Assessments Archives

Aperture Education Updates its DESSA Comprehensive SEL System

October 7, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Aperture Education, a leading provider of social-emotional assessments and intervention strategies for schools, has updated its DESSA Comprehensive SEL System ... Read more

Newsline

Riverside Insights Launches Battelle Early Childhood Assessment with Updated Data Validity

October 7, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Riverside Insights®, a leading developer of research-based assessments that provide insights to help elevate potential, announced today the official launch ... Read more

Newsline

CAE Announces Stacey Sparks as Senior Director of Content Design and Development

September 10, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Council for Aid to Education, Inc. (CAE), a leading provider of performance-based educational assessments measuring 21st century skills, as well as custom assessments, today announced ... Read more

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Grade expectations: How to look at grading in a new light

August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 by David Coker, Ed.D.

You're doing it all wrong--transform grading so it actually impacts student learning

The teacher finishes giving instructions and sits down for students to begin completing the assignment. While students work, the teacher grades papers and prepares for the next hour,…

District Management

Assessment in 2020: How data will mitigate COVID-related learning losses

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020 by Dr. Katie McClarty and Dr. Gene Kerns

Assessment is critical to providing targeted instruction in any year, but this fall, understanding where learning gaps exist will be essential for schools looking to make up lost ground

In normal times, a discussion about the future of assessment might look five years ahead to talk about the prospects of more authentic computer-aided assessments or potential developments…

COVID-19 Update

10 K-12 cybersecurity must-dos

March 8, 2021June 22, 2020 by Ryan Coultier

Cybersecurity should be at the top of many to-do lists--especially with fall 2020 school openings up in the air

Cybersecurity has always been a high priority for K-12 administrators and staff, but with the rapid push to remote learning brought on by COVID-19, school leadership has had…

Newsline

Free online resources to help address “summer slide”

June 30, 2020May 20, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Miacademy.co, the online homeschooling website, is proud to collaborate with ASU in offering fun, free online resources to help address ... Read more

Ancillary

Diagnostic assessments and instructional strategies

April 7, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

A bunch of images showing technology and tests

CenterPoint has made its entire suite of products free for schools and individual teachers through the end of the school ... Read more

Ancillary

Test Grading Cloud available to all teachers for free

March 26, 2020March 25, 2020 by ESchool News

Remark Test Grading Cloud available to all teachers for free, including electronic bubble sheets for distributing and grading assessments. In ... Read more

Ancillary

Free online writing and grammar resource

March 23, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

In the wake of this crisis, Quill.org is providing Free Quill Premium to all and has compiled remote learning resources ... Read more

District Management

20 K-12 edtech predictions for 2020

January 3, 2020January 1, 2020 by Laura Ascione

What edtech trends will take top billing in schools and districts in the new year, like this crystal ball with predictions for 2020.

We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2020. Social-emotional learning will remain…

E-rate Funding

How the E-rate and grants can help fund your edtech plans

December 5, 2022November 1, 2019 by Robert Low

Edtech experts in the know share how the federal E-rate, along with other grant programs, can make edtech dreams a reality.

As schools and districts strive to meet their existing technology needs and prepare for the future, access to federal and state funding, along with other grants, is making…

Classroom Innovations

How we turned around our disciplinary infraction rate

July 10, 2019July 9, 2019 by Analisa Ficklin and Carissa Janguard

Turnaround Tuesdays feature examples of innovative solutions to problems, such as this district's SEL efforts.

Demographics Cordata Elementary School is a 400-student public school serving grades PreK-5 in the Bellingham School District in Washington. The school has the highest percentage of English Language…

District Management

What you should know before moving ahead with online assessment

March 12, 2019 by Stacey Pusey

Even in today’s tech-heavy environment, before moving to online assessments, leadership needs to ask: Should we? According to Glenn Robbins, superintendent of Tabernacle Township (NJ) School District, and…

SEL & Well-Being

How Our High-Poverty School Reduced Suspensions By 97%

May 11, 2019February 25, 2019 by Renee Canales & Elizabeth Merwald

A chart showing good behaviors of students

Student behavior can have a positive or negative impact on academic achievement. Even just one student who is misbehaving can affect how much and how well an entire…

District Management

5 Big Ideas for Education Innovation in 2019

May 11, 2019January 28, 2019 by Julia Freeland Fisher

Over the last year, education innovators around the country continued to pursue expanded definitions of student success, personalized approaches, and wholly new models of school.

