority since our country’s beginnings.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Despite assumptions, however, standardized test scores in rural areas often kept pace or outpaced those in more populated areas. The individual state analyses used students’ entire available testing histories in all tested grades and subjects. State and district-level learning loss data is critical.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

Unlike traditional tests, Wakelet empowers students to demonstrate understanding in a personalized and reflective way. For a history project, I ask students to create a Wakelet collection on the causes of the American Revolution. It also facilitates peer and teacher feedback, making assessment a more collaborative process.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2016

As a teacher, I love when my students ask questions, but the one that used to break my heart was, “Will this be on the test?”. They are figuring out mysteries of history and science and math rather than simply being passive receptacles of data handed over to them wholesale.

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eSchool News

JULY 6, 2023

History and civics scores declined significantly between 2018 and 2022. history—and only one in five were at or above the proficiency level in civics. Recently, that report card revealed some worrying trends. In May, NAEP reported that eighth grade students’ U.S

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Concept mapping can be particularly beneficial in subjects like history and science. They want to know what they don’t know and prefer to review tests thoroughly, identifying trends in their mistakes. Say a student is having difficulty pulling themes from different eras in a history class.

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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. The History of Design Thinking.

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