THE News Update: End High School Exit Exams in Light of Common Core, Researchers Argue

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7/15/2014

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End High School Exit Exams in Light of Common Core, Researchers Argue
High school exit exams may increase dropouts among vulnerable students, hinder college success and even negatively impact earnings for those who join the workforce immediately after high school. That's the bad news. The worse news, according to a new report, is that the exit exam situation is becoming legally, politially and academically more complex and burdensome for schools and students as Common Core assessents are transitioned in.
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FCC Vote Approves $1 Billion for Broadband, Defers Discussion of Raising Funding Cap
In response to pushback from educators and private organizations, the FCC added a "safety valve" feature to its reforms, guaranteeing that poor and rural schools relying on external broadband do not lose out.
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D2L Unveils Revamped Platform 'Brightspace' with Adaptive Learning
Desire2Learn is using the stage of its annual user conference, Fusion 2014, to shorten its moniker and announce a new branding for its education applications.
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STEM Infuses NYU School of Engineering Summer Vacation
It's raining down STEM in New York City this summer. Numerous programs are underway, involving a quarter of the New York University School of Engineering full-time faculty, 90 NYU student "fellows," dozens of K-12 teachers and hundreds of middle and high school students participating in camps, workshops, courses and research projects to immerse participants in science, technology, engineering and math activities.
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Snapwiz Debuts Free, Web-Based Formative Assessment Platform
With Edulastic, teachers can create standards-aligned formative assessments with interactive, free-form questions defined by Smarter Balanced and PARCC.
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News & Issues

End High School Exit Exams in Light of Common Core, Researchers Argue

FCC Vote Approves $1 Billion for Broadband, Defers Discussion of Raising Funding Cap

D2L Unveils Revamped Platform 'Brightspace' with Adaptive Learning

STEM Infuses NYU School of Engineering Summer Vacation

Snapwiz Debuts Free, Web-Based Formative Assessment Platform

Professional Resources