Smart List: 20 Coding & CS,Assessment & Data Resources

Getting Smart is acknowledging people and organizations making a difference with a series of back to school top 10 lists. During August we will run about 40 ‘best of’ lists, not in order, not exhaustive, just people we appreciate.

Today we are celebrating coding, computer science and data resources.

Coding & Computer Science

• Code.org: start here for coding resources

• BLOC: learn by building/deploying code

• CodeHS: great high school course

• CodeAcademy: after school program

• Exploring Computer Science: NSF funded

• Khan Academy: growing computer science library

• Project Lead the Way: new pilot academy

• P2PU: open resources and bading

• Scratch: designed for ages 8 to 16

• TopCoder: coding competitions

See our recent feature for more: Experts Weigh in on K-12 Coding & CS Resources for more on these and other apps.

Assessment & Data Shops (You May Not Know)

• MasteryConnect: where teachers share assessments

• BrightBytes: measure tech-enabled learning outcomes

• Pearson Knowledge Technologies: automated scoring & solutions

• Curriculum Associates, i-Ready: K-12 adaptive assessment & instruction

• Naiku: next generation classroom assessment solution

• Education Strategy Consulting: cool visualization tools

• Metametrics: the Lexile & Quantile folks

• The Center for Assessment: consultants to states

• Cognii: automatic assessment of students’ essay answers

• LightSide: automated essay grader