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Standard-aligned Rubrics: Assessing Progress Toward Firm Goals While Allowing for Flexible Means

Catlin Tucker

How can we design meaningful choices that allow students to select a pathway that moves them toward the desired outcome? When we build student agency into a task or an assessment, students may produce various artifacts to demonstrate their learning. The learning objectives are what we want to assess progress toward.

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CAE and Otus Team Up to Provide Assessment Tool for K-12 Educators to Improve Student Outcomes

eSchool News

Under this partnership, educators using both Otus and CAE’s College and Career Readiness Assessment (CCRA+) will have a holistic picture of student performance by combining CCRA+ data with other assessment data districts are collecting – all in one platform, which will ultimately help them make instructional decisions to improve student outcomes.

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Expanding ‘through-year’ assessments to boost student achievement

eSchool News

Key points: To personalize learning, teachers need actionable data more frequently A new partnership in Montana will support student achievement in just this manner See related article: What’s the state of K-12 assessment? I believe Montana is leading the nation in outcome-based education,” Arntzen said.

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How to manage assessments in the blended classroom

Neo LMS

But one thing is certain: teachers need to consider the way they assess students in these specific conditions. Assessment is often associated with quizzes, exams, and summative assessments. However, summative assessments offer a limited perspective. There’s more to assessment that needs teachers’ attention.

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6 Strategies for Using Actionable Data to Impact Student Success

The trend to use actionable, comprehensive data—like attendance, assessments, grades, and more—is an effective way to give teachers the visibility they need to make a difference. Educators need effective tools to drive student success. Download the eBook today

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How LMS groups enable student collaboration for better learning outcomes

Neo LMS

Teachers are encouraged to promote collaboration in the classroom to achieve better learning outcomes. The benefits of student collaboration are backed by the social learning theory , which supports the idea that an interactive learning environment yields better student outcomes. Class groups . Team assignment groups .

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Use Tech to Reassess Assessment

eSchool News

He also explores how technology can aid in more accurate, unbiased, and motivational assessment methods. Technology can offer benefits in assessment by providing support for generating questions and allowing students to demonstrate their knowledge in various ways. It can help reduce the limitations of traditional assessments. ➔To

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Unlock the Power of Formative Assessment

Learn how a thoughtful formative assessment approach can help teachers better understand where students are in their learning, inform instruction, and, in turn, positively impact student learning outcomes. Get the eBook today!