"For the second year in a row, a controversial $14.4
million federal study testing the effectiveness of
reading and math software programs has found few
significant learning differences between students who
used the technology and those taught using other
methods."
Editorial from a school founder discussing why MCAS and other standards fail to capture the school's successful remediation program
No Child Left Behind challenged all states to have technology fully integrated into the curriculum and all students technologically proficient by the eighth grade.
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Schools are using computer-adaptive tests to help teachers address
individual student needs, increase student motivation, identify problem
areas, and adjust instruction and even class groupings (like forming
multi-age classes lessons) accordingly. However, so far only Oregon is
allowed to use computer-adaptive tests to fulfill NCLB requirements
How well students and schools – from kindergarten through high school – succeed in mastering a curriculum that includes English Language Arts (ELA), mathematics, and the social and natural sciences, strongly influences how well the students fare in higher education.
The architect of NCLB puts forward an index of "educational quality". We need such an index -- is this the right one?
Students in public schools have math scores that are just as good if not
better than those of students in private schools, according to a new
national study.
Instead of calling these schools "underperforming," the Board of Education is considering labeling them as "Commonwealth priority," to avoid poisoning teacher and student morale.
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) expressed strong support today for Congressional passage of the No Child Left Behind Act (H.R.1) to reform federal support for the nation's elementary and secondary schools.
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"For the second year in a row, a controversial $14.4 million federal study testing the effectiveness of reading and math software programs has found few significant learning differences between students who used the technology and those taught using other methods."
Editorial from a school founder discussing why MCAS and other standards fail to capture the school's successful remediation program
No Child Left Behind challenged all states to have technology fully integrated into the curriculum and all students technologically proficient by the eighth grade.
(free registration required for full access) Schools are using computer-adaptive tests to help teachers address individual student needs, increase student motivation, identify problem areas, and adjust instruction and even class groupings (like forming multi-age classes lessons) accordingly. However, so far only Oregon is allowed to use computer-adaptive tests to fulfill NCLB requirements
How well students and schools – from kindergarten through high school – succeed in mastering a curriculum that includes English Language Arts (ELA), mathematics, and the social and natural sciences, strongly influences how well the students fare in higher education.
The architect of NCLB puts forward an index of "educational quality". We need such an index -- is this the right one?
Students in public schools have math scores that are just as good if not better than those of students in private schools, according to a new national study.
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) expressed strong support today for Congressional passage of the No Child Left Behind Act (H.R.1) to reform federal support for the nation's elementary and secondary schools.
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