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It is easy to track student performance along a Bloom's Taxonomy axis using Quick Key. Quick Key's Advanced Quiz Builder isn't just for making rich question items, adding images, or making gridded response questions. It's also where you can tag your question with anything you want, from standards codes to Bloom's Taxonomy categories. Once you [...]
The Stakes are High Students who take standardized high stakes tests on paper can improve their scores significantly by being sure to mark their answers carefully and correctly. According to a study by researchers at Boston College, marking errors can have a meaningful impact on a student's grade. This, in turn, can have a negative impact on not only [...]
Giving great classroom feedback is one of the most effective ways to improve student learning and overall performance. But all feedback is not created equal. In fact, bad feedback can be counterproductive to the same degree that great feedback can drive success. So what characteristics make great feedback great? The top 5 characteristics of great classroom feedback: [...]
Image courtesy of amaZEN U 3 Easy Tips for A Calmer ClassroomAs the new year gets underway, it is a good time to reflect and make a few adjustments/improvements to your classroom layout. They do not have to be dramatic! In fact, you may find that the more subtle the changes the more effective they are.One [...]
"The truth is there is simply more work than there is time to do it, and some things are just beyond our control." -M. Connely 7th Grade Math, Atlanta GA In many instances, we as educators expect ourselves to be perfect because we understand the stakes for our students. Furthermore, we can lose sight of the [...]
Multiple Choice is a highly effective form of assessment Multiple choice questions have the benefit of being able to be quickly graded and to provide analyzable data to educators and students. But a lot of non-educators think of multiple-choice questions as "multiple guess," with no real benefit except expediency for the teacher. Most educators know this couldn't be [...]
Learn Launch: promoting a diverse workforceOur home town of Boston, Massachusetts is fortunate to also be the home of some of the biggest names in education publishing, like Pearson, Scholastic, and HMH. And Since 2012, an organization called Learn Launch has made Boston into a center for ed-tech entrepreneurship, too. Learn Launch is also committed to building a diverse [...]
“I’m going to do whatever it takes to be creative for our children, even if that means it comes out of my pocket.”  -DeAnn Moran, 2nd Grade Teacher, Moore Public Schools   Teachers spend a lot of their own money for their classroomsWith the popularity of Google Classroom and connected tools like Quick Key, teachers have more options for classroom [...]
