All Discussions Tagged 'race' - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T11:34:41Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=race&feed=yes&xn_auth=nodataMetrics Wins Best in Tech 2010 Award from Scholastic Admininstrator!tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-17:649749:Topic:4719402010-05-17T14:02:30.428ZKimberly Hulberthttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/KimberlyHulbert
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">dataMetrics is proud to announce that we have won a Best In Tech for 2010 award for the category of Response to Intervention. …<br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"></br></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">dataMetrics is proud to announce that we have won a Best In Tech for 2010 award for the category of Response to Intervention. <br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"/><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"/>Ken Royal from Scholastic Administrator explains, “The challenge in crafting RTI programs is finding solutions to help a wide variety of students while providing individualized attention. Some of the programs here are jack-of-all-trades used in elementary and middle schools, for students both ahead of grade level and behind. Other programs are more specific, focused on math or better assessment.”<br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"/><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"/>Our assessment processing, scoring and reporting tool, TestWiz, allows users to:<br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"/><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"/></span><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">
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<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 25px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-xg-p: outside; list-style-type: disc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">View results over time</span></li>
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<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 25px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-xg-p: outside; list-style-type: disc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Process tests with TestWiz directly</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"/><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"/>To learn more about TestWiz: <a href="http://testwiz.com/products.aspx" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(135, 160, 60); text-decoration: underline;">http://testwiz.com/products.aspx</a> or e-mail us at<a href="mailto:help@testwiz.com" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(135, 160, 60); text-decoration: underline;">help@testwiz.com</a><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"/><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"/>Official anouncement: <a href="http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3754204" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(135, 160, 60); text-decoration: underline;">scholastic.com</a></span> New Curriculum Standards Coming in Ohio in Junetag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-13:649749:Topic:4712362010-05-13T16:58:38.622ZKimberly Hulberthttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/KimberlyHulbert
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">“Ohio's education chief assured state legislators yesterday that the Board of Education will meet next month's deadline for updating standards for English, math, social studies and science. Superintendent Deborah Delisle said the grade-by-grade blueprint will better prepare high-school graduates for college and get them ready to compete with their international peers. The new…</span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">“Ohio's education chief assured state legislators yesterday that the Board of Education will meet next month's deadline for updating standards for English, math, social studies and science. Superintendent Deborah Delisle said the grade-by-grade blueprint will better prepare high-school graduates for college and get them ready to compete with their international peers. The new standards are more rigorous than those used now and aim to give students a deeper understanding of the subjects they study, she said..."</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br/></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">For more information: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/csDN38" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 68, 204); text-decoration: underline;">http://bit.ly/csDN38</a> </span></span></div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 19px;"><br/></span></span></div> Thoughts on Martin Luther King Jr. Daytag:www.classroom20.com,2010-01-18:649749:Topic:4282462010-01-18T21:11:28.462ZSylvia Martinezhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/smartinez
Please post your thoughts about MLK Jr. Day and what your schools are doing to commemorate.<br />
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Although there are many MLK resource sites for teachers, I thought I'd add a few other more non-traditional ones.<br />
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Here are some blog posts to kick this off:<br />
<a href="http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2010/01/17/martin-luther-king-jr-day/" target="_blank">Martin Luther King Jr. Day</a> - what would MLK Jr. think about Race to the Top? Listen to his words about education from 1964 in a speech to the…
Please post your thoughts about MLK Jr. Day and what your schools are doing to commemorate.<br />
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Although there are many MLK resource sites for teachers, I thought I'd add a few other more non-traditional ones.<br />
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Here are some blog posts to kick this off:<br />
<a href="http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2010/01/17/martin-luther-king-jr-day/" target="_blank">Martin Luther King Jr. Day</a> - what would MLK Jr. think about Race to the Top? Listen to his words about education from 1964 in a speech to the United Federation of Teachers accepting the John Dewey award.<br />
<a href="http://stager.tv/blog/?p=870" target="_blank"><br />
If You Really Want to Honor Dr. King…</a> - What was the real significance of the "I have a dream" speech and why do we only recall part of it now?<br />
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<a href="http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2010/01/12/2010-mlk-day-technology-challenge/" target="_blank">2010 MLK Day Technology Challenge with a twist</a> - ask not what techies can do for you, but what your techie students can do for others.<br />
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<a href="http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/01/17/dos-and-donts-for-mlk-day-black-history-month/" target="_blank">“Do’s And Don’ts” For MLK Day & Black History Month</a> - from the Teaching Tolerance site FREE Webinar with Linda Darling-Hammond, PhD, Stanford professor and noted researchertag:www.classroom20.com,2009-11-09:649749:Topic:4034372009-11-09T22:36:55.882ZElana Leonihttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ElanaLeoni
<h3><a href="http://www.edutopia.org/linda-darling-hammond-webinar">International Standards and Assessments: Lessons from Abroad</a></h3>
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<p>Join <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/linda-darling-hammond-webinar#linda">Linda Darling-Hammond</a>, PhD, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University, as she discusses her latest research on international standards and assessments through two unique webinar events.</p>
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<h4>WEBINAR #1: What Would It Mean to Be Internationally…</h4>
<h3><a href="http://www.edutopia.org/linda-darling-hammond-webinar">International Standards and Assessments: Lessons from Abroad</a></h3>
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<p>Join <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/linda-darling-hammond-webinar#linda">Linda Darling-Hammond</a>, PhD, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University, as she discusses her latest research on international standards and assessments through two unique webinar events.</p>
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<h4>WEBINAR #1: What Would It Mean to Be Internationally Competitive? How the United States Can Learn from Standards and Assessments in High-Achieving Nations</h4>
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<p>The Race to the Top is on, and it's being driven by the next generation of standards. Learn about how top-performing nations assess student learning and examine its implications for the next generation of U.S. assessments.</p>
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<p>The world's top-performing school systems are said to be the model for new Common Core standards. Learn about the assessment systems in these countries, and how the results challenge the status quo in the United States.</p>
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<b>Audience:</b> Ideal for teachers and parents<br />
<b>Date:</b> Tuesday, November 17<br />
<b>Time:</b> 3:30 p.m. PST/6:30 p.m. EST<br />
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<p>These webinars are presented by <a href="http://www.edutopia.org"><i>Edutopia</i></a> and the <a target="new" href="http://edpolicy.stanford.edu/index.html">Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education</a> in collaboration with the <a target="new" href="http://www.ccsso.org/">Council of Chief State School Officers.</a></p>
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