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A classroom teacher’s guide to reducing test anxiety (and testing!)

October 5, 2018 by Katie Williams

As educators, sometimes it seems like all we ever do is jump from preparing our students for one assessment to another. Reams have been written about the corrosive…

eSchool Media

8 informal assessments to pinpoint what your students need

May 17, 2018May 16, 2018 by Chris Balow

The great thing about informal assessments is they help us gauge students’ understanding during the learning process instead of after. Informal assessment also changes teachers’ relationship to student…

DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access)

Dyslexia: hidden costs and money-saving techniques for districts

January 25, 2023March 2, 2018 by Stacey Pusey

Early intervention: It’s a common mantra for any student with learning difficulties, including dyslexia. But as Terrie Noland, national director of educator engagement for Learning Ally, pointed out…

eClassroom News

3 ways to prepare students for online assessments

February 13, 2018 by Julia Ottesen

Online assessments are becoming more common, and students who have strong digital literacy skills often score higher on them. Students who lack these skills may not be able…

District Management

3 must-know’s about assessment achievement levels

January 23, 2018January 23, 2018 by Dr. Steve Ferrara and Dr. Stephen Murphy

In education and assessment, we use the word “standards” in a number of ways: curriculum standards, standards-based assessments, performance standards. Performance standards—also known as proficiency levels, achievement levels,…

District Management

10 Education Trends for 2018

May 11, 2019January 5, 2018 by Laura Ascione

From shifts in school choice to student assessments to online learning, the educational landscape is constantly evolving. This coming year districts will continue to face many challenges and…

Video of the Week: 3 tips for great formative assessment

December 18, 2017 by Meris Stansbury

Ed. note: Video of the Week picks are supplied by the editors of Common Sense Education, which helps educators find the best ed-tech ... Read more

District Management

Why combining assessments and LMS technology is essential

November 22, 2017November 15, 2017 by Hilary Scharton

The testing effect, also known as retrieval practice, practice testing, or test-enhanced learning, needs a place in today’s modern learning. It can be implemented in modern learning management…

District Management

8 steps to effective K-12 assessments

September 28, 2017 by Dave Nelson, Ph.D

Developing quality assessments can be challenging for a number of reasons. And, because assessments are essential in so many student-focused decisions, it’s important to get them right. Here…

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Traditional assessment rewards the wrong behaviors-here’s why

June 16, 2017 by Alan November

If you told me that students as young as first grade can learn to solve complex linear equations—an algebraic concept that generally isn’t taught until the seventh or…

District Management

These edtech tools are perfect for hassle-free assessments

January 29, 2020June 15, 2017 by Na’ama Y. Rosenberg

With the shift in education towards data-driven instruction, teachers spend inordinate amounts of time on assessments: checking for understanding, formative assessment, summative assessment, quizzes, tests, essays, research papers,…

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9 steps to better online assessments

May 1, 2017 by Laura Ascione

A new tool helps district leaders plan and create online assessments in the wake of their growing popularity. The Online Assessment Planning Tool, supported by the Learning First…

eClassroom News

How an edtech innovation is giving performance assessments new life

April 25, 2017April 24, 2017 by Stuart Kahl

Internet access, electronic collection of student work, and online distributed scoring, for example, can all play significant roles in making performance assessments more manageable and efficient.

eClassroom News

School sees massive literacy boost thanks to new assessment attitude

April 19, 2017April 17, 2017 by Heidi Busk

At the beginning of the 2016-17 school year, 82 percent of Morgen Owings Elementary School’s students were working below grade level. Now, six months later, just 40 percent…

eClassroom News

What does assessment without testing look like?

