Sentences with phrase «grade tools such»

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You could also use a service such as The Readability Test Tool (read-able.com), an alternative to the Flesch - Kincaid tool that's built into Microsoft Word, which provides document - readability statistics, such as the grade level at which it's written and how many passive sentences it contains.

Furthermore, the schools (in general) do not provide teachers with the adequate resources to perform their jobs effectively, such as teacher - requested books for their students; presentation items such as chalk, whiteboard markers, or projectors; basic classroom organizational needs such as storage bins, filing cabinets with adequate files, and functional modern computers with adequate software to make results tabulating more efficient; or motivational equipment designed to reward students for good behavior, scores, or attitudes (grades simply are not enough of a motivational tool).

This workshop examines the tension that parents, students, and teachers often experience over issues such as homework, grades, and the culture of competition, and offers tools for creating a healthier school climate.

The Canvas LMS provides a seamless environment for students, teachers, and parents to access course content, assignments / assessments, grades, and attendance, along with the integration of additional technology tools such as OneDrive and Office 365.

The Library website also has links to Common Core initiatives, award - winning book titles based on age and grade in school, and popular databases such as World Book Kids online encyclopedia, Mango Language foreign language tools, and Biography in Context, to name just a few.

Regardless of whether terrorists are sloppy or stupid, they do have a wide array of explosive tools at their disposal: from highly volatile chemical bombs manufactured from relatively common ingredients, such as the hexamethylene triperoxide diamine (HMTD) suspected in the foiled London terror plot, to the military grade plastic explosive Semtex.

Unfortunately, the standard tools for assessing risk of metastasis — such as the size of the tumor, its grade, the presence of estrogen receptors and the proportion of dividing cells — are «insufficient,» note the authors, «for clinical decision making.»

For every big, complex tool such as GeoTagging or Groups, there are a dozen smaller, more eccentric ways to play with Flickr — some potentially useful classroom tools, and others better suited for procrastination at paper - grading time.

Teachers at all grade levels can use articles such as «Earliest Signs of Advanced Tools Found,» without having to be Yale anthropologists in order to follow them.

A Virtual Learning Environment will normally work over the internet and provide a collection of tools such as those for assessment (particularly of types that can be marked automatically, such as multiple choice), communication, uploading of content, return of students» work, peer assessment, administration of student groups, collecting and organizing student grades, questionnaires, tracking tools, etc..

Unfortunately, too many policymakers are moving schools in the wrong direction by removing the few tools, such as meaningful grading standards and high - quality end - of - course exams, that might encourage more student effort.

Typically this involves expanding the portfolio of state assessments to provide growth data in all grades and subjects or expanding the portfolio of nationally or locally approved assessment tools that can be validly used such as classroom - based assessments, unit tests, end - of - course assessments, student - learning objectives, and portfolios.

Common skills for second - grade writing include using reference tools (such as a dictionary); writing opinion and how - to compositions; using planning tools such as brainstorming and graphic organizers; and learning to self - edit.

In addition to providing teachers with all the tools they need to create a better assessment system, Classroom Assessment and Grading That Work makes a compelling case for the potential of such a system to transform the culture of schools and districts, and to propel K — 12 education to new levels of effectiveness and efficiency.

Tools such as the Flesch - Kincaid Readability Index may be utilized when a book is being evaluated for reading grade level.

The iPad is debuting with multiple new tools and features for students and teachers, such as a new ClassKit framework, Classroom support for the Mac, and a new Schoolwork app that's designed to make it easier for teachers to assign and grade assignments while also monitoring student progress.

Tools to assist in the process are available (Devaney, O'Brien, Resnik, Keister, & Weissberg, 2006), and it can be helpful to compare with CASEL's scope and sequence chart of SEL activities across grade levels (Elias et al., 1997, Appendix A) and comprehensive frameworks that have resulted from such an assessment process (e.g., Anchorage School District, 2013) in orienting one's efforts.