Sentences with phrase «meaningful assessment»

More than 80 percent agreed that the Common Core have potential to improve conceptual understanding, increase student skill mastery, and create more meaningful assessments of students.

Or is there a chance that today's assessments will be a stepping stone to a new era of better, more meaningful assessments?

Developing meaningful assessment questions is key to determining engagement and knowledge retention.

The second responsibility of the licensure process is thus to ensure, through valid and meaningful assessment processes, that the teacher can do what the job requires.

The shift toward standards and meaningful assessments opens up more possibilities.

My vision of meaningful assessment begins simply enough, not with images but with sounds — snippets of talk.

I think meaningful assessments can come in many shapes and sizes.

When building meaningful assessments for your students, it is essential to consider the implementation of technology - enhanced items (TEIs).

«We are thrilled to welcome Illinois to our efforts to create a valid and meaningful assessment system for students with significant cognitive disabilities,» said Neal Kingston, DLM project director and CETE co-director.

Salvin and her peers are working to build meaningful assessments at all levels of the school.

«We need reforms that have been proven to work, like smaller classes, encouraging parent involvement, and meaningful assessment instead of battering our children

In conjunction with the NCSA conference, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) released a framework for states designed to ensure that students are taking meaningful assessments.

In this fifth of a five - part series, educators Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins discuss how to implement backward design to create meaningful assessments.

It would be too much for a human overseer, of course, but real - time meaningful assessments of that much data are increasingly possible using Artificial Intelligence.

It is an approach to teaching which includes intentional identification of naturally aligned standards, taught authentically alongside meaningful assessments which take both content areas to a whole new level.

In founding New Leaders for New Schools — a nonprofit organization that recruits and develops outstanding new principals for urban schools — our team discovered a vacuum of research on meaningful assessment for schools and principals.

Practical ideas and fresh concepts are essential, and meaningful assessments require both of these...

Teachers» sustained investment in inquiry is supported by having access to what they perceive to be meaningful assessment data.

But the serious, positive surprise is the call for more meaningful assessment as described in the following sidebar on page 12 of the report:

Our recent webinar, «Designing Meaningful Assessments to Drive Student Achievement,» connected educators from across the country, focusing on building more effective and powerful assessments.

Cumulative effects assessments are narrowly scoped, preventing meaningful assessment of the greatest threat to the continued exercise of Aboriginal and Treaty rights;

I am confident that I can walk into any situation and offer meaningful assessment and direction to impro...

Dr. Dave Nelson and Assessment Design (air date: June 14, 2017) Dr. Dave Nelson, resident expert on assessment design and implementation and faculty of statistics and assessment at George Mason University, spends an hour empowering you with the skills and knowledge to develop meaningful assessments that drive students to greater achievement.

In addition, a recent survey of principals conducted by the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) found that of the 1,100 principals from 14 Common Core states who responded, more than 80 percent agree that the Common Core has the potential to improve conceptual understanding, increase student skill mastery and create more meaningful assessments of students.

Once these are agreed we can look to build a set of descriptors and in turn rigorous, meaningful assessment processes that recognise (and indeed serve to support and develop) the high - quality teaching already happening in many classrooms across the country, rather than adding to teacher workload.

Curriculum Associates research - based products including i - Ready ®, Ready ®, BRIGANCE ® provide teachers & administrators with flexible resources that deliver meaningful assessments and data - driven differentiated instruction for children.

«Our philosophy and mission — to create meaningful assessment that supports student learning — are a great fit with Maryland's commitment to students.

U.S. Department of Education initiatives - including Race to the Top and the No Child Left Behind Act - have helped drive the work of ELPA21 to guide states toward more meaningful assessment of English language proficiency.

It was a clear and meaningful assessment he put across but at the same time muff you do make some fair points yourself and are well entitled to your opinion.

In its letter to Paterson, the coalition says the review fails to address the cumulative impacts of drilling, include a meaningful assessment of alternatives, consider the possibility of contamination of drinking water supplies, and fully assess the potential for air quality, traffic and noise impacts.

America's elite suburban students are increasingly competing with students outside the United States for economic opportunities, and a meaningful assessment of student achievement requires a global, not a local, comparison.

Try to make it a meaningful assessment tool while still practicing for the test.

When I think about my own definition of a «meaningful assessment,» I think the test must meet certain requirements.

As long as the format itself is aligned with real - world skills, a meaningful assessment does not need to be lockstep with a particular structure any more.

Walker Learning recognises that sustained motivation for learning comes from within, that meaningful assessment is the constant reflection of where one was, where they have grown, what have they attained and where they are heading.

«Educators understand that introducing new standards, appropriate curriculum and meaningful assessments are ongoing aspects of a robust educational system.

The Michigan Assessment Consortium (MAC) is a professional association of educators who believe quality education depends on accurate, balanced, and meaningful assessment.

Quality education depends on the alignment of curriculum, instruction, and balanced, meaningful assessment that enhances as well as verifies learning.

Test development conducted by external agents inevitably leads to discontinuity within the local curriculum while depriving educators of valuable professional learning experiences in the design and scoring of meaningful assessments.

Duncan acknowledged the speaker's concerns, but he said that teachers wanted the meaningful assessment tools that he hoped would result from a Race to the Top competition to improve assessment.

As student learning data is gathered and analyzed using these meaningful assessments, teams actually see the fruits of their labor and «own» the results.

Rigorous and meaningful assessments for all students — Ultimately, good teaching together with good tests will prepare our students for the tasks they will encounter in college and beyond.

Bring DNA Mathematics experts to your school or district for a deep dive into relevant mathematics content, effective pedagogical actions, appropriate classroom norms, meaningful assessment, and collaborative teacher team efforts.

Knowing each student on a personal and data - driven basis, through conversations, meaningful assessments, and highly interactive teaching;