4 ways to help teachers trust data—and you – from NWEA
4 ways to help teachers trust data—and you – NWEA
— Read on www.nwea.org/resource-center/resource/4-ways-to-help-teachers-trust-data-and-you/
Big Data/Analytics
K12 Digital Transformation – 2023 Survey. Towards a hybrid future for K12 learning and teaching.
Initial results and insights from the first annual Digital Transformation survey of HolonIQ’s Global K12 Education Network, conducted in December 2022- January 2023
— Read on www.holoniq.com/notes/2023-k12-digital-transformation
Population shifts by state
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The Complexity of Today’s K-12 Learning Systems
This chart shows current systems, functions and features in the current multi-part configuration. Elements that we believe the Hawai‘i Department of Education is currently using are in red.
Click here to see a suggested simplification and integration of systems
Simplifying and Integrating Learning Systems
Given ongoing changes due to the pandemic, and because the specifics of district systems are difficult to derive, we cannot be sure if the Hawai‘i DOE may gave implemented some of the suggestions indicated here.
Click here to see the Complexity of Today’s K-12 Learning Systems
Test for the Good of the Learner – Adaptively with Immediate Feedback
How about adaptive tests that are shorter because they zero in on skills and knowledge levels of each learner?
How about giving these tests 3 times a year instead of long tests at the end of the year?
How about having immediate results so that teachers, students, and families know what gaps need filling, skills need practice, gains need celebrating?
Two states are currently working on replacing end of year summative tests (like Smarter Balanced) with these MAP online adaptive tests given three times a year and providing guidance immediately to teachers instead of sending information to the next year’s teacher on last year’s student.
Read about it here:
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-10-21-should-state-assessments-be-split-up-testmaker-nwea-thinks-so
What Do Formative and Summative Assessments Measure? Do We Need So Many Tests? Can We Now More Effectively Ensure Learning?
Assessments are valuable if they guide, incite, accelerate, or reward learning. For many students, assessments do not deliver any of those positive benefits. In fact, for many, tests bring anxiety, derail creative teacher instructional plans to bring student performance up through test prep, and cause them to feel discouraged or even ashamed.
(more…)Early Experiments With Blockchain Taking Hold in K-12 – Market Brief
Early Experiments With Blockchain Taking Hold in K-12 – Market Brief
— Read on marketbrief.edweek.org/marketplace-k-12/blockchain-education-still-largely-proof-concept-stage-dallas-area-districts-stand/
Inside the Digital Transformation – Part 1
This article lays out important understandings of the need to design systems and organize technologies and content to deliver effective learning. With strategic planning, care, and appropriate architecture, our teachers and students could be supported in using the vast wealth of open education resources while making progress and needs easily visible to learners, teachers and parents.