A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 24, 2012

I attended another session on the Common Core State Standards today at the 2012 ASCD Annual Conference entitled Educator Readiness for the Common Core: ASCD Findings from Select States. Their number one concern is the technological capacity to teach and assess students. Change Common Core Opinion'

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Common Core tells us: New technologies have broadened and expanded the role that speaking and listening play in acquiring and sharing knowledge and have tightened their link to other forms of communication. The underlying theme can’t be ignored by teachers any longer: A 21 st Century learner requires technologic proficiency.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2018

Today we’ll look at grading and assessment, and how technology can assist teachers to streamline the process, as well as extract more valuable information on how students are tracking on their learning pathways. Teacher tricks: grading & assessment. Grading: a necessary evil? Grade for completion.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

In my school, every teacher assesses writing. If I use Common Core as an example, here’s what these Standards call out as important about writing (slightly rephrased from the Anchor Standards): Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

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Assessment Common Core Digital Citizenship Analysis 225

The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 18, 2014

L os Gatos, CA – June 17, 2014 — OpenEd ( www.OpenEd.io ), the largest K-12 educational resource catalog, today announced a free tool designed to enable teachers to easily create assessments with the question types required by Common Core standards. OpenEd Assessment Creation Tool - www.OpenEd.io/#!

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eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

This year, many districts are replacing state standardized tests with PARCC or Smarter Balanced, two Common Core-aligned assessments designed to measure college readiness. Schools using PARCC have the option of taking a mid year assessment as a means of monitoring student growth. Smarter Balanced.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 8, 2015

Shifting to Students Designed, Facilitated & Assessed Discussions. Each class a new set of facilitators assume the role of designing, leading and assessing the in-class conversations. Interested in technology tips to help you teach the Common Core? By second semester, students to take over our in-class conversations.

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 3, 2013

A long time ago, Francis Bacon said that knowledge is power … This summer, teachers can empower their teaching with meaningful and actionable knowledge about the Common Core Standards at Discovery Education''s Academies! Educators will leave with tools, including lessons and assessment tasks for immediate use. Discovery Ed'

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 28, 2019

Quick Take: Overview of educational assessment tools focusing on Summative assessment and Formative assessment. A comparison of summative assessment and formative assessment. The main components of being an educator are preparation, teaching, and assessment. How to explain summative assessment.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

Common Core and ISTE alignment. assessment strategies. What’s included in each lesson plan: brief summary of project. Essential Question. materials required. teacher prep required. step-by-step instructions. extensions to dig deeper into the subject. sample grading rubric. sample project. Digital delivery only.

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Digital Citizenship Common Core EdTech Resources 397

User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

It combines geometry concepts with a language arts activity while addressing several common core standards. Common Core State Standards Addressed. Assessment. Grade Level: Grades 6 through 8. Title: Geometry Meets Maker Education. Brief Description: Learners create a robot using geometric shapes and LEDs.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Back in 2013, when New York was one of the first states in the nation to adopt Common Core standards and administer tougher tests, children’s test scores initially plummeted. After an initial drop in pass rates among eighth and ninth graders on a Common Core algebra exam in 2014-15, scores improved.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 10, 2023

6.6 ) By 3rd grade, Common Core discusses the use of keyboarding to produce work, i.e., CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.6 which specifically mentions ‘use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills)’ keyboarding is required to take Common Core Standards assessments in the Spring. for example.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Designed for grades 4-7, it’s aligned with Common Core and ISTE Standards. . Common Core and ISTE alignment. assessment strategies. What’s included in each lesson plan: brief summary of the project. Essential Question. materials required. teacher prep required. step-by-step instructions. sample grading rubric.

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The Mobile Native

JUNE 13, 2013

Here are some links to get ready for the Common Core: 1. 55 Resources for meeting the Common Core 3. 3 Tools to Tackle Common Core Math Standards 4. Common Core: Assessments 5. Common Core Math 6. 11 Tech Tools to Teach the Common Core 7.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

Devices debuted at TCEA feature multipurpose design ideal for Common Core and state assessments. School leaders are aware that Common Core assessments will come with some new requirements, and AV equipment needs should not be overlooked. Assessments Common Core News Top News'

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JANUARY 28, 2022

Let’s evaluate the Common Core Reading Standards and their good fit with games: What Common Core Expects. Assessment of point of view and purpose to shape content and style. I’m asking for exemplars of how Minecraft gamers used Common Core writing standards. Allow me to change that.

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s tip: #160–14 Assessment Strategies. Category: ASSESSMENTS. These fourteen strategies are well-suited to formative assessment: Does student use prior tech skills to complete current lesson? Does student use core knowledge (i.e., Sub-category: NA. writing conventions) in tech?

