Sentences with phrase «of alternative assessments»

Her extensive career in education includes 35 years as a master elementary educator and researcher in the development and use of alternative assessments and integrated instruction.

Another type of alternative assessment was designed for students who demonstrate persistent academic difficulties.

Another way I flipped my thinking about learning was when I allowed students to demonstrate mastery of content by means of alternative assessments.

But if the assessment is not a traditional quiz, it falls within the category of alternative assessment.

The idea of alternative assessments sounds great and can work.

Further, because several states are dropping one type of alternative assessment, a greater number of students with disabilities are expected to complete the regular assessments.

In November, Ofqual launched a consultation to get views of alternative assessments, and after receiving over 2,500 responses, came to this decision.

More specifically, in reasoning that was the obverse to what might be otherwise expected, the appellate court summarily concluded: «Students who refuse to answer any questions on the ELA have not «exhibited a substantial deficiency in reading,» which is the statutory trigger for the required notice of the availability of alternative assessments and student portfolios.»

Just as badging systems can be seen as a subset of alternative assessment models and used in coordination with other approaches, such as ePortfolios, badging systems can also be seen as a subset of ways to gamify education and be used in coordination with such things as point systems and leaderboards.

Again, this is so typical of Fair Test to offer these kinds of alternative assessments, anything to avoid reality.

Nathan Dadey focuses on using psychometric and statistical methods to address practical problems, including issues related to combining interim assessment data, dimensionality of alternative assessments, subscores, and vertical scales.

The paleoclimatology community seems to be tightly coupled as indicated by our social network analysis, has rallied around the [Mann] position, and has issued an extensive series of alternative assessments most of which appear to support the conclusions of MBH98 / 99... Our findings from this analysis suggest that authors in the area of paleoclimate studies are closely connected and thus «independent studies» may not be as independent as they might appear on the surface.

Findings from the data suggested that the use of alternative assessment and feedback structures does lower students» math anxiety and has other positive benefits as well, including shifts in mindset.

Integrating video production facilitated connections to content, student motivation and engagement, the use of alternative assessment, and shifts in teacher identity.

Allows states to use alternative assessments for an unlimited number of students with disabilities: Sen. Alexander's bill eliminates the current regulation that limits the use of alternative assessments to only students with severe cognitive disabilities — approximately 10 percent of SWD or 1 percent of all students.