The demand for big, high-stakes summative tests isn’t likely to go away soon, even as classroom assessments become more useful and precise, a panel at SXSWedu suggested.
Weld North Acquires Performance Matters, Merging It With Truenorthlogic
Move Combines Student Assesment, Teacher Performance Data in One Platform
The move will give Truenorthlogic, which provides data on teachers’ evaluations and training, the ability to combine student assessment results with educator performance data on one platform
Schools’ interest in “maker education” is receiving major attention at the SXSWedu conference, though questions about the costs of the hand-on projects remain for teachers
Ed-tech vendors need to show district officials that they have “skin in the game” and are willing to put time and money into making their products work for teachers, one superintendent says.
Boxlight purchased a provider of interactive teaching solutions and LTG Exam Platform raised more than $5 million to fund expansion.
The South by Southwest education conference, which last year drew more than 6,000 registrants, opens Monday as district officials face major opportunities, and perils, in trying to choose the right ed-tech products.
Amazon and the National Federation of the Blind will collaborate on improvements to Amazon’s education content, platforms, and applications.
A project that pairs digital companies with schools produced gains in student learning, but also exposed flaws in how some of those products were implemented.
Follett Buys ClassBook and Teachers-Teachers Merges with myEDmatch.
The major nationwide operator of online charter schools has opened its first virtual school focused on career-and-technical education, with plans for more to come.