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Elementary School Assessment Apps, Tools, and Resources That We Love

Are you looking for elementary school assessment apps, tools, and resources that you can use with your students? If so, we have you covered. Check out our list below. Let us know if there are any that we missed. SwiftAssess – An assessment authoring, management, delivery, and tracking platform for teachers, schools, universities, and professional training. With SwiftAssess, you get the following: automating admission, transforming students’ course work and activities, continuous professional development, and accreditation compliance. SwiftAssess brings a new dimension to the way students are evaluated and aligned with common core standards. Lexia®RAPID™ Assessment– Lexia®RAPID™ Assessment is focused on …

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The Edvocate’s Guide to Thematic Units

Thematic Unit is defined as the arrangement of a curriculum around a particular topic or theme. It is otherwise defined as a series of lessons across the curriculum that are all connected to the main topic of the unit. These lessons incorporate subjects like maths, social studies, language, reading, art, science and others. This means that the major focus of each exercise is on the topical idea. A thematic unit is much more than just picking a topic as there is a wide range of options to choose from, like the solar system, mammals or Australia. A thematic unit can …

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Bring Novel Study to Your Classroom

If you decide to do a novel study with your students, you want the novel to be the central focus, not the assignments. There need to be some activities to ensure that learners do the close reading necessary to benefit from reading the book. Learning stations and partner or group projects all work well; learners have fun doing these activities, and you can integrate any skills you want to work on. While-Reading We have developed some ideas for learning station assignments that should work well while learners are still reading the novel. Game Questions – Give index cards and fine …

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Developing Literature Circles For Your Classroom

Groups of learners  meet to read and discuss the book they have selected. They often create and assign particular roles within the group like summarizer or discussion director. Literature circles can be your class’s best friend when it comes to fostering not only reading but talking about literature as well. A literature circle is when you put learners into small groups and have each group read a different text. Once the content is read, the learners who read the same text get together to discuss various facets of the content. When you are constructing literature circles, there are several things …

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A Guide to Percentile Ranking in Education

When people take standardized tests like board exams and college admissions tests, a set of scores are usually released, along with a report. Certain institutions may require percentile scores to qualify for admission or to determine whether a student will qualify for some type of grant or assistance. Young students will most likely be required to take achievement tests at a certain point in their schooling, and exam scores will most likely be presented in percentile rank.   Percentile rank scores provide a picture of a child’s ability relative to his or her peers. It can help parents determine their …

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A Guide to Age Equivalent Test Scores

Also known as mental age or test age, age equivalent test scores have been hotly debated upon by educators and psychologists. What does it mean, and what happens if a child’s score does not match his or her actual age? The Difficulty of Establishing Criteria Children that are born within a given six-month period are put in one group. A sample of test scores from each group will be chosen to represent this age group. The age equivalent score is determined by taking the mean test score of the group and using that as the point of comparison for each …

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5 Strategies Teachers Can Implement Using Assessment Data To Enhance Students Outcome

Student assessment data allows you to peek into your students’ minds—to discover their areas of weakness and strength. This knowledge is essential to guide a teacher’s focus while making plans for their class. Teachers are already taking advantage of student data to group students appropriately and develop end-of-year objectives, but there are still many untapped prospects. In this article, we expose five tips on how to use assessment data to improve student outcomes. 1. Develop evened lessons. Many lectures are targeted at the students in the middle of the pack, leaving other students worn out or left behind. With student …

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Issues to Consider While Designing for a Reading Intervention For Elementary Students

A key to maintaining an effective literacy program is making sure that reading interventions reach students who need them. Before the COVID-19 Pandemic, supplementary tutorials targeted learners struggling with reading skills to support their education. However, after the pandemic struck, there was a massive switch to online learning platforms during the first quarter of 2020, which disrupted many in-person reading tutorials. Researchers predict that as a result of this shift, only about 70% of the reading progress attained in a regular year is achievable by the start of the 2020-2021 school session. To prevent this statistic’s consequence, we will have …

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Four Cognitive Skills Supercharged by Music Education

In recent times, music programs seem to be one of the elements being reduced or eliminated in schools. However, music has so many educational benefits for all students, not just for those who are musically gifted. Students that are not musically talented can also participate and sharpen different cognitive skills while musically inclined students will take their learning one step further by tuning their musical abilities. Academic Processing and Skills Acquisition of language occurs faster in students who study music rather than students who do not participate in music. Since similar regions of the brain are responsible for language and …

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The Edvocate Podcast, Episode 7: How Digital Age Teachers Can Win Over Parents

Education is a collaborative process, as it takes many stakeholders working in unison to help students succeed academically. One of the most integral parts of this collaborative team is parents, as teachers know all so well. So, if you are a teacher struggling to increase parental engagement, how do you fix this issue? In this episode, we will discuss 7 ways that digital age teachers win over parents.