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Teacher-tested, motivating activities that get students out of their own performance loop and make learning visible—even when they struggle to see the forest for the trees.
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By Jeff Amy JACKSON, Miss. (AP) "The Mississippi Department of Education is firing a testing company, saying scoring errors raise questions about the graduation status of nearly 1,000 students statewide. The state Board of Education revoked a contract with NCS Pearson in closed session Friday, after the Pearson PLC unit told officials it used the wrong table to score U.S. history exams for students on track to graduate this spring. Students who did poorly got overly high scores, while those who did better didn’t get enough credit. Associate Superintendent Paula Vanderford says it’s too soon to know how many students may have graduated or been denied diplomas in error, or what the state will do about either circumstance. Pearson spokeswoman Laura Howe apologized on behalf of the company and said Pearson is working to correct the scores.
“We are disappointed by today’s board decision but stand ready to assist the state in any way possible,” she wrote in an email.
Students typically study U.S. history in their third year in high school, and take the subject test that spring. Students who score poorly, though, can take the test up to three more times as a senior. The 951 students in questions were either seniors, or juniors scheduled to graduate early, and needed their scores to earn diplomas.
The answers about graduating students will be tricky because students have different options to graduate. Formerly, every student had to pass each of Mississippi’s four subject tests in biology, history, algebra and English to earn a high school diploma. Now, students can fail a test and still graduate if class grades are high enough, they score well enough on other subject tests, they score above 17 on part of the ACT college test, or earn a C or better in a college class.
Eventually, the tests will count for 25 percent of the grades in each subject.
About 27,000 students took the test overall. Vanderford said scores for each one will have to be verified. The exam scores also affect the grades that Mississippi gives to public schools and districts.
“The agency is committed to ensuring that the data is correct,” she said.
Vanderford said Pearson has had other problems with its Mississippi tests. In 2012, a scoring error on the high school biology exam wrongly denied diplomas to five students. Pearson compensated them with $50,000 scholarships to any Mississippi university. Another 116 student who were affected less severely got $10,000 or $1,000 scholarships. In 2015, Pearson paid the state $250,000 after its online testing platform crashed for a day. Pearson had a contract worth a projected $24 million over the next six years to provide tests for history, high school biology, 5th grade science and 8th grade science. The board hired Minnesota-based Questar Assessment to administer all those tests for one year for $2.2 million. Questar, which is being bought by nonprofit testing giant ETS, already runs all of Mississippi’s language arts and math tests. Because Mississippi owns the questions to the history and science tests, Vanderford said it will be possible for Questar to administer those exams on short notice. The state will seek a contractor to give those tests on a long-term basis in coming months."
For main story, please see: https://apnews.com/115d48fe350843d6baa60bc277fd1bc8 ; Via Roxana Marachi, PhD
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The practice of using single point rubrics is slowly but surely catching on. Try one for yourself and let us see it! Via roula haj-ismail
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Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives. Via roula haj-ismail
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Everyday, in classrooms across the country, many teachers begin their lessons with what are commonly known as Learning Goals, Targets, Objectives or Intentions. John Hattie defines these as “what it is we want students to learn in terms of the skills, knowledge, attitudes, and values within any particular unit or lesson.” They are usually written… Via roula haj-ismail
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How lecturers can ‘activate’ traditional lectures to relieve student boredom and stimulate learning Via Vladimir Kukharenko
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Class Charts is super fast behaviour management software, creating school seating plans in seconds. Link our behaviour & seating plan software with SIMS, Powerschool & more Via Gust MEES
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September 27, 2015 5:17 PM
Class Charts is super fast behaviour management software, creating school seating plans in seconds. Link our behaviour & seating plan software with SIMS, Powerschool & more
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EDTECH@UTRGV's curator insight,
August 8, 2024 10:46 AM
"Most are fully free, while others offer free basic accounts or generous free trials. All are worth checking out!"
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If you're looking for tools to make online flashcards to help students recall important information and practice skills, here is a goldmine!
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Many teachers’ tech toolkits are bursting at the seams and sometimes it can be a good idea to use a few tools well, rather than jump on every new resource. Via John Evans, Ashley Mendez Martinez
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February 4, 2024 6:06 PM
I use ClassroomScreen everyday in my classroom. It is part of our daily routine. We use it for randomizing names for participation and for grouping. My favorite feature is the timer and sound level because I don't need to vocalize the time remaining or the voice level. It's a great tool to manage your classroom and proving them with visuals.
