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It’s Time for The Next Big Advance: Comparable Growth Measures
The most important next step in the shift to personal digital learning is the need for comparable growth measures for individ...
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CEOs Want Hard Working Decision Making Team Players
A survey of chief executives indicates that 92% say education is very or the most important national competitiveness issue. ...
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EdTech 10: PD and Pilgrims
When you’re the parent of a 5 year old, you hear lots of jokes. Maybe you’ve heard this one - “If April Showers bring M...
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Think Outside the Box for Las Vegas Schools
The Getting Smart team led a school design workshop for The Executive Leadership Academy, hosted by The Public Education Foun...
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Making Tech Work for Kids and Teachers
Advances in technology in the classroom often focus on how it is improving teaching and not learning. Why don't we invite stu...
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Smarter Balanced Releases Preliminary Test Blueprints
On November 29, 2012, the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) released preliminary test blueprints for their summative assessments. While it may be true that only educational assessment geeks (guilty as charged!) get excited about test blueprints, anyone who is concerned about Common Core assessme...
4 months ago by Compass Learning Staff
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Case Study Examines Prizes for Innovation in Assessment
Getting Smart® released a report on the Automated Student Assessment Prize (ASAP). The case study illustrates a powerful philanthropic use of prizes to drive focused innovation with the goal of promoting deeper learning.
4 months ago by Getting Smart Staff
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Guest Blogger: Mike Cohen, President, ACHIEVE
We run one of a series of guest blogging posts with Mike Cohen, President, Achieve.
3 years ago by Guest Author
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Video Comment: Congressman George Miller
Congressman George Miller says we need evidence to show who is a good teacher, and who is not performing. We can't compare right now.
3 years ago by Getting Smart Staff














