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New Mexico Selects HMH Formative Assessments
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt — Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced that two assessments from its Riverside division have been selected as state-approved formative assessments for English/Language Arts and Mathematics in the state of New Mexico. Read More »
RBT Wins Grant To Develop Coaching Program
Research for Better Teaching — Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Research for Better Teaching, Inc. has been selected by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) to develop and implement a professional development program for instructional coaches in partnership with several high-need school districts. Read More »
Users Say Online Teacher Resource Boosts Learning
Source for Learning — Wednesday, June 20, 2012
A no-cost, high-value online resource for teachers is improving teaching and learning across the country. In a recent TeachersFirst.com user survey, 94.5% of the respondents say using the service helps them enhance student engagement, creativity, innovative thinking, and critical thinking skills. Read More »
AFT and Britain's TES Connect Unveil 'Share My Lesson'
American Federation of Teachers — Tuesday, June 19, 2012
The American Federation of Teachers, with Britain's TES Connect, today unveiled "Share My Lesson," which will become the largest online community for U.S. teachers to collaborate and share teaching resources and innovative ideas, with a significant emphasis on resources to guide teachers on implementing the new Common Core State Standards. Read More »
PARCC Educator Engagement Contract Awarded
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers — Tuesday, June 19, 2012
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) has selected the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) to lead the facilitation and management of the Educator Leader Cadres. NMSI will support state efforts to build a growing network of K-12 educators and higher education faculty directly involved in (CCSS) and PARCC implementation efforts. Read More »
TEA Places istation's Spanish Assessment on TX Commissioner's List
istation — Saturday, June 16, 2012
The Texas Education Agency announced today that istation's computer adaptive assessment for Spanish reading, ISIP Espanol, was approved and is placed on the 2012-2013 Texas Commissioner's List as a valid and reliable Spanish language screening and reading diagnostic instrument for grades Kindergarten - Grade 3. Read More »
eScholar Licenses Ed-Fi™;
eScholar — Saturday, June 16, 2012
eScholar announced that it is one of the first vendors to license and implement the new Ed-Fi Tool Suite. The Ed-Fi solution aligns with Common Education Data Standards and supports eScholar’s mission of enabling the education community with timely and personal data to allow individuals to succeed in life. Read More »
Research: Knowledge of Fractions and Long Division Predicts Math Success
Carnegie Mellon University — Saturday, June 16, 2012
A Carnegie Mellon University research team found that fifth graders' understanding of fractions and division predicted high school students' knowledge of algebra and overall math achievement, even after statistically controlling for parents' education and income and for the children's own age, gender, I.Q., reading comprehension, working memory, and knowledge of whole number addition, subtraction and multiplication. Read More »
SchoolDude Releases Reporting for Technology Readiness
SchoolDude — Thursday, June 14, 2012
SchoolDude.com announced this week that they have released new product functionality that makes it easier to compile and report IT assets to Pearson’s Technology Readiness Tool, which is offered by Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC). Read More »
Curriculum Associates and PCI Education Partner
Curriculum Associates, LLC, PCI Education — Thursday, June 14, 2012
Curriculum Associates, LLC, and PCI Education have aligned two of Curriculum Associates' leading BRIGANCE® assessments with the PCI Reading Program to help special education teachers integrate developmentally appropriate reading curriculum with personalized, differentiated instruction for each student in the classroom. Read More »
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