April 5, 2017 by Linda Baker, Chris Marczak, Ed. D., and Jude Miqueli

Educators at all levels agree on the need to assess what their students know, but a growing number of them find that tests are not the best way…

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Teachers: This change is causing dramatic gains in student achievement

March 23, 2017 by Alan November

What if we could empower our teachers to turn student assessment into a process of learning instead of a focus on measurement? Further, what if this mindset change…

Curriculum

5 ways to make thinking visible

January 12, 2017 by Robert Elwell, Ed. D.

The high-stakes nature of state exams means that schools need to assess student understanding in real time rather than wait for scores at the end of year or…

Digital Learning

In the marketplace: Schools expect digital learning budgets to increase

January 25, 2023January 6, 2017 by Laura Ascione

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology's near-constant…

STEM & STEAM

#2: I made my classroom look like the real-world—and test scores soared

December 29, 2016 by Anthony Johnson

Think about the jobs in today’s economy -- the ones we're supposed to prepare students for after graduation. Are employees evaluated using bubble-in tests to prove they know…

IT Management

5 infrastructure concerns for district technology leaders

May 7, 2019November 9, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a>@eSN_Laura</a>

The growing need for more internet bandwidth is being pushed by an increase in the number of students with devices, according to CoSN's Annual Infrastructure Survey. Increases in…

21st Century Libraries

Teachers share formative assessment strategies that work

October 31, 2016 by Dawn Nelson and Ashleigh Schulz

Ed. note: Today’s students have too many tests to take—but today’s teachers still need insight into their classes’ knowledge and ... Read more

21st Century Skills

Why every class should be cross-curricular

October 25, 2016 by Kimberly Greene

Connecting one subject to another makes learning a process of discovery and teaches students the essential life skill of critical thinking.

STEM & STEAM

I made my classroom look like the real-world—and test scores soared

October 7, 2016 by Anthony Johnson

Think about the jobs in today’s economy — the ones we’re supposed to prepare students for after graduation. Are employees ... Read more

News

S.C. districts access digital literacy tools for free

September 18, 2018August 25, 2016 by Laura Ascione

To empower students in school districts across South Carolina with digital literacy skills, Learning.com announced the Palmetto Digital Literacy Program (PDLP), in partnership with the South Carolina Education…

Riverside Insights Launches Battelle Early Childhood Assessment with Updated Data Validity

CAE Announces Stacey Sparks as Senior Director of Content Design and Development

Grade expectations: How to look at grading in a new light

Assessment in 2020: How data will mitigate COVID-related learning losses

10 K-12 cybersecurity must-dos

Free online resources to help address “summer slide”

Diagnostic assessments and instructional strategies

Free online writing and grammar resource

How the E-rate and grants can help fund your edtech plans

What you should know before moving ahead with online assessment

5 Big Ideas for Education Innovation in 2019

A classroom teacher’s guide to reducing test anxiety (and testing!)

8 informal assessments to pinpoint what your students need

Dyslexia: hidden costs and money-saving techniques for districts

3 ways to prepare students for online assessments

3 must-know’s about assessment achievement levels

10 Education Trends for 2018

Video of the Week: 3 tips for great formative assessment

8 steps to effective K-12 assessments

Traditional assessment rewards the wrong behaviors-here’s why

These edtech tools are perfect for hassle-free assessments

9 steps to better online assessments

School sees massive literacy boost thanks to new assessment attitude

What does assessment without testing look like?

Teachers: This change is causing dramatic gains in student achievement

5 ways to make thinking visible

In the marketplace: Schools expect digital learning budgets to increase

#2: I made my classroom look like the real-world—and test scores soared

Teachers share formative assessment strategies that work

Why every class should be cross-curricular

I made my classroom look like the real-world—and test scores soared

S.C. districts access digital literacy tools for free

Why interactive solutions are a smarter investment for schools

ClassMate by World Book Recognized with Prestigious ISTE Seal

School Specialty Honors Top Educators with 12th Annual Crystal Apple Awards

Follett Content Accelerates Public Library Strategy

Celebrating Teachers: Nominate Outstanding Educators for Crystal Apple Awards

School Specialty Expands Learning Beyond the Screen with New Outdoor Furniture Line

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