Cambridge, MA: Validated Learning Co. received a 2018 Visionary Award from the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce today. Cambridge Mayor Marc C. McGovern presented the Award to company CEO Isaac D. Van Wesep and his co-founder Walter O. Duncan who received it on behalf of the company. The Award was given in recognition of Validated Learning’s [...]
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Data-Driven instruction improves student outcomes and increases student engagement. In this white paper, we give you step-by-step instructions for how to implement data-driven instruction in your school or district, using a human-centric approach. Includes real-life examples and case studies from our partners. Download the free PDF [...]
The Story In the fall of 2017, school turnaround specialist principal Desiree Galashaw arrived at Roosevelt Children's Academy with a mandate to improve the elementary school's scores on her state's end of year exam in ELA and math. As in all K-12 settings, every day of every year counts, so Principal Galashaw and her staff [...]
In the spring of 2017 Jodie Beck, M.Ed. was hunting for an assessment vendor on behalf of her district, Cassia School District 151 in Cassia County, Idaho. Her team's plan was to stop doing their benchmark tests using a Scantron machine, and digitize their End of Course Assessments and benchmarks. According to Assistant Superintendent Sandra [...]
Quick Key does gridded response, open response, match, multi-answer, multi-select, and multiple choice On Chromebook, Chrome Kiosk, Bubble sheets, gridded sheets, and student phones and tablets Did you know you can ask open-response questions with Quick Key, in addition to gridded math response, auto-graded match questions, and more using quick Key's bubble sheets, Chromebook app, [...]
Multiple Choice: A Powerful and Versatile Workhorse Mike Dickinson, MA, MBA Introduction This post addresses a few ways to get more benefit from multiple choice (M/C) questions for both you and your students. This is a brief overview. This post addresses these four points: A common framework for developing multiple choice items (M/C). Tips and [...]
Kiosk apps are a great way to cheat-proof your tests With so many teachers working in the Google Classroom environment, and getting lots of benefits from student Google Chromebooks, it's only natural to want to give online tests and quizzes on these machines. But there is one problem: using web-based apps for tests and quizzes [...]
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Before Becoming the Top Performer in its District, This School Had to Review How Data Was and Wasn’t Shared in PLC Teams. Lake Arthur High School had been doing Response to Intervention (RTI), PLC, and Tiered Instruction techniques ever since their new principal Amanda Fontenot joined the team a few years ago. The system was [...]