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Engaging the fine motor system to produce letters by hand has positive effects on learning and memory Via Peter Mellow
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In this post, you will find 27 Formative Assessment Tools for Your Classroom! Formative assessment is such an essential part of the learning process and student success, and many digital tools can help support this process.This list has a wide variety of features and options to help you solidify... Via Joann Velazquez
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January 25, 2024 9:27 PM
Uncovering these remarkable tools has significantly elevated my capacity to engage with students and deliver prompt feedback. The user-friendly nature of these platforms allows students to navigate effortlessly, promoting a seamless and intuitive learning experience. By incorporating these tools into my teaching methodology, I've observed enhanced student participation and a more interactive classroom environment. The ability to provide timely feedback has not only streamlined the assessment process but has also positively impacted the overall learning journey for both educators and students alike. |
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This article appeared in the Washington Monthly, August 25, 2024. “Jonathan Zimmerman teaches education and history at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Amateur Hour: A History of College Teaching in America and eight other books.” In 1949, the graduate dean at the University of Minnesota imagined that he had fallen… Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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Lesson planning can be a very time-consuming task for teachers. Explore five AI lesson plan generators that can make planning go faster! Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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Photo by Antenna on Unsplash What is learning? Exploring theory and process. Is learning a change in behaviour or understanding? Is it a process? Here we survey some key dimensions and ideas. Cont… Via Ana Cristina Pratas, roula haj-ismail
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We know how to help kids develop into powerful learners. Now, we just need to make that happen in schools. Via roula haj-ismail
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A framework for the ethical, equitable & meaningful integration of transformative graphite technology. Via Vladimir Kukharenko
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Educators have gotten increasingly skilled at spotting AI generated work. Here are some of the “tells” they notice. Via EDTECH@UTRGV
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August 7, 2024 12:41 PM
"the presence of one or more of these tells in student work does not constitute proof of AI use. So use these potential tells of AI as evidence to open a conversation with students, not a tribunal."
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Daniel Jimenez Zulic's curator insight,
July 25, 2016 8:28 AM
Las rubricas son muy útiles al momento de objetivar criterios de evaluación para calificar. Su construcción puede ser un poco mas tediosa, de modo que las herramientas que lo facilitan son bienvenidas
Laura Duque's curator insight,
February 19, 2020 10:01 AM
I find this article useful because I personally do not like using word for rubrics since it can become very time consuming. this article gives me tools to create said rubrics in an eaier way. My favourite tool out of the 5 suggested is For All Rubrics since it allows students to view their results in the rubrics without having to print them, It also has a very easy to understand interface which makes it easy for me and students to use it without much problem.
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In a new study, we interviewed 59 Year 10 students with language or attention disorders about their English classrooms. Via Peter Mellow
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July 16, 2024 6:37 PM
Also common in HigherEd where some lecturers take their title too literally and also love the sound of their own voice way too much!
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* "NCTQ's claims of objectivity are false. As Diane Ravitch revealed last year, NCTQ was started by the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation "as a new entity to promote alternative certification and to break the power of the hated ed schools," although NCTQ claims it is no longer affiliated with its founders. Despite the facts showing otherwise, NCTQ believes competition is the best bet for improving teacher preparation."
* "While NCTQ evaluated 1,130 institutions on various configurations of its standards, the report states that only 10 percent of institutions fully participated." * "The fine print in the report's Program Ratings section (p. 13) states that elementary program ratings were based on five key "standards," and secondary program ratings were based on three key "areas." NCTQ does not explain how these standards were selected or how heavily each weighed in the review. Yet NCTQ went as far as to label 163 programs with a "Consumer Alert" as a warning to parents, prospective teacher candidates and school districts."
*"The American Institutes for Research (AIR) has noted the shortcomings of using document reviews to measure teacher preparation program effectiveness. In its 2012 Evaluating the Effectiveness of Teacher Preparation Programs for Support and Accountability report, AIR lists several challenges with using process measures to evaluate teacher preparation programs: The research base of a document review is not robust enough to build assessment for accountability based on process measures; process measures do not always accurately capture what actually happens in preparation programs; and process data require complex qualitative measures that are difficult to score reliably across programs."
* ""Even NCTQ's own audit panel recognized in its report that NCTQ must do a better job of "clearly and exhaustively explaining methodology and what findings do and do not mean." The audit panel also questioned the validity of using course syllabi to determine the effectiveness of a program, suggesting that NCTQ must improve its method of "studying how accurately reading syllabi reflects the actual content of classroom instruction.""
* "NCTQ promotes to the public that its goal is to help improve teacher preparation. Yet NCTQ outright refuses to make rubrics available publicly or individually to institutions to show where programs did and did not meet standards. It does, however, make recommendations to policy makers on how they should regulate preparation programs. If NCTQ's goal was to help improve teacher preparation, rubrics should be released so that programs could utilize that information."
Via Roxana Marachi, PhD
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Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) , Michelle Nimchuk, Gail Christina Van Schalkwyk
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These teacher-tested approaches—from visual aids to peer modeling—help students comprehend and retain instructions the first time. Via Yashy Tohsaku
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