Following a nearly three-year pilot, Indiana University High School will be working with the proctoring platform Examity, which was chosen over alternatives for its "flexibility, security and support."
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 12/14/17
While the Common Core State Standards may have suffered the ignominy of being tossed out by nearly half of the states that originally adopted them, a review of replacement learning standards has established that in most places Common Core characteristics have remained in place.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/29/17
A new report finds that bribery substantially boosts U.S. student performance on standardized tests, leading researchers to conclude that lack of motivation, not just lack of ability, has contributed to the United States' middling standings in international rankings based on standardized test scores.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/27/17
American teachers like math and English language arts standards, but they don't like state tests.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 10/09/17
Aligned to the Common Core State Standards, the quizzes are designed for students in grades 8-12 and allow users to see instantly which problems they've answered incorrectly to help them understand what concepts they may need to spend more time with.
For the “2016-2017 Impact Report,” Education Elements shares learning outcomes data from a select set of school districts with established implementations of personalized learning.
The international association of teachers, administrators, ed tech specialists and other education stakeholders offers its top five predications for the 2017-2018 school year.
A new AI-driven chatbot is looking to give educators deeper insights from course feedback by starting conversations with students.
The revisions will divert test preparation and testing time back to regular classroom instruction, adding about two days, according to one estimate.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 08/28/17
A new assessment has found that students in rural areas are rapidly catching up on Advanced Placement (AP) testing compared to their urban and suburban peers.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 08/24/17