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2016

note: App of the Week picks are now being curated with help from the editors of Graphite.org , a free service from Common Sense Education. Edulastic is a Web-based platform designed to help teachers assess and monitor students as they work toward mastery of the Common Core standards. What’s It Like? Price : Free.

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wwwatanabe

JULY 27, 2014

One of the #ISTE2014 sessions I attended was "Core technologies for the Common Core" by Kyle Brumbaugh and Elizabeth Calhoon. They had a great introduction to the Common Core and a plethora of helpful tools. Common Core ISTE' What ELA tools and resources would you add to this list?

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

He also talked about how he thinks policy shifts like the implementation of the common-core standards and the adoption of “open” educational resources are likely to affect the K-12 market, and his company’s work. We’re very confident that our products are aligned to the common core.

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AUGUST 3, 2023

Today: K-12 Technology Curriculum Overview The K-12 Technology Curriculum is Common Core and ISTE aligned, and outlines what should be taught when so students have the necessary scaffolding to use tech for grade level state standards and school curriculum.

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eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

This year, many districts are replacing state standardized tests with PARCC or Smarter Balanced, two Common Core-aligned assessments designed to measure college readiness. Schools using PARCC have the option of taking a mid year assessment as a means of monitoring student growth. Smarter Balanced.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 8, 2015

The challenge for me was to design an “assessment” that was meaningful. I had tried everything from the traditional book report style assessment to more creative movie trailers, but I didn’t feel like they accomplished what I wanted from a silent sustained reading assessment. Sans the wine, of course.)

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JANUARY 4, 2021

Designed for grades 4-7, it’s aligned with Common Core and ISTE Standards. . Common Core and ISTE alignment. assessment strategies. What’s included in each lesson plan: brief summary of the project. Essential Question. materials required. teacher prep required. step-by-step instructions. sample grading rubric.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Renaissance, the global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, has enhanced Star Spanish , its assessment platform for students who speak, or are learning to speak, Spanish, with new reports and the first authentic K–12 learning progression for Spanish available in the country. In addition, Renaissance is releasing Focus Skills for Spanish.

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The Innovative Educator

JUNE 20, 2013

From eSchool News " Site of the Week :" View more Sites of the Week The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, one of two collections of states that are designing online tests aligned with the Common Core standards, has released online practice tests in both ELA and math for students in grades 3-8 and 11.

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2016

When I first saw the long list of my classes’ ELA Common Core Standards, I remember feeling overwhelmed and worrying about how I was going to cover all of them in a single school year. I was being asked to teach approximately 60 standards in one year, a pace that I had never tried before.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JANUARY 17, 2018

The Assessment Range: Using Data In The Classroom To Meaningfully Affect Learning by Terry Heick If you don’t already have a plan for the data before giving the assessment, you’re already behind. The post The Assessment Range: Using Data To Meaningfully Affect Learning appeared first on TeachThought.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 10, 2015

Assessment coach Garnett Hillman helps us understand how our assessments need to change. (We We learn the tools and tips to help us with assessments. What are the most common mistakes teachers make when assessing students? How can you improve your current assessments to better meet standards?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

The study, the second in a series of three examining the relationship between NAEP and the Common Core State Standards in math, was conducted by 18 math educators, supervisors and mathematicians convened by the NAEP Validity Studies Panel (NVS), an independent panel charged with examining issues related to the validity of the NAEP assessments.

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JANUARY 2, 2022

Common Core and ISTE alignment. assessment strategies. What’s included in each lesson plan: brief summary of project. Essential Question. materials required. teacher prep required. step-by-step instructions. extensions to dig deeper into the subject. sample grading rubric. sample project. Digital delivery only.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2016

Even though Ramirez is only in second grade, she’s already learning skills that hopefully will come in handy when she starts taking New York’s Common Core-aligned assessment tests next year. Gundersen is on one side of a sharp divide within the special education community that the Common Core has brought to the fore.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 3, 2012

Despite criticism, a traditional well-written multiple choice assessment can be a valid assessment tool ( I''m bracing for rebuttals ). The techniques outlined below can be used for formative and summative assessments. Students are assessed on a range of skills: comprehension, application, identification, etc.

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JULY 8, 2022

Luckily, Common Core–and many State standards–provide an excellent starter list of seven ways to blend technology into your everyday teaching: have digital ebooks included in your class library. Students write a chapter, post it to their blog, repeat. Use a digital timer for quizzes or other events.

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JUNE 30, 2022

The K-12 Technology Curriculum is Common Core and ISTE aligned, and outlines what should be taught when so students have the necessary scaffolding to use tech for grade level state standards and school curriculum. Today: K-12 Technology Curriculum.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Classroom eBook 423

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JUNE 15, 2021

These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Common Core, or the basic who-what-when-where-why. Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker. Assess student writing without discouraging creativity via easy-to-use tech tools. What You Get. 3 college credits.

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