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Regardless of how you feel about PARCC/NJSLA or any standardized test, I think that in PARCC/NJSLA states we can all agree, at this moment, it is necessary to prepare our students for the experience. And to be honest, I don’t think that preparing for PARCC/NJSLA is a waste of instruction time.

Preparing students for the future, demands that education be delivered in a vastly different manner than what we’ve seen in U.S. schools thus far. In this world where information creation and discovery are faster than we can bring that information to our classrooms.

Formative assessments, such as entrance and exit tickets or quick writes, periodically provide information that will inform students’ learning going forward.

One of the primary goals of any school is student achievement. But did you know that Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) can contribute to increased student success?

You were asked to be a mentor for a good reason. Words like knowledgeable, expert, and even wise come to mind. As veteran teachers, we are full of good ideas, tried and true tricks that we’ve perfected over the years.

Student engagement is a hot topic these days. Between students’ shortening attention spans and ever-increasing distractions, it is more imperative than ever to keep students engaged in the classroom.

The NGSS are performance expectations focused on the connection between the three dimensions of science learning. These dimensions are combined to form each standard, and each aspect works with the other two to help students build a cohesive understanding of science over time.

Congratulations, you’ve decided to initiate Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) in your school! Now, the question is, how do we get started? There are a lot of considerations to be made when implementing PLCs. Here’s our handy-dandy Quick Start Guide to get you rolling.

What is an EBSR? An EBSR is a two-part question (Part A and Part B). “The term refers to a type of ELA/literacy test item that asks students to show the evidence in a text that led them to a previous answer.”

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InspiredInstruction has a webinar series that brings new knowledge to teachers and schools to help them improve their learning and teaching process in order to achieve overall student success.

Edtech, a portmanteau of the phrase “education technology," is the combination of IT tools and educational practices aimed at facilitating and enhancing learning. Our guide will walk you through the current state of education technology and its bright future in the classroom.

Evolving technologies usually present new ways of doing things. And when this relates to leveraging technology and innovation to enhance the quality, coverage, and potential of education – edtech – it presents new methods of communicating, transferring knowledge, interacting, and cross-pollinating ideas, among others.

PARCC/NJSLA posted their writing rubrics for the Prose-Constructed Response (PCR). In the first post, we discussed how instructors could score their students’ essays by creating item-specific guides.

PARCC and NJSLA have posted their writing rubrics for the Prose-Constructed Response (PCR). However, since each writing task is unique and the rubrics are generic, to make good use of these rubrics, you must create item-specific guides that qualify the range of student responses.

Congratulations, you’ve decided to initiate Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) in your school! Now, the question is, how do we get started? There are a lot of considerations to be made when implementing PLCs. Here’s our handy-dandy Quick Start Guide to get you rolling.

The NGSS calls for deep linkages between the three dimensions of crosscutting concepts, disciplinary core ideas, and science and engineering practices. To do this effectively, students need to gather evidence from a variety of sources and make sense of that evidence.

Student engagement is a hot topic these days. Between students’ shortening attention spans and ever-increasing distractions, it is more imperative than ever to keep students engaged in the classroom.

Now, most would agree that routines and rules are critical to running an effective classroom. However, there are much better ways of creating a classroom culture that supports learning and mutual respect.

The first significant difference in the New Jersey assessment world is the change in the name of the test. What was once known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is now the